Dr. Ivan Vrcek, MD

Training and board certification

Source for all rows: drvrcek.com/meet-dr-vrcek

• Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (F.A.C.S).
• Site states he was "the first applicant from UT Southwestern in over a decade" accepted into an ASOPRS fellowship, and that during fellowship he performed over 2,000 ophthalmic plastic, reconstructive, orbit, lacrimal, trauma and cosmetic facial surgery procedures, trained residents, wrote more than 20 peer-reviewed publications/book chapters, and received two American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery research grants.

Eyelid surgery work

• Upper blepharoplasty / ptosis repair. Customized correction of "droopy" upper eyelids; the page states this surgery "may be covered by insurance or Medicare" in many cases, with the practice obtaining photo documentation and insurer authorization (upper-eyelid-surgery).
• Ptosis repair. Offered as an "incisionless" technique requiring no skin incision, described as reducing bruising/swelling and speeding return to normal activities versus traditional techniques (ptosis-repair).
• Lower blepharoplasty. Transconjunctival "incisionless" approach through the inner eyelid mucous membrane, and transposition lower blepharoplasty (fat repositioning) described as "the most modern technique"; excess skin treated by excision, laser resurfacing or chemical peel (lower-eyelid-surgery).
• Brow lift. Endoscopic and temporal-approach techniques with small hidden scalp incisions; states bruising/swelling are typically minimal with return to work in 5-7 days (brows).
• Ethnic eyelid surgery. Site states experience across Caucasian, Asian, Hispanic and African eyelid configurations, including preservation of eyelid anatomy features such as the "orbicularis roll" (Love Roll) and natural Asian eyelid shape during procedures (ethnic-eyelid-surgery).
• Also offered: canthoplasty, midface elevation (for cheek "festoons"), Mohs reconstruction, trauma repair, scar revision, ectropion/entropion repair, eyelid retraction repair, orbital decompression, orbital tumor/trauma surgery, enucleation, and endoscopic DCR (lacrimal).

Before-and-after cases are published directly on each procedure page and on a dedicated gallery page, all showing named real patient cases (age ranges, ethnicity, procedure combinations, healing timepoints), checked 2026-09-30: gallery.

Other procedures

Facial fat transfer, midface lift, laser resurfacing and chemical peel are listed as cosmetic offerings alongside the eyelid procedures (meet-dr-vrcek).

Insurance and cost

"In many cases, upper eyelid surgery may be covered by insurance or Medicare. During your consultation, we will obtain the required photographs and documentation and request authorization from your insurance company." Several gallery case descriptions state the patient's ptosis repair or upper blepharoplasty "was covered by insurance." No page states specific dollar prices.

Recovery

Practice

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