Dr. Kian Eftekhari, MD

Training and board certification

Source for all rows: eyelidcenterutah.com/team/dr-kian-eftekhari

• Board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology.
• Former Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kittner Eye Center, where he trained residents in eyelid surgery and researched oculoplastic surgery and facial trauma outcomes.
• Active member of the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS); served as chair of the Young ASOPRS Committee; received the ASOPRS Outstanding Contribution Award in 2020. The upper blepharoplasty page describes ASOPRS as having "only 750 members in the world."
• Recipient of the Agnew Fellowship for surgical research and the Charles Oliver Award for excellence in ophthalmology research.
• Site states he has published peer-reviewed papers and lectured nationally/internationally on aesthetic eyelid surgery, thyroid eye disease and blepharospasm.

Eyelid surgery work

• Upper blepharoplasty. Described as "the most common cosmetic surgery procedure" he performs; incisions placed in the upper eyelid crease, excess skin removed, fat repositioned rather than removed to avoid hollowing (eyelid-lift-upper-blepharoplasty).
• Lower blepharoplasty. Under-eye bag and skin rejuvenation; the page distinguishes aesthetic lower lid work from medical lower lid tightening for ectropion/retraction (blepharoplasty-lower-eyelid-surgery).
• Ptosis repair. Site states ptosis surgery is his second most common procedure after upper blepharoplasty, with three techniques in order of frequency: Mullerectomy (scarless, no visible incision), levator advancement (aponeurotic approach, learned from Dr. Richard Anderson), and frontalis sling for severe congenital ptosis in children; Upneeq offered as a nonsurgical option (ptosis-droopy-eyelids).
• Brow lift. Three techniques described: the gliding brow lift (developed by Dr. Fausto Viterbo, minimally invasive, good for receding hairlines), transblepharoplasty (incision in the eyelid crease, can combine with upper blepharoplasty), and direct brow lift (incision above the brow hairs, performed in-office) (brow-lift).
• Canthoplasty. Lateral canthoplasty (outer canthus) and epi-canthoplasty (inner canthus); treats keratopathy, ectropion, entropion, lagophthalmos and trauma; 30-60 minutes per side under sedation anesthesia (canthoplasty).
• Asian eyelid surgery. Incision follows the natural upper eyelid crease with extra attention to crease design; sub-brow blepharoplasty offered for patients with significant brow sagging who want to preserve their existing crease (asian-eyelid-surgery).
• Also offered: revision eyelid surgery, male blepharoplasty, eyelid malposition repair (ectropion/entropion), pediatric ptosis, thyroid eye disease/orbital decompression, eyelid reconstruction, tear duct surgery, blepharospasm/myectomy surgery, facial paralysis and Bell's palsy, orbital fracture and tumor surgery.

Galleries (categorized by procedure, all on eyelidcenterutah.com/gallery/, checked 2026-09-30): upper blepharoplasty, lower blepharoplasty, ptosis repair, brow and forehead surgery, fat grafting, revisional eyelid surgery, Asian eyelid surgery, and reconstructive cases.

Other procedures

Non-surgical: neurotoxins (BOTOX), dermal fillers (cheek augmentation, lower eye bags, upper eyelid hollows), UltraClear laser skin rejuvenation, and Upneeq. Facial fat transfer/grafting, mid-face lift and facial lipo contouring are also offered (eyelidcenterutah.com).

Insurance and cost

• "While upper blepharoplasty is generally a cosmetic procedure, instances where excessive skin obstructs vision may be covered by insurance." (upper blepharoplasty FAQ)
• "Procedures aiming for aesthetic rejuvenation of the under-eye area...are typically not covered by insurance. However, patients experiencing a droopy lower eyelid or malposition like ectropion or retraction causing severe eye dryness may sometimes undergo lower eyelid tightening as a medical procedure." (lower blepharoplasty)
• No dollar prices found; the Payment Plans page offers PatientFi installment financing with no price figures (payment-plans).

Recovery

Practice

Not independently verified: the home page states "10+ Years Experience, 10,000+ Patients Served, 3,000+ Eyelid Surgeries, 40+ Podium Presentations" as self-reported figures.