Dr. Vivian Schiedler, MD

Training and board certification

Source: meet-dr-vivian-schiedler

• Board-certified oculoplastic surgeon and member of the American Society of Oculofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
• Worked several years at Kaiser Permanente in San Diego, serving a population of about 500,000 and performing more than 400 surgical cases per year, per the site.
• Has published articles and book chapters and presented at national ophthalmic and oculoplastic conferences, per the site.
• Founded Oasis Eye Face and Skin in Ashland, Oregon, in 2012.

Eyelid surgery work

• Upper blepharoplasty. Outpatient, light to moderate sedation (oral sedation available in-office for healthy patients); incision placed in the natural eyelid crease, excess skin and fat removed, non-dissolvable sutures preferred to reduce redness and bumps; can correct ptosis at the same time. Bruising resolves in one to two weeks; final results take as little as three weeks, up to four months for some patients (upper-eyelids).
• Lower blepharoplasty. Addresses the area from the lower lashes to the orbital rim; incision in the lash line or transconjunctival (inside the lower lid), with fat re-draping to fill hollows. Bruising and swelling resolve in one to two weeks; final results in three weeks to four months (lower-eyelids).
• Brow lift. Two main surgical approaches: endoscopic brow lift (short hairline incisions, for short foreheads and thick hair) and hairline brow lift (longer incision just behind the hairline, for long foreheads); smaller in-office variants camouflage incisions in a wrinkle or just above the brow hair for patients wanting a smaller procedure or faster recovery. May be insurance-covered for severe, vision-impairing brow drooping, documented with a visual field test and photographs (brow-forehead-lift).
• Ptosis repair. Distinguishes eyelid ptosis (lid drooping) from brow ptosis (eyebrow drooping) and from dermatochalasis (excess skin). Eyelid ptosis is repaired by reattaching the levator muscle from the external (front) side, sometimes with skin removed, or from the internal (back) side, with a measured amount of tissue removed; the internal approach heals faster and can avoid a skin incision. Brow ptosis is treated with direct/midforehead, endoscopic, or transfollicular subcutaneous (hairline) brow lift. May be insurance-covered when severe and vision-affecting, documented with a visual field test and photographs. Patients stay home two to three days after surgery and avoid strenuous activity for a week (ptosis).

Galleries (all returned HTTP 200 on 2026-09-30): upper eyelids, lower eyelids, brow lift, male blepharoplasty, ptosis repair, ectropion repair and retraction repair before-and-after sets (gallery index).

Other procedures

Reconstructive: eyelid skin cancer and reconstruction, eyelid malpositions (ectropion and entropion), eye removal (enucleation), facial paralysis/facial spasms, floppy eyelid syndrome, orbital tumors, tearing and lacrimal system (tear duct), thyroid eye disease. Non-surgical: chemical peels, broadband light, skin care, dry eye treatment, CO2 laser rejuvenation.

Insurance and cost

Upper eyelid surgery, brow lift and ptosis repair may each be insurance-covered when the condition is severe enough to impair vision, documented by a visual field test and photographs submitted to the insurer; milder, cosmetic cases are the patient's responsibility. No page publishes a dollar price for any procedure; the site offers Cherry patient financing.

Practice