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Cynthia A.Boxrud MD. is a plastic surgery practice in Santa Monica, California, rated 4.9 stars across 169 Google reviews.
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2021 Santa Monica Blvd #408E, Santa Monica, CA 90404
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For over thirty years, Dr. Cynthia Boxrud has specialized in oculofacial plastic surgery, the natural, conservative rejuvenation of the eyes, brow, and face.
Board-certified female oculofacial plastic surgeon in Santa Monica and Los Angeles.
Diplomate, American Board of Ophthalmology
Fellow, American College of Surgeons.
Fellowship · 1993 Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery UCLA School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology
For over thirty years, Dr. Cynthia Boxrud has specialized in oculofacial plastic surgery, the natural, conservative rejuvenation of the eyes, brow, and face.
A brow lift moves the brow back to its anatomic position. The procedure ranges from a small temporal lift, which raises the tail of the brow through a tiny incision in the hairline, to an endoscopic brow lift for more substantial repositioning.
In Dr. Boxrud’s practice the brow lift is almost always conservative. The over-elevated, permanently surprised brow that gave the procedure a bad reputation in earlier decades comes from lifting too much, in the wrong vector.
Modern facelift surgery, including the technique Dr. Boxrud uses, works at the level of the SMAS (the superficial muscular aponeurotic system), the connective layer that gives the face its structural shape.
A well-performed facelift typically lasts 10 to 15 years.
A mini facelift (also called a ponytail lift or short-scar facelift) uses smaller, hidden incisions in the hairline and addresses mild to moderate laxity of the cheek, brow tail, and upper jawline.
Dr. Boxrud approaches upper eyelid surgery as an oculofacial plastic surgeon, not as a general cosmetic surgeon.
Patients across Los Angeles seek out Dr. Boxrud for upper eyelid surgery specifically because of this anatomic, restrained approach. The goal is not to look operated on.
Tear Duct Surgery (DCR)
Botox, Dysport, Xeomin, Daxxify
Sources: drboxrud.com, drboxrud.com/procedures/upper-blepharoplasty, drboxrud.com/procedures/brow-lift, drboxrud.com/procedures/facelift
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