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Procedures & Treatments

Surgical & Non-Surgical
Services

Every procedure Dr. Krausz offers, with a candid description of what it does, who tends to be a good candidate, and what to expect. Click any procedure to expand.

Upper Blepharoplasty

Upper Eyelid Surgery

Upper blepharoplasty addresses the redundant skin and small pockets of fat that create hooding over the upper lid. The hooding shrinks the visible lid, makes eye makeup difficult to apply, and reads as fatigue even on rested days.
 

Through a fine incision hidden in the natural lid crease, Dr. Krausz removes the excess skin (and a measured amount of fat where indicated), restoring the lid platform that's been there all along. Most patients see their full lid line again for the first time in years — and other people notice they look rested without quite knowing why.

TRAINING

Univ. of Pennsylvania

Certification

FAAD · FACMS

Location

Haverford, PA

Lower Blepharoplasty

Lower Eyelid Surgery

Lower blepharoplasty addresses under-eye bags, hollows, dark shadowing, and crepey skin — the family of concerns that no amount of sleep or concealer can fully resolve.
 

It's a more individualized procedure than the upper lid. Depending on your anatomy, Dr. Krausz may reposition fat to fill the tear-trough hollow, remove a small amount of fat where there's true puffiness, tighten the lid itself, or combine all three. The goal is a smooth, even transition from lower lid to cheek — not the pulled-down, scooped-out look that betrays the surgery.

Anesthesia

Local or sedation

Procedure Time

1–2 hours

Recovery

1–2 weeks visible

Brow Lift

Endoscopic · Direct · Temporal

When the brow descends with age, it changes the entire upper third of the face — the forehead can look heavy, the eyes can read tired or angry even when they aren't, and upper-lid surgery alone won't fully address it. A brow lift restores the brow to its natural resting position.
 

Dr. Krausz tailors the technique to your anatomy and the degree of correction needed — from minimally invasive endoscopic approaches with small hidden incisions, to direct techniques for patients with deeper forehead lines or significant brow descent.
 

The goal is never an "operated" look. A successful brow lift is one your friends notice as well-rested, not lifted.

Anesthesia

Local or sedation

Procedure Time

1–2 hours

Recovery

7–10 days

Lip Lift

Subnasal · Corner

A lip lift shortens the distance between the base of the nose and the upper lip — a proportion that lengthens with age and obscures the upper teeth at rest. It also gently rolls the upper lip outward, creating more visible pink lip without adding volume.

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Unlike fillers, the result is permanent and structural. The incision is hidden in the natural crease beneath the nose. For many patients this is the procedure that finally gives them the upper-lip shape they had in their twenties — without the inflated look filler can produce when overdone.

Anesthesia

Local, in-office

Procedure Time

45 minutes

Recovery

1 week visible

Fat Transfer

Autologous Fat Grafting

Fat transfer (also called fat grafting) restores volume the way the body itself understands: with your own tissue. A small amount of fat is gently harvested from an area where you don't miss it — most often the abdomen or outer thigh — purified, and re-injected into the face in micro-deposits.

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The most-treated areas are the cheeks, temples, tear troughs, and perioral region — places where age-related volume loss flattens the face and casts shadows that age you. Because the result is your own tissue, it integrates naturally and continues to age along with the rest of your face.

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A portion of the transferred fat is reabsorbed in the first few months; what remains tends to be long-lasting. For the right candidate, fat transfer is the most natural option for restoring volume — and the only one that's biologically you.

Anesthesia

Local or sedation

Procedure Time

1–2 hours

Recovery

1–2 weeks visible

Mohs Micrographic Surgery

Skin Cancer Removal

Mohs is the gold-standard surgical treatment for most skin cancers of the face — the approach that delivers the highest cure rate while sparing the most healthy tissue. It's especially valuable on the eyelid, nose, lip, and ear, where every millimeter of skin matters cosmetically and functionally.
 

The cancer is removed in thin layers. Each layer is mapped and examined under the microscope by Dr. Krausz herself before any additional tissue is taken. When the margins are clear, removal stops — and reconstruction begins, in the same visit.
 

  • Cure rates above 99% for most primary skin cancers

  • Margin-controlled — no guessing

  • Tissue-sparing — the smallest possible defect

  • Same-day surgery and reconstruction

Anesthesia

Local, in-office

Procedure Time

Half-day visit

Recovery

Site-dependent

Facial Plastic Reconstruction

Post-Mohs · Trauma · Congenital

After skin cancer removal — or trauma — facial plastic reconstruction restores the anatomy that was lost. On the face, this isn't just about closing a wound. It's about preserving how an eyelid blinks, how a lip moves with speech, how an ear frames a profile, and how a nose breathes.
 

Dr. Krausz's dual training — Mohs surgery and facial plastic and reconstructive surgery — means oncologic and aesthetic considerations are handled by the same hands, in the same visit. Reconstruction is planned with the cancer removal, not improvised after it.
 

Techniques range from straightforward layered closure to local skin flaps, cartilage grafting, and full-thickness skin grafts — each chosen to match the tension, color, and texture of the surrounding tissue so the repair quietly disappears over time.

Anesthesia

Local, in-office

Procedure Time

30 min – 2 hours

Recovery

1–3 weeks

Scar Revision

Surgical · Traumatic · Acne

Scar revision refines the appearance of scars from prior surgery, injury, or acne. The right approach depends entirely on the scar — its age, depth, location, orientation relative to natural skin tension lines, and the surrounding skin type.
 

Techniques range from re-excision and meticulous layered closure (often with re-orientation along the natural lines of the face), to small geometric rearrangements that break up a long straight scar, to non-surgical options like laser, microneedling, and intralesional injections. Most patients benefit from a combination over time.
 

No scar can be erased completely — but most can be made meaningfully less visible. Dr. Krausz will tell you what's realistic for your specific scar before recommending a plan.

Anesthesia

Local, in-office

Procedure Time

30–90 minutes

Recovery

1–2 weeks

Neuromodulators

Botox · Dysport · Xeomin

Neuromodulators relax the small muscles responsible for expression lines — the horizontal forehead lines, the "11s" between the brows, and the crow's feet around the eyes — softening them without freezing the face.
 

Dr. Krausz's approach is conservative. The aim is to look like yourself on a good day, not like someone who's "had something done." Dosing and placement are tailored to your anatomy and how your face naturally moves.

Anesthesia

15 minutes

Procedure Time

3–7 days

Recovery

3–4 months

Dermal Fillers

Volume · Contour · Hydration

Hyaluronic-acid fillers restore volume that's been lost over time and refine contour — cheeks, tear troughs, lips, jawline, temples, and the perioral area. Done well, they don't add anything visibly; they just give back what time has taken.
 

Dr. Krausz's filler philosophy is the same as her surgical one: the most flattering results come from doing less than the patient thinks they need, in the right places, with the right product for that anatomy. Over-filled faces age poorly. Subtly enhanced faces don't.

Anesthesia

30–45 minutes

Procedure Time

Immediate

Recovery

9–18 months

Sculptra

Collagen Biostimulator

Sculptra works differently from a traditional filler. Rather than adding volume directly, it gradually stimulates your own skin to produce new collagen — the protein that gives the face its firmness and lift. The result builds over months, not minutes.
 

It's particularly well suited to overall, generalized volume loss — the temples that have hollowed, the cheeks that have flattened, the gentle deflation across the lower face — rather than a single sharply defined area. Most patients see their final result over the course of a series of sessions spaced several weeks apart.
 

Because Sculptra works with your tissue rather than sitting on top of it, the results tend to look natural and last considerably longer than hyaluronic-acid fillers — often two years or more.

Anesthesia

45 minutes

Procedure Time

Gradual, 6–12 weeks

Recovery

Up to 2+ years

Laser Resurfacing

Fractional · Ablative · Non-Ablative

Laser resurfacing addresses fine lines, textural irregularity, sun damage, uneven pigment, and the overall softness that the skin loses with time. Controlled energy is delivered into the skin to remove dulled surface layers and prompt the deeper layers to rebuild with fresh collagen.
 

Treatments range from gentle non-ablative protocols with minimal downtime — useful for maintenance and early signs of aging — to deeper fractional ablative resurfacing for more dramatic improvement of texture and lines, with a more defined recovery period. The right choice depends on your skin type, your goals, and how much downtime you can build into your schedule.
 

Aggressive protocols on the wrong skin type can backfire. Dr. Krausz's approach is to choose conservatively and treat to a result that looks like better skin — not treated skin.

Visit Time

30–60 minutes

Downtime

0–10 days

Series

Often 1–3 sessions

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