Dr. Sara Alice Kaltreider, MD

I have to disagree with the first reviewer. I had the brow lift and the scars are barely visible. She did a wonderful job and I am so grateful for her preciseness and thoughtfulness. I had her use the Mixto laser on my face a few years ago. I am 70 years old and on many occasions, have been mistaken for 55 or 58! Not only is the laser better than any expensive creams but I felt nothing during the procedure. Dr. Kaltreider was patient and very astute to any pain I might feel. I highly recommend her!

Botched 2 Procedures: Upper Eyelid Surgery & Direct Brow Lift. Before I begin, I’d like to state that honesty, integrity, and accountability are all values I take very seriously in my own conduct and in others, especially those entrusted with a patient’s well-being who take an oath to do no harm. I feel it is my moral obligation to inform others considering the same procedure(s) of my terrible experience with this doctor. The past year has been heartbreaking. I had a very smooth forehead and ideal eyelids to work with. I had no complications, just simple excess eyelid skin quite common for a 40-year-old. The short version is that I had eyelid surgery and a direct brow lift performed on the same morning. At 3 months, I had to be realistic and admit that I had permanent scarring over both eyebrows and both eyelids had bumpy, pinched incision lines that would never look as promised or like the many other successful eyelid surgeries I had seen. When it became clear that revision work… would be required, I began to witness a very different personality than the one which impressed me so much at the consultation. She was insensitive regarding what I had been going through for 5 months. Almost cold. I witnessed a lot of denial, an arrogance and superiority I never saw coming, and a lack of accountability. She made several promises to me and kept none of them. I am now in a very tough position of having to find a truly skilled and experienced revisionist in oculoplastics to fix the damage she has caused to several areas. I’ve spoken to her about this, and again, she was completely unaffected. There is so much more detail than I can possibly include here. I wanted this to be a success story more than anything and hoped to be able to refer people to her. That’s why I started documenting this journey 2 weeks before my surgery. I went into the consultation very open-minded and eager to learn about her experience and what she could offer me to cosmetically enhance my already attractive appearance. By the time the visit was over, I thought I had hit the jackpot. She was so sweet, sincere, complimentary, made me feel like I was her only patient, answered all of my questions and concerns with great confidence, promised beautiful results, and even reassured me that in the event something did not go as planned, she would make it right “at no additional charge.” I bought in immediately. I could have chosen any surgeon in this country, but I chose her. She had the best sales pitch I’ve ever heard. I will not speak on her experience with ptosis correction, eyelid retraction repair, congenital issues, or other revision-related surgeries she may be capable of performing. I can, however, share my traumatic experience with women of all ages who are seeking an aesthetically pleasing first-time Blepharoplasty or brow lift. We only get one first-time surgery. The uphill battle after a botched surgery, including the high financial costs, finding the right surgeon, the emotional toll, and likely travel and time away from work and/or family, is enormous. My advice is to seek out a surgeon who can share several picture results of similar successful surgeries, reach out to a patient of that doctor if possible, and try not not to get pulled in by an amazing sales speech. Lastly, I recommend setting up more than one consultation no matter how well you feel the first one went.

Dr. Kaltreider is the best! I’ve had 3 different procedures done there over the past 2 years and will continue to return.