Eye Surgery
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Colorado External Ptosis Repair By Dr. John Burroughs
This video is about External Ptosis Repair also called levator resection or advancement. It is done to lift a ptotic (droopy) eyelid to help patients have more symmetric eyes and see better. Dr. Burroughs has published a surgical textbook chapter on this technique. -
Internal Droopy Eyelid (Ptosis) Repair Colorado Springs
This video is about Internal Ptosis Repair. There are no outside surgical scars. Dr. John Burroughs is an oculofacial plastic surgeon practicing in Colorado Springs, CO. www.drjohnburroughs.com 719-473-8801
Eye Procedures
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Colorado Non-Surgical Filler Blepharoplasty (Eyelid Lift) By Dr. John Burroughs
A filler blepharoplasty uses hyaluronic dermal acid filler to fill in lower eyelid hollows and improve the appearance of the fat bags. This is an in-office procedure that Dr. Burroughs has been doing for about 5 years. It can put off having surgery, is sometimes better than surgery, or a complement to the results of surgery. -
Colorado Springs BlephEx Eyelid Treatment For Dry Eyes Blepharitis By Dr. John Burroughs
BlephEx is a novel treatment for blepharitis and dry eye. Our eyelids get coated with a buildup of rancid oils, old makeup, bacterial biofilm, dead cells, and even mites. This plugs up the oils gland openings that are essential to delivering oils to our tear film to avoid evaporative tear loss and severe red/dry eyes. These buildup issues also can contribute to oil cysts in the eyelid that need surgical drainage, infections, red/swollen eyes and eyelids, crusting, mattering, and eye discomfort and blurriness. The mechanical action of the BlephEx is safe, but very effective to clean away the harmful buildup of unwanted material and infection-causing issues along the eyelid margin. It only takes about 10 minutes, and is very well tolerated with no downtime. Repeated treatments are typically needed at 4-6 month intervals, but savings can be obtained over other expensive lid scrubs and artificial tear regimens. Call 719-473-8801 or www.drjohnburroughs.com -
Colorado Under Eye Filler Blepharoplasty For Tear Troughs, Bags, Hollows By Dr. John Burroughs
Filler Blepharoplasty is a great non-surgical technique to cosmetically improve the lower eyelids. The fat bags can be smoothed and made to appear less prominent, and "tear trough" depressions can be filled in to smooth the lower eyelid cheek junction. There is no downtime, and results can last between 1-3 years. Before and Afters can be seen at www.drjohnburroughs.com -
Lateral Tarsal Strip Ectropion Repair Colorado Springs
This video is about Lateral Tarsal Strip Ectropion Repair. Dr. John Burroughs practices oculofacial plastic surgery in Colorado Sprigns, CO. He is both a cosmetic and reconstructive surgeon. The tarsal strip procedure can help patient with red, dry, and irritated eyes. It is especially helpful when there is laxity of the lower eyelid and/or retraction (pulling downward). Dr. Burroughs can be reached at www.drjohnburroughs.com and 719-473-8801. -
Botox for Blepharospasm & Apraxia
Benign Essential Blepharospasm is a condition that can cause functional blindness due to an inability to keep the eyes open. Severe eyelid spasms occur that cause the eyelids to uncontrollably clamp shut. Some patients get a pseudo-apraxia of eyelid opening demonstrable by once the eyes are clamped shut they seemingly cannot be forcefully opened. Botulinum toxin injections are an outstanding treatment for these conditions, and most patients can resume normal work and personal lives to include driving and reading.
Dr. John Burroughs
Surgery & Treatment of the Eyelids, Face, and Orbits
Colorado Springs, CO
http://drjohnburroughs.com
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Dr. John Burroughs Upper Lower Blepharoplasty
Dr. John Burroughs is the medical director for Springs Aesthetics in Colorado Springs. He shares a before and after result for a cosmetic upper and lower eyelid blepharoplasty on a male patient. Dr. Burroughs gets consults from all of Colorado, surrounding states, and even internationally. The male cosmetic eyelid surgery varies from female approach. He will discuss a before and after result. Dr. Burroughs is recognized as an eyelid expert both nationally and internationally, and is on the faculty of numerous cosmetic surgery meetings.
Blepharoplasty
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Cosmetic Lower Eyelid External Blepharoplasty Colorado Springs
This video is about Cosmetic Lower Eyelid External Blepharoplasty. Dr. John Burroughs is a cosmetic surgeon practicing in Colorado Springs, CO. He has authored book chapters on cosmetic surgery and taught other surgeons. -
Colorado Springs Cosmetic Lower Eyelid Blepharoplasty by Dr. John Burroughs
This video is a cosmetic Transconjunctival Lower Eyelid Blepharoplasty that I performed. Dr. John Burroughs.
Body Procedures
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Colorado Springs Armpit Hyperhidrosis (Excess Sweating) Fractora Treatment By Dr John Burroughs
Excess sweating of the armpits and not only be unsightly and embarrassing but also cause unpleasant odor. Fractora provides a long-term solution through a single treatment by destroying the armpit area sweat glands with radiofrequency heat following local anesthetic injections. It is better than botulinum toxins as it is more permanent and typically does not need to be retreated. A treatment session takes approximately 45 minutes. -
Colorado Springs Non-Surgical Fat Removal With BodyFX By Dr John Burroughs
BodyFX uses radiofrequency heat to destroy fat and cellulite without surgery. It also tightens skin that CoolSculpting won't. BodyFX uses newer technology that carries less risks of nerve damage and post treatment pain. BodyFX treatments take about 25 minutes and take place over 6-8 treatment sessions. It is effective on neck fat, arm fat, back fat, belly fat, thigh/buttocks, and other areas of concern.
Wrinkle Blocker
Dermal Fillers
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Advanced Filler Rhinoplasty With 22G Cannula
Dr. Burroughs is a cosmetic oculofacial plastic surgeon practicing in Colorado Springs, CO. He enjoys helping patients reach their aesthetic goals with surgery as well as non- and minimally invasive approaches. Feeling better about one's appearance helps build confidence, and some have described beauty as confidence. Patient concerns with their noses include: prominent dorsal hump; overly broad appearance; downturning of the tip; asymmetry; collapsed or sweeping dorsal ridge; and others. Filler can last 9-12 months in the nose in many cases. Only a hyaluronic acid filler that is reversible should be used. The nose is a high risk area to inject because of blood vessels and if an obstruction occurs it could cause skin necrosis and scarring or worse. Also injecting into a blood vessel can cause blindness very rarely. 22G cannulas are much safer than needles as the blunt tip is difficult to get into a blood vessel. Smaller cannulas (25G, 27G) act like needles, which can penetrate into blood vessels and carry more risk. Dr. Burroughs has been using cannulas and advocates their use at meetings for better safety, patient comfort, and less bruising. Always be sure your injector has reversing enzyme (hyaluronidase) and that no permanent or non-reversible filler is used in the nose. Injecting office should always have 5-6 bottles of enzyme on hand, and be reachable by phone even after hours if painful, irregular bruising occurs which could be a vessel occlusion as mins-hrs matter. Skin should always be prepped with antiseptic not just alcohol to avoid potentially high risk infections. Dr. Burroughs is enthusiastic about the fantastic results that can be obtained with fillers, but safety is paramount. He teaches at both national and international meetings. -
Dr. Burroughs discusses filler brow lifting and contouring
Dr. Burroughs is a practicing oculofacial plastic surgeon. He is also a master cosmetic filler injector. This video shows a brief portion of a talk he gave at an international facial plastic surgery meeting. Fillers can be safely injected with 22 gauge cannulas into the brow fat pads to enhance, contour, and gently lift them. -
Minimizing Filler Complications: Are Cannulas Always Safer?
Dr. John Burroughs is a master injector, and teaches his techniques at international meetings. Fillers can make amazing and immediate aesthetic improvements to our faces. Cannulas can make these infections safer, but only certain sizes and still being mindful of the vessel danger zones. Infections with fillers are rare, but can be very difficult to treat and leave scarring. A vessel complication referred to Dr. Burroughs will be shown, how it was successfully managed, and how to avoid this serious complication. -
Lip Filler By Melissa with Dr. John Burroughs at Springs Aesthetics in Colorado Springs
Dr. Burroughs is a cosmetic eyelid and facial plastic surgeon. He directs the Springs Aesthetics medi-spa, and is a highly respected surgeon both locally, nationally, and internationally. He teaches at large cosmetic meetings about advance injection techniques. Dr. Burroughs has trained Melissa the Springs Aesthetics nurse injector. She has become a phenomenal injector and she and Dr. Burroughs share tips for lip injections. -
Cosmetic dermal fillers injections can be safely followed by high temperature procedures like lasers
Dr. John Burroughs is a cosmetic oculofacial plastic surgeon in Colorado Springs, who specializes in cosmetic eyelid and facial plastic surgery. He also teaches at national and international cosmetic meetings. Dr. Burroughs has become an master injector and has been asked several times to teach and give his talk on dermal filler injections around the eyes, which he believes can be done safely. Oftentimes after getting fillers patients also would like to get laser and/or high temperature radiofrequency procedures. Prior teaching has been not to do these high temperature procedures shortly after injecting filler to avoid damaging the product. These hyaluronic acid fillers are actually processed at very high temperatures prior packaging for use by physicians. A recent study published showed that these procedures can be done after filler injections. Dr. Burroughs wanted to show with an experiment even with a very high temperature cautery that is much higher in temperature than lasers or radiofrequency that the hyaluronic fillers were not damaged or melted. He used Restylane-L and Restylane Lyft. Dr. Burroughs likes to advance the safety and techniques of filler injections as he feels they sometimes can replace surgery and are certainly complimentary to surgery as they add volume back that our faces experience as we age. -
Dr. Burroughs shows pull back method for cosmetic filler injections is dangerous
There is a dubious teaching that when injecting dermal filler that one can test that they are not in a blood vessel by pulling back on the syringe to see if there is a blood flashback in the syringe. This is dangerous even when injecting on bone that the needle is not in a blood vessel because the vessels also run along the bone. Using a dark food dye and a syringe with just saline shows a quick flash back when pulling back on the syringe whereas when using a viscous hyaluronic acid filler (Restylane) this does not occur until the syringe plunger has been pulled back 0.4 cc. This would never be done during a filler injection. Dr. Burroughs does not use needles for his filler injections around the dangerous vessel areas or most of the face for that matter. He uses large caliber cannulas as compared to small diameter cannulas, which act just like needles. He has treated a vascular injection when the injector had used a 27G cannula instead of a larger 22G cannula resulting in a dangerous vessel occlusion that can cause very serious skin necrosis and scarring. He also is concerned around the eyes and other sites of the face that an intravascular injection of dermal filler can cause blindness, which has been reported across the globe. Some injectors don't want to learn cannula injection techniques as it is more difficult and less precise in some injectors hands. Dr. Burroughs does not want to place his patients at risk for blindness, so advocates strongly and teaches for 22G cannula injections only to avoid these risks.
Mini Facelift
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Colorado Springs Facelift, Mini Incision, Short-Scar, Weekend, Lifestyle, Quick, Necklift
The mini-incision facelift is a fantastic in-office cosmetic surgery to lift the jowls and upper neck tissues. It is also called the weekend lift or short-scar facelift. Dr. Burroughs of has been performing these since 2004. This type of facelift surgery has minimal downtime, great results, and is safer than other forms of facelifting surgery. It can be done in conjunction with neck liposuction, skin resurfacing, chemical peels, dermal fillers, and radio-frequency treatments like facetite or fractora fraxel-type skin resurfacing. More before and after results of Dr. John Burroughs can be seen at www.drjohnburroughs.com -
Mini, Jowl, Short Scar Facelift, lifestyle, weekend lift, Rhytidectomy. Colorado Springs, Colorado.
This video is about the Mini (Short-Scar, Jowl Lift, Weekend, Quick) Face Lift. Dr. John Burroughs is an oculofacial plastic surgeon that practices in Colorado Springs, CO. See BEFORE & AFTERS at http://www.drjohnburroughs.com 719-473-8801
A shorter version with before/afters can also be viewed on my youtube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF38ESFevTM
Forehead & Brow Lift
Facetite & Necktite
(Coming Soon)
Facial Cosmetic Procedures
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Liquid Facelift By Dr John Burroughs Colorado Springs Cosmetic Oculofacial Plastic Surgeon
Dr. John Burroughs is a cosmetic facial plastic surgeon that performs both surgical and non-surgical facial rejuvenation. This patient wished to have a "mommy" makeover for her face without surgery. She had fillers and wrinkle blockers injected to improve her appearance and shares her experience and results. Dr. Burroughs is a recognized expert for both surgical and non-surgical rejuvenation and is an invited speaker at both national and international cosmetic symposia. -
Colorado Springs Wrinkle Blocker "Botox" Live Facial Injections By Dr. John Burroughs
Wrinkle Blockers (Xeomin, Botox, Dysport) are given through injections to relax expression lines and can help get rid of unwanted expressions (frowning, resting b-tch face). They can even help you feel less stressed and have a better outlook along with a more relaxed face. -
Colorado Springs Dr John Burroughs Performing Live Wrinkle Blocker "botox" Facial Injections
Dr. John Burroughs is a Colorado Springs cosmetic surgeon with over 20 years experience injecting wrinkle blockers (Xeomin, Botox, Dysport). He demonstrates his comfortable injection technique and provides injection pearls and before and after results. Dr. Burroughs teaches about botulinum injections at national cosmetic symposia. -
Colorado Springs Botulinum Toxin For TMJ & Facial Slimming By Dr John Burroughs
Botulinum toxins (Xeomin, Botox, and Dysport) can help relieve painful TMJ syndrome and at the same time providing a slimming effect for the face. It can be used for either concern and the results last months. Dr. Burroughs of Springs Aesthetics in Colorado Springs Shows His Technique. -
Radiesse Dermal Filler For Facial Folds Colorado Springs
This video is about Radiesse Dermal Filler For Facial Folds. Dr. John Burroughs is an oculofacial plastic surgeon practicing in Colorado Springs, CO. www.drjohnburroughs.com 719-473-8801
Other Procedures
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External Cantholysis Tarsal Strip
Dr. John Burroughs, Colorado Springs Oculofacial Plastic Surgeon, Shows The Cosmetic Tarsal Strip Procedure. -
Transblepharoplasty Arcus Release
Dr. John Burroughs, Colorado Springs Oculofacial Plastic Surgeon, Shows The Transblepharoplasty Arcus Release For Cosmetic Lower Eyelid Surgery. This helps in improving the smoothness and fat repositioning of the lower eyelid to improve the eyelid cheek complex. Dr. Burroughs recently taught this at the Vegas Cosmetic Surgery Meeting in June 2016. -
Transconjunctival Internal Cantholysis
Dr. John Burroughs, Colorado Springs Oculoplastic and Facial Plastic Surgeon, Shows His Technique For Transconjunctival Internal Cantholysis. This eases access for cosmetic lower eyelid fat blepharoplasty surgery. He taught this at the 2016 Vegas Cosmetic Surgery meeting. -
Temporary Suture Tarsorrhaphy
Dr. Burroughs, Colorado Springs Oculofacial Plastic Surgeon, shows his published technique for the temporary suture tarsorrhaphy (4-0 silk) that simplifies the technique. This technique helps patients with non-healing corneal ulcers, exposure keratitis, and paralyzed eyelids. Many of my colleagues have found this to be an easier to perform technique than what they had been taught and it can be both sight and eye-saving. Ocular medication can still be applied to the area medial or just lateral to the sutured area. -
Covid Pandemic: Minimizing Fire Risks During IV Sedation Surgeries
Dr. John Burroughs is an oculofacial plastic surgeon with over 20 years of experience operating around the eyes and face. He shares a technique to maintain surgical sterility while minimizing an operative fire risks. Oxygen used for the patient can ignite from a cautery spark. This has causes facial burns that can be serious. Dr. Burroughs has fortunately never had an operative fire as he follows very careful protocols, and even been an expert reviewer for a case and published some of his techniques to avoid this risk. During the Covid pandemic surgeons need to adopt in the care for their patients to avoid surgical fires for medically necessary cases. Normally, Dr. Burroughs keeps the entire face exposed, so there can be no oxygen trapping that could ignite. However, during Covid to protect the patient and the operative team it is essential to minimize close contact breathing without the use of surgical masks that can help minimize spread of potentially infectious viral particles. Therefore, Dr. Burroughs has adopted this technique for patient and operative team safety. -
Dr. John Burroughs Ear Gauge Repair Before & After
Ear gauge repair is viewed as both an aesthetic improvement, but helps people to feel better about their appearance in life and as they wish to advance in their careers or explore new job opportunities. Dr. Burroughs, medical director of Springs Aesthetics, is an oculofacial plastic surgeon that has performed over 20 years of aesthetic eyelid and facial treatments. This is a very gratifying procedure for patients, and for Dr. Burroughs to perform.
