What is eye plastics?

Eye plastics, or oculoplastics, is a subspecialty of ophthalmology (eye surgery) encompassing a wide variety of surgical procedures on the gross anatomical structures surrounding the eye.  These structures include the orbit (eye socket), eyelids, tear ducts, and upper face.  An oculoplastic surgeon has completed medical school, ophthalmology residency, and oculoplastics fellowship.  A certified oculoplastic surgeon has completed a two-year fellowship sponsored by the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS), and has become a member of this society by completing written and oral board examinations following fellowship.  

EYELID SURGERY

• Ptosis - drooping eyelids due to a weak muscle
• Dermatochalasis - drooping eyelids due to excess skin hanging over the edge of the eyelid
• Ectropion - eyelid turning out
• Entropion - eyelid turning in
• Retraction - eyelid not able to close all the way
• Lesion removal
• Skin cancer removal / reconstruction
• Trauma / reconstruction

ORBITAL SURGERY

• Orbital decompression for thyroid eye disease
• Orbital wall or orbital rim fracture repair
• Orbital tumor biopsy or removal

TEAR DUCT SURGERY

• Nasolacrimal duct probing and intubation - open tear duct and place a stent
• Dacryocystorhinostomy - open new tear duct to bypass blockage
• Conjunctivo-dacryocystorhinostomy - place artificial tear duct to drain tears directly to nasal cavity

BOTOX

• Injections for blepharospasm
• Injections for hemifacial spasm
• Injections for dynamic wrinkles (cosmetic)

DAVID JONES, MD

David F. Jones, MD is a partner at Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery Specialists/Mississippi Eye Plastics, where he specializes in ophthalmic plastic surgery. Dr. Jones completed a fellowship in Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery sponsored by the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center/Hamilton Eye Institute in Memphis, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. He is a graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Medicine and Mississippi State University. Dr. Jones is a fellow with the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and a member of the American Board of Ophthalmology. 

Dr. Jones and his wife Harper are the proud parents of two children and live in Jackson.

Kyle Lewis, MD, FACS

Kyle Lewis, MD, is a partner at Mississippi Eye Plastics. Dr. Lewis is a native of Jackson, MS, and after graduating from the University of Southern Mississippi, attended medical school, internship, and residency in Ophthalmology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Dr. Lewis then completed fellowship training in Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Lewis also serves as a Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, since 2011. He continues to be active in the teaching and training of Ophthalmology, Dermatology, ENT, and Plastic Surgery residents and fellows, in the field of Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery. Dr. Lewis is a member of the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons. 

Dr. Lewis and his wife (an ENT surgeon) live in Jackson with their four children and enjoy spending their free time with them.