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Productions Group

Dear Dr. Raval

Sometimes the decision to opt for a cosmetic improvement can take even the person who does it by surprise. It's that private a decision.  And, at the skilled hands of Dr. Jeff Raval, it's a public improvement.

The day I decided to improve the look of my tired eyes, was the morning I dressed for work as usual and critically assessed why it was that I even bothered to put on eye shadow. I was, quite possibly, the only person who knew I was wearing it ....simply because my eyes had taken on a puffy, tired look in the last two years. If anyone else noticed, they weren't saying so.

The surgery itself, performed under local anesthesia, was expertly painless. I specifically scheduled my next two days to religiously keep bags of frozen peas on my eyes in order to accelerate recovery. Within a week, I was comfortable being seen in public. Within two weeks, I started to receive complements about my "rested" appearance, a factor of the surgery, not sleep.

The highest compliment was paid to me by nail technician. For eight years, I've sat across from her-at a distance of only two feet-every two weeks to have my nails done. At that proximity and flaw is immediately apparent. When I showed up for my next appointment, she offered: "I would never have said you needed to have that done, but you did. The difference is incredible."

One of my personal hurdles approaching eyelid surgery was my concern that others would be critical. I imagined some friends and family would protest or call my decision vain. What I found was that friends 15 years younger than me instantly jumped on the idea as the next thing they'd do for themselves. Women 25 years older than me asked if it was too late for them to do the same.

I was profoundly pleased with Dr. Raval's attentiveness to my comfort and recovery. He and his staff were extraordinarily caring and their follow-up contact communication made my recovery all that much swifter.

Just two nights ago (three months after surgery), I had opportunity to encounter a woman in my same profession. We were familiar with each other's work, but had never met before. She took a look at me and said, "You look so young". Have you done something because if you have, I want to do the same. " I told her about my eye surgery and she said, "I have friends who have had eye surgery and their eyes look like this...too tight." She pulled back at the sides of her own eyes.

Perhaps that's the highest compliment I could receive. Clearly, my results don't appear like I've had surgery. My eyes don't look like a mistake. And most definitely, it wasn't.

Thank you,

- Nancy Clark