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An ophthalmologist, Dr Bernard Hayot devotes his practice to the gaze: the eyelids, the orbit and the region that surrounds the eye. Thirty years spent on a narrow territory, where a few tenths of a millimetre separate a rested look from an altered one.
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A practice centred on the eyes
Dr Hayot is an ophthalmologist. He came to the eyelid through the eye, and to the gaze through the eyelid.
Ophthalmology teaches one to look at an eye very closely, and to measure what an eyelid protects or hinders. Oculoplastic surgery extends that training to the tissues surrounding the eye: skin, muscle, fat, bone. Dr Hayot has devoted most of his practice to it, first in hospital as a resident and then as Chief of Clinic in ophthalmology, and afterwards in his own practice.
His practice has shifted over the years. It began with removal, the surgery that takes away excess skin or a pocket of fat. It opened up to restoration, which puts volume back where it has melted away, after his training in lipostructure with Dr Sydney Coleman in New York. Addition blepharoplasty and nanolipofilling, which he was among the first in France to perform, come from that shift.
“My credo is the natural. I work like an art restorer: I reveal what was already there, without ever leaving a trace of my hand.” That sentence states the limit he sets himself: the truest result is the one nobody notices.
An examination begins with vision, not with appearance. The ocular surface, the closure of the eyelids, their position, the symmetry of the gaze, the distribution of volumes: each of these can explain a discomfort the person puts down to tiredness. The ophthalmological history, current treatments, allergies and previous procedures are recorded before any proposal is made.
Then comes the request itself: what motivates it, and above all what the person does not want to see changed. A consultation may end in abstention, in monitoring or in an ophthalmological treatment. When a project goes beyond the periorbital region, it is carried out four-handed with a surgeon qualified for those procedures.
Six entries to see where his practice comes from, what it covers, and how a consultation unfolds.
Cochin-Port-Royal medical school, residency in the Hospitals of Paris, Chief of Clinic in ophthalmology, then training in oculoplastic surgery at the Quinze-Vingts national ophthalmology hospital. That path explains the field in which he practises: the eye first, the eyelid next.
Dr Hayot is an ophthalmologist. His oculoplastic orientation concerns the eyelids, the gaze and the periocular region, with the same attention to visual function as to anatomy. It does not change his qualification, which remains ophthalmology.
Explore the eye areaThe first stage is diagnosis and information, not decision. The doctor sets out the options, their limits, their risks and the possibility of doing nothing. The schedule, the examinations and the follow-up depend on the situation.
Follow the patient pathwayThe practice hosts the examination, the information, injections and follow-up. Surgical procedures take place in an operating theatre, at a second address. The place chosen and the role of each team are stated before the procedure.
Dr Hayot operates on the periorbital region, as an ophthalmologist. Any procedure concerning the jawline, the neck or another area is carried out four-handed with a surgeon qualified for those procedures: each operates within his own field, during the same operation.
The articles on this site explain a subject, its possible indications and its uncertainties. Each carries a date and an author. They replace neither the examination nor an instruction given in consultation.
See the newsDr Bernard Hayot is a specialist physician in ophthalmology and an ophthalmologist. Oculoplastic surgery describes his orientation of activity around the eyelids and the periocular region.
It concerns the assessment and the management of the eyelids, of the orbit and of the structures neighbouring the eye. Visual function, the ocular surface and the balance of the eyes are integrated into the examination.
A discomfort attributed to appearance may be linked to the position of an eyelid, to ocular dryness or to another functional cause. The examination guides the diagnosis and may lead to postponing or setting aside a procedure.
The consultation serves first of all to understand the request and to establish an indication. The alternatives, the risks, the limits and the possibility of not intervening are set out before any decision.
Dr Hayot operates within his ophthalmological field for the periorbital region. Any procedure outside this region is carried out four-handed with a surgeon qualified for such procedures.
Current prescriptions, relevant reports and information relating to the ocular history make the assessment easier. The elements required are specified when the appointment is made, according to the reason for it.
The instructions depend on the procedure, on the state of health and on the factors of healing. The schedule is personalised and the signs that should lead to contacting the team are explained individually.
No. Results vary according to the anatomy, the quality of the tissues, the healing and the technique chosen. The follow-up makes it possible to assess the evolution over time.
Everything set out below has been checked against his official supporting documents. The same information appears in the legal notice, in accordance with the French Public Health Code and the Code of Medical Ethics.
The detailed career The patient pathway
Dr Hayot has brought together in one book his reading of the gaze, his technical choices and his reservations. It may be consulted freely.
Read the book (PDF, 128 pages)20 rue de la Trémoille, 75008 Paris
01 40 17 00 99
Consultations and injections. From Monday morning to Friday afternoon, a short walk from the Arc de Triomphe.
Métro 9 Alma-Marceau · Métro 1 Franklin-Roosevelt · Bus 42 and 80 · RER C Pont de l’Alma
12 bis rue Beaujon, 75008 Paris
01 56 64 03 05 · cliniqueesthetiqueparisetoile.fr
Procedures in the operating theatre. Monday to Friday, 7.30 am – 7.30 pm.
Métro 1 and 2 Charles-de-Gaulle-Étoile · Bus 31 · RER A
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Explanations on video, commented before / after cases and public statements. The publications are gathered on the media page.
At 20 rue de la Trémoille, several doctors practise in a coordinated way: Dr Brault, dermatologist, Dr Diaz, aesthetic medicine and laser, and Dr Hayot, ophthalmologist oriented towards oculoplastic surgery.
esthetique-tremoille.comThe professional title is “specialist physician in ophthalmology”, recognised by the National Council of the Ordre des médecins. Oculoplastic surgery, that is to say the surgery of the eyelids and of the periorbital region, is an orientation of activity within this speciality: it does not constitute a separate qualification and is not presented as one.
A consultation does not necessarily lead to a procedure. Monitoring, an ophthalmological treatment, another approach or the opinion of a practitioner with a different qualification may be more suitable. Any project outside the periorbital region is carried out four-handed with a surgeon qualified for such procedures.
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