Dr. Anne Kao, MD

I had a nodular basal cell carcinoma on the inner corner of my eye between my nose and eye that was removed via Mohs surgery. I then needed reconstructive surgery on that defect. Dr. Kao took a graft using skin from in front of my ear to replace the skin I’d lost during the Mohs surgery. She did an amazing job. She’s so calm and meticulous, a very skilled ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgeon. It’s only been two and a half weeks and it’s almost completely healed, and looks great.

I needed a cyst removed from my eyelid that had grown back a 2nd time. It was a big, hard bump that was the first thing you saw when you looked at me. The first time it was removed I had a plastic surgeon do the procedure and he did a good job. When it came back I was heart-broken. My Ophthalmologist at Kaiser recommended that I have Dr. Anne Kao remove it this time. She is also an Ophthalmologist but specializes in eyelid related surgeries. She was patient and compassionate. She made an incision thru the crease in the eyelid and went in this way. There was NO PAIN. The numbing shot was the worst of it and honestly, she was skilled with that as well. She was determined to get all of the cyst so that it wouldn't come back and she took her time. Again, I felt nothing. In the end, it looks GREAT! You would never know I had this done.