Best Upper Eyelid Surgery doctors in Ukraine: TOP 10 doctors

Dr. Svitlana Rabotenko is a leading plastic surgeon at Vidnova Clinic. She holds the Highest Qualification Category. Dr. Rabotenko is an international member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) and the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS). She is also a member of the All-Ukrainian Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons.

Dr. Rabotenko has over 16 years of experience. She performs about 300 operations each year. Her main areas of expertise are breast, body, and facial plastic surgery. She completed advanced training at the P.L. Shupyk National Medical Academy. Dr. Rabotenko regularly attends international conferences and helps advance plastic surgery in Ukraine.

Dr. Homola combines advanced scientific training with refined surgical skills, specializing in aesthetic and reconstructive procedures at his clinic.

• PhD holder with specialized training in surgery and combustiology
• Expert in body contouring and breast surgery procedures
• Graduated from O.O. Bogomolets National Medical University
• Completed postgraduate studies at P.L. Shupyk National Medical Academy

Ivan Vadimovich Kononikhin – plastic surgeon at Vidnova clinic

Qualification

In 2012, he graduated from Zaporizhzhia State Medical University with a degree in "Medical Medicine". Then he completed an internship at the Department of Surgery and Proctology of the ZMAPE in the 9th City Hospital (Zaporizhzhya).

After completing his internship, he was referred to the Veselivska Central District Hospital, where he worked until 2019.

From 2016 to 2018, he worked in parallel at the Atlant Medical Center (Melitopol). During this time, he completed many training and practical courses, including laparoscopic and minimally invasive surgical interventions at the ZMAPO, endoscopic examination methods at the ZHMU.

Since 2015, he has been actively involved in aesthetic medicine, paying great attention to contouring and botulinum therapy. Every year he attends many practical and scientific conferences on surgery and aesthetic medicine.

In 2019, he received the second qualification category in the specialty "Surgery".

Work experience

Ivan Kononikhin performs about 400 operations annually. His medical experience amounts to 11 years of successful work and constant development.

Today, Ivan Vadymovych is a member of the Ukrainian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons.

List of operations and procedures

Ivan Kononikhin is a plastic surgeon with a broad profile. He performs a full range of plastic surgeries on the face and body.

• Breast augmentation
• Breast lift
• Breast lift with augmentation
• Gynecomastia
• Tummy tuck (abdominoplasty)
• Liposuction
• Blepharoplasty
• Facial lipofilling
• Otoplasty
• Correction of postoperative scars
• Botulinum therapy (Dysport injections)
• Contour plastic surgery with fillers
• Lip contouring (lip augmentation)

Specializes in face and neck correction, with advanced training in rhinoplasty and 3D visualization techniques.

• Member of the European Rhinoplasty Society and Ukrainian Society of Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery
• Trained in Amsterdam and Istanbul for advanced surgical techniques
• Attended multiple international courses on anatomy and thread lifting methods

Dr. Olga Shkolnaya is a board-certified plastic surgeon with over 12 years of clinical experience. She has performed more than 500 surgeries. Dr. Shkolnaya is known for her skills in both aesthetic and reconstructive procedures.

She is a member of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and the Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery in Ukraine. Dr. Shkolnaya has co-authored a patent in mammoplasty and an article in the Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Journal.

She graduated from St. Petersburg University. Dr. Shkolnaya often speaks at international conferences and takes part in master classes, including the Best Bottis Face in Italy (2017).

Patient requests:

Age-related changes in various areas of the body;

Breast augmentation or correction;

Condition, after full or partial removal of the breast;

Consequences of injuries, burns, removal of various tumor-like formations;

Lymphatic edema of the extremities after various injuries and surgical interventions.

Areas:

All types of operations in the field of aesthetic and reconstructive surgery;

All types of microsurgical operations;

Consultation of patients.

Methods:

Surgical techniques aimed at correcting age-related changes in the face and body;

All types of operations with corrections of congenital and acquired skin defects and deformations of various localization;

All types of operations for the correction of postoperative scars and skin deformations;

All types of microsurgical operations.

Education

Kyiv Medical Institute named after O.O. Bogomolets in 1980, Sergeon;

Since 1980, work in the department of microsurgery and plastic surgery of NIHT named after O.O. Shalimova with a specialization in vascular surgery; 

1987 he defended his candidate's thesis "auto-alloneuroplasty of defects of the peripheral nerves of the limbs";

In 1996, he completed the cycle of works on microsurgery in the field of neuroplasticity, received the State Award of Ukraine in the field of science and technology;

In 1999, he defended his doctoral thesis "Autotransplantation of complex tissue complexes for closing defects in functionally important areas of the limbs";

Since 2007 - professor of the department of combustiology and plastic surgery, head of the cycle - "Mammoplasty";

Sidorchuk Yuri Valerievich - plastic surgeon

Education

• 2011-2015 - Rivne State Basic Medical College, specialty "General Medicine", qualification paramedic;
  
• 2015-2021 - Kyiv Medical University named after A.A. Bogomolets, specialty "General Medicine", professional qualification - physician;
  
• 2021-2024 - National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education named after P. L. Shupik. Specialty "General Surgery" based on the National Institute of Surgery and Transplantation named after A. A. Shalimov.
  

Experience

• 2016-2019 - Kyiv City Clinical Hospital No. 9, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care;
  
• 2018-2019 - Medical Center "Harmony of Health";
  
• 2020-2021 - Medical Center "Medical Practice";
  
• 2020-2023 - Kyiv City Clinical Bureau of Forensic Medical Examination;
  
• from 2023 - Vidnova clinic.
  

Courses and certificates:

• "Center for Special Training" for ACLS (Advance Cardiovascular Life Support - 2022) Kyiv, Ukraine;
  
• "Special Training Center" for ITLS (International Trauma Life Support Advanced) Kyiv, Ukraine;
  
• Participant of the international congress ICANPS 2023 "Modern trends in reconstructive and plastic surgery", Kyiv, Ukraine;
  
• Participant of the international scientific and practical conference 2023 "Current issues of modern plastic and reconstructive surgery", Uzhgorod, Ukraine;
  
• Participant of the conference “Live surgery of aesthetic mammoplasty and oncoplastic breast surgery”, Uzhgorod, Ukraine;
  
• "Dermatoscopy of skin neoplasms", Kyiv, Ukraine;
  
• "Injection treatment with fillers: upper and middle third of the face", Kyiv, Ukraine;
  
• Academy of Advanced Aesthetics. "Blanching": expert knowledge and advanced technologies, Kyiv, Ukraine;
  
• Academy of Advanced Aesthetics - The Art of Lip Correction with Beloteto;
  
• Professional school in online format "Family Doctor Academy", Kyiv, Ukraine;
  
• CPD (continuous professional development). Master class: "Treatment of cancer patients in the epidemiological conditions of 2020", Kyiv, Ukraine;
  
• Scientific and practical conference "Sukharev readings". Topic: "Vascular surgery, phlebology and angiology in the era of COVID-19", Kyiv, Ukraine;
  

Social activities:

• 2020 - rotation to the village of Taramchuk, Maryinsky district, Donetsk region.
  
• 2022 - A volunteer doctor during a full-scale invasion in Kyiv.
  

Achievements and awards:

Decree of the President of Ukraine 419/2022 awarded the medal "For a saved life" dated 17.06. 2022

Specializes exclusively in eyelid surgery – trained in both traditional and advanced techniques like contopexy (foxy eye).

• 10+ years performing upper and lower eyelid surgeries
• Completed specialized training in blepharoplasty and facial rejuvenation
• Member of the Association of Plastic Surgeons of Ukraine
• Attended international cadaver courses for facial anatomy