Hadlock platinum eyelid weights for facial reconstruction

Dr. Tessa Hadlock (Mass Eye and Ear, HST graduate, Tom's ENT) embedded platinum weights in the eyelid of a young woman whose facial muscles had been severed, so she could close her eye. Platinum chosen for density (small weight, no bulge), corrosion resistance, and bio-inertness.

I did come across a little application in the Boston Globe. I didn't cut it out, but a few weeks ago — one Friday I had a sinus infection, off in April, and I got hospitalized for it, and I now have lost some of the hearing in my ear. So I went over to see the world's best optic nerve facial surgeon — she's over at Mass Eye and Ear. One of the nice things about living in Boston: lots of good doctors. Turns out she's a graduate of the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program, so when she found out I was a professor, it sort of opens up with the doctors. Next thing I know, I'm looking at the paper on Monday morning, the Boston Globe, and there's Tessa Hadlock's picture, and she's treating this woman who had been cut severely by some boyfriend in Florida.