About John B. Holds, MD
John B. Holds, M.D., F.A.C.S. is an Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery at Ophthalmic Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Holds obtained his college degree summa cum laude at Trinity University in 1979, went to medical school at Southwestern in Dallas Texas, where he was “top five” in his class all four years, and completed residency at Baylor College of Medicine, Cullen Eye Institute where he was the chief resident from 1986-1987. Dr. Holds was privileged to work with Richard Anderson MD in Salt Lake City for two years of fellowship training in oculofacial surgery. Oculofacial or ophthalmic plastic surgeons are ophthalmologists who perform cosmetic and reconstructive surgery in the eyelids and upper face, including cosmetic, tear duct and orbital (tissues behind the eye) issues. Dr. John Holds was privileged to work with “Oculinum” toxin, which became Botox, when it was investigational in the 1980s, and performed original neuroanatomic and clinical work in this area. Dr. Holds is an author of over 100 peer-reviewed papers dealing with plastic and reconstructive surgery in the periocular area, along with numerous textbooks. He and colleagues have also run the popular PAWS series of surgery workshops in St. Louis since the 1990s. Selected for “Best Doctors in America” in 1994, and every year since, Dr. Holds makes it his mission to provide the best possible care to all of his patients. Eyelid and midfacial rejuvenation is an area of special interest to him.
