McCracken Eye and Face Institute

McCracken Eye and Face Institute Dr. McCracken
⛷️Denver oculoplastic surgeon

🏆 Castle Connolly Top Doc
🥇 5280 Top Doc
🎗️Persana-Verified
👁️ Cosmetic blepharoplasty
🧑‍🦱 Hair transplants

There’s something special about the people who knew you before careers, before families, before life moved at full speed...
03/01/2026

There’s something special about the people who knew you before careers, before families, before life moved at full speed.
These are the friends who sat next to you in lecture halls, shared late-night study sessions, celebrated small victories, and helped carry you through the exhausting, uncertain moments of college and medical school when quitting sometimes felt easier than continuing.
Years later, we reunited — not in hospitals or conference rooms, but on the slopes, laughing like no time had passed. The same friendships that helped us get through some of the hardest years of our lives somehow feel even more meaningful now.
Different paths, different cities, but the bond remains the same. Grateful for friendships built in the trenches that turned into a lifetime connection.
Proof that some chapters never really close — they just get better with time. And 3 feet of snow in a week helped too⛷️🏂🥳🎉

Congratulations to both the men’s and women’s USA Olympic hockey teams for beating Canada to win gold medals!✅ Jack Hugh...
02/24/2026

Congratulations to both the men’s and women’s USA Olympic hockey teams for beating Canada to win gold medals!
✅ Jack Hughes lost two teeth in regulation before scoring the winning goal in overtime
✅ The men’s Gold Medal win came 46 years to the day after the 1980 team beat the Soviets
✅ This was the third Gold Medal for both teams (men: 1960, 1980, 2026; women: 1998, 2018, 2026)
✅ The men are pictured with the jersey of Johnny Gaudreau, who was tragically killed in a bicycle accident in 2024. Gaudreau’s son and daughter are also in the picture with the team.

✨ From Heavy to Bright: A Total Eye TransformationEver feel like you’re fighting your own eyelids just to stay looking “...
02/16/2026

✨ From Heavy to Bright: A Total Eye Transformation

Ever feel like you’re fighting your own eyelids just to stay looking “awake”? 🥱

Our patient came to us complaining of heavy eyelids, but after a closer look, we discovered the culprit wasn’t just the lids—it was a combination of brow ptosis (heavy brows) and excess eyelid skin. When the brow sits low, it pushes down on the eyes, making them feel tired and heavy regardless of how much sleep you get.

The Transformation Strategy

To give her the refreshed, open look she wanted without looking “done,” we took a dual-approach:

✅ Endoscopic Brow Lift: This subtly lifted the foundation, relieving that “weighed down” feeling from the forehead.

✅ Upper Blepharoplasty: I removed just the right amount of excess skin to define the crease.

The Result?

Pure radiance. 🌟 By staying conservative, I preserved her natural character while making her eyes look and feelsignificantly lighter. No more “heavy” feeling at the end of the day!

Check out these before and afters to see how a specialized, anatomical approach creates the most natural results. 📸👇

Collaborative care in action! 🤝✨We had the pleasure of hosting the talented Anne Mailhot, PA-C in the OR today. It’s alw...
02/13/2026

Collaborative care in action! 🤝✨

We had the pleasure of hosting the talented Anne Mailhot, PA-C in the OR today. It’s always a privilege to share our surgical techniques with the colleagues who trust us with their patients.

Seeing the process from “table-side” only makes the recovery and post-op experience better for our shared patients. Plus, it’s always a great day when we get to talk shop with a pro!

From “Are you tired?” to “You look rested!” ✨This lovely patient felt her resting expression didn’t match her high energ...
02/07/2026

From “Are you tired?” to “You look rested!” ✨
This lovely patient felt her resting expression didn’t match her high energy and happy demeanor. Over time, her brows began to drop, creating a heavy, tired look and deepening the “angry 11s” between her eyes.
She may look like she is frowning in the preop photos, but her brows had simply sunken so much over time that they gave her the appearance of frowning.
Swipe to see the transformation after an EndoscopicBrow Lift (supported by EndoTines)! ➡️
By lifting the brow and the underlying muscles, we were able to:
✅ Open up the eye area significantly.
✅ Soften the frown lines between the eyebrows.
✅ Give her a brighter, more approachable, and youthful appearance—without looking “surprised.”
She is already loving her new, refreshed look! What do you think of this change? Let us know below! 👇

Shadow Day!Thank you to, Allison Page, NP and Kato Cohn, BSN for spending time with me in the operating room yesterday! ...
02/06/2026

Shadow Day!
Thank you to, Allison Page, NP and Kato Cohn, BSN for spending time with me in the operating room yesterday! Understanding facial anatomy is essential to getting great injectable results. Hats off to these two for realizing that beauty is not just skin deep and taking time to see the anatomy up close. I expect nothing but great things from both of them. 😀💉

Fat is Your Friend ✨Before ➝ AfterThis transformation highlights what’s possible when precise surgical technique is pair...
02/01/2026

Fat is Your Friend ✨
Before ➝ After
This transformation highlights what’s possible when precise surgical technique is paired with strategic fat grafting.
This patient underwent a temporal brow lift with upper and lower blepharoplasty for heavy upper eyelids and lower eyelid bags.
In addition, she also had:
🔥 Fat injection to restore lost cheek volume
🔥 Fat injection to restore lost volume in her temples, and
🔥Nanofat injection to improve lower eyelid skin quality, addressing crepiness and discoloration at the cellular level.

The result: brighter eyes, smoother contours, healthier skin—and a refreshed look that still feels like her.
Fat isn’t just filler. It’s structure, rejuvenation, and skin quality all in one.
The Power of Fat
✅ Natural
✅ Subtle
✅ Beautiful

🙏 Grateful for an incredible evening spent with our referring nurse injectors discussing Radiesse, a powerful biostimula...
01/30/2026

🙏 Grateful for an incredible evening spent with our referring nurse injectors discussing Radiesse, a powerful biostimulator that’s changing the way we think about tissue quality and longevity.
It was a pleasure hosting such a thoughtful, engaged group and diving into the science behind collagen stimulation, patient selection, and real-world outcomes. Events like this reinforce how important collaboration and continued education are in delivering the best results for our patients.
A sincere thank you to everyone who took the time to attend, and to Met for sponsoring the evening and make it possible. Looking forward to many more opportunities to learn and grow together.

Top Doctor Award🏆Honored and grateful to be selected by my peers as a Castle Connolly Top Doctor for the third year in a...
01/21/2026

Top Doctor Award🏆
Honored and grateful to be selected by my peers as a Castle Connolly Top Doctor for the third year in a row.
Only 7% of board-certified physicians receive this distinction, and it’s especially meaningful because it’s based on peer nomination. Thank you to my colleagues for the trust and confidence—and to my patients and team who make this work so rewarding every day.

Proud coach moment. 🏒🥅Our hockey team went to California and came home tournament champions. 🏆Adversity hit hard — we fi...
01/20/2026

Proud coach moment. 🏒🥅

Our hockey team went to California and came home tournament champions. 🏆

Adversity hit hard — we finished with three injured players — but the kids dug in, supported each other, and found a way to win anyway. That kind of grit, resilience, and teamwork is what youth sports are all about.
And when the skates came off? We made the most of it — sunshine, sand, and some well-earned time at the beach. 🌊

So proud of this group: how they competed, how they handled challenges, and how they enjoyed the ride together. Memories made on and off the ice.

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10465 Park Meadows Drive, Suite 105
Lone Tree, CO
80124

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Wednesday 9am - 5pm
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