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Q: Dr. Eppley,for the submental chin reduction why do you prefer to do the incision under the chin vs inside the mouth? I’ve read other surgeons have used rib bone for the maxillary augmentation curious on why do you prefer to use eptfe implant material? Thank you for your help and time. A: In answer […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, So I’m currently doing some research on different places where I can get a Forehead Reduction/Recontouring done. And I just wanted to ask what is the average cost. I understand that it depends on how I start off but if I could just get a rough estimate that would help a lot. […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Hello again, I first reached out to back in 2013 (inquiring about correcting my ocular Dystopia in my left eye.  I feel I’m ready to finally have the procedure done.Attached Image on the Left was in 2013 , image on the right was a few months ago.  As I mentioned before this […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I had a chin implant performed about 6 months ago and the tightness/ stiffness persists. If I talk more during work, sing or make more movement with my mouth, my chin starts swelling up again and the stiffness increases. The middle area of my lips is still numb. At this point, I’m […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I was curious about buccal fat removal and other suggestions to remove “baby face”. A:Thank you for your inquiry and sending your pictures. Most ‘baby faces’ are really a combination of excessive soft tissue and weaker facial skeletal support. While fat removal (buccal lipectomy and perioral liposuction) will make an improvement it […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, what are the procedures needed to correct vertical orbital dystopia? Will just putting an implant under the eye alone work? A: I use a 6 step approach to VOD correction. Step 1 = placement of custom orbital floor-rim implant to raise the eyeball up. Step 2 = transpalpebral brow bone reduction to raise […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I’d like to inform myself whether it’s possible to dissolve the fat pads by the mentalis muscle in the middle of the chin (it makes my chin look square) – or, if it’s necessary to shave the chin bone, and why those fat pads would be needed. A: The mentalis muscle fat […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in a full skull reduction and hairline lowering procedure. I have always had an issue with my large head and I do want to make it smaller. In addition, is it possible to make my face less wide as I feel like the sides of my face are chubby? […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I figured that I would check with you to be on the safe side about root canal treatment. I had a scan done when I was looking into getting a missing tooth replaced.  They informed me that I have an infection above another tooth and suggested that I go to another dentist and […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am 29 years old. Used to weigh 320lbs but now about 230-235. I have been doing bodybuilding and competitions for at least the last 5-6 years. I stay around 12-18% body fat yearly. But no matter how clean I eat, or strict my workouts are I can only see my abs […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I’ve been meaning to get a vertical lengthening chin implant and I’m looking for a 8 mm vertical increase. However, I think the biggest on-shelf VLC implant only provides 6 or 7 mm vertical increase. I was wondering if it is possible that a VLC implant can be customized to provide 8 […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I was wondering if I can do fat transfer into breasts and buttocks at the same time?  A: You can if one has enough fat to do so but that would be very unlikely after concentration of the fat aspirate. For the vast majority of patients they have just enough fat that […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, In shoulder widening surgery  does the slope of the shoulders change? A: In clavicular lengthening, regardless of the angulation of the clavicle, there is a direct translation of the bony lengthening to the bideltoid width. Because the clavicle is not a straight bone but an s-shaped bone, lengthening it widens AND pulls […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I would like to know if you guys have ever experienced a patient that had undergone a sagittal crest reduction at your clinic if he (or she) ever got hair regrowth as a result from it, did you guys ever experience such a case? Like lets say for example a person that […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, My past history of testicle enlargement, I had surgery to get his XXL size cup style implant in 2015 and everything was great for about a year then the left on fell off the testicle. I had another surgery to fix it in 2016 and the same thing happened again in 2018 […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Have you had cases where any of your scalp bone lowering surgeries such as “sagittal crest reduction” , “Sagittal Dimple Correction” or by making the scalp flat at the top caused hair to regrow with people that had male pattern baldness? Because i think that scalp bone growth plays a huge role […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in Zygomatic Sandwich Osteotomy. I want to know, if you need to cut through any muscles or shift their position or reattach them in this procedure?  A: In the ZSO procedure the osteotomy cut is done just in front of the anterior tendinous attachment of the masseter muscle…so no […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, in regards to shoulder widening surgery by osteotomy. Does the sagittal split osteotomy + oblique osteotomy require a bone graft from the body or just putty? And how long will the patient be in a sling? A: In answer to your shoulder lengthening questions: 1) Bone putty is used not an autologous […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Hello you will find two pictures attached My head circumference is 62 cm Please tell me about realistic results That are possible. I had one doctor who told me at the forehead and back of the head its only possible to grind down a maximum of 5 millimeters which wouldnt make a […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I’m primarily interested in getting custom infraorbital-malar implants to gain a positive eye vector and positive/neutral canthal tilt. Is this achievable? I really like the androgynous pretty boy aesthetic, so I would want an implant that could provide me with a mildly angular, fuller feminine high cheekbone look.  My secondary concern, is […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I live in the UK and am interested in having thigh /calf / and buttock implants. I’m a 40 year old male and have done weights for years to no avail. and have always been top heavy with a fair amount of muscle mass, and would like information on the procedure. I […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I want to achieve an ultra-feminine body type and get my ribs removed (3 each side if possible). I want to narrow the waistline, maybe liposuccion on the flanks, and add hip implants if it’s possible to get large ones. From the side I love the look of my butt implants. However, […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, my only question for you at this stage is with regard to recovery time from getting pectoral implants – I’d like to know how much time I’ll need to plan for the various stages of practical recovery (casual movement, normal return to work for a “sit at my desk and wiggle a […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I would assume the placement of a new testicle will warrant an orchiectomy, correct ? Does that mean the patient will therefore be infertile ? A: With a wrap around implant style the testicles are maintained and they are encircled by the implant. No one is going to do an orchiectomy merely […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am a male fitness competitor and I am interested in the surgery to remove the ribs, I would like to reduce my waist to the maximum, what are the costs of the operation and the results ??? Can I also do with the muscle that I marked in the picture ?? […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Im from Switzerland and I saw Dr. Eppley‘s work on Instagram and i was very impressed. I wanted to make a custom jaw and chin implant. I was wondering if this procedure can be done in three weeks , so i can take vacation from my work place for the procedure. I […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Hi! Before I book an appointment I wanted to know if I can get shoulder shortening at the same time as getting breast implant? And if not, should I get breast implants before or after getting a shoulder shortening?  A: Shoulder narrowing and breast augmentation surgery can be done at the same […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Since I was very young I’ve had very “bony” shoulders because my top bone of the scapula shows a lot. This is something I’ve been very insecure about my whole life. I’ve been Googling a lot to see what you could do about this and that’s when I found you. In 2015 […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Are your implants secured in place by titanium screws? Facial bones never completely “settle,” and the fear here is that eventually implants can eventually shift out of alignment via trauma or just gradual changes. Plenty of imaging on the site shows older misaligned implants. The imaging of your own implants don’t show […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have a relatively wide face already, and additional width added to the cheekbone area would not be harmonious with the rest of my face as it would highlight my smaller IPD. However, my jaw and cheekbones have a sort of ‘blocky’ look, as to where there is no cheekbone projection. They are […]