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Q: Dr. Eppley, I am a 25 year old man and I believe I had scaphocephaly as a kid that wasn’t noticed or treated. Regardless, I have some temporal and prominent forehead. I would like my forehead to be smoothed or shaved down. The temporal narrowing bothers me but not as much as my forehead. […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I was just wanting to confirm whether jaw implants were available to fix asymmetry in the jawline? I have been to see an maxillofacial surgeon who has advised me that one side of the jawline is “shorter”.  I am hoping to avoid double jaw surgery as I am in my mid 20s […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am a 40 year old female born with a weak chin. I had a chin implant placed ten years ago, which was removed 2 or 3 months later. I waited for another year to get a sliding genioplasty to pull my chin forward. What I DO like about my current chin: 1height […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, You are the most experienced and informed regarding facial implants in my opinion. Do you know if one can receive ECT (electroconvulsive therapy) if they have chin and jaw implants? Thank you for your time. Best regards A: I know of no contraindication to receiving ECT with facial implants in place. The […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I would like to fix the natural look of my face. I removed cheek implants ten years ago and my face and smile have never been the same. I am assuming that there was residual scar tissue build up that remained and made my cheeks puffy. A: Your altered facial appearance has […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am 26 years old and want to have surgery to reshape the skull, and I have deficiency in the anterior sides, and the head back from the top. (scaphocephaly) What is the best type of implant to do so? Plus what is the life span of the implant and the recovery […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I wanted to get your recommendation about what surgeries should i get to enhance my appearance but stay natural at the same time .  what i think i need:  1. lower lip reduction  2.filler or implant for chin  3.filer or implant for jawline (i dont want to widen it just want some […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am a 19 year old male, potentially looking to get a chin implant removed. The type of implant is a Terino square chin style 2, size L (attached picture of dimensions). The implant was placed with an incision underneath my chin. I got this implant placed into me this past summer. I […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I’m a 45 year old male that had submalar implants placed about eight years ago in hopes to give my face a more masculine angular look and help my nasolabial fold area. I feel they are preventing me from smiling fully and created an “overfilled”and feminine look. I think I’d like to […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I had a fat transfer under my eyes to help correct hollowness and dark circles but unfortunately, I am left with an overfilled sausage like mound under my right eye and lumps under my left eye. The mound and lumps are soft. How can the mound and lumps be removed so that […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, How much bone resorption occurs with a sliding genioplasty? With an 8mm chin movement, per se. I have read implants cause more bone resorption than sliding genioplasty, and sliding genioplasty usually only causes 0.5 mm resorption or less. But a couple articles suggested different amounts for sliding genioplasty bone resorption. Thank you […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in the following proceduers: Face Lift, Neck Lift, Brow Lift, Temple/Brow and Cheek Fat Grafting or Implants, Lip Lift, Tracheal Shave, Laser Skin Resurfacing. Can all these procedures be reasonably combined in a single surgery? My specific questions about these procedures are:  Face Lift- do you perform Deep Plane […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, In doing a mid facelift is there any way this can lift the smile to make the upper teeth more prominent? Also can implants be done after a facelift or does timing matter? A: In answer to your facial surgery questions: 1) A midface lift can not lift the smile, corners of […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Hello, a friend of mine has recommended Dr. Eppley. I was either born with a flat head (on the backside of my head) or could’ve been from my parents laying me on my back when I was an infant? Either way, I do have a COMPLETELY FLAT HEAD on the back, I […]

Dr. Eppley, I have uneven temples and I can’t work out the reason and I’m not sure if they need reducing or the one just needs an implant to make them look even. I just wanted to know the risks of surgery and the chances of serious health issues. A: It comes down to which […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Is a combination of counter clockwise jaw surgery and upper lift lip better procedure for midface shortening better than a lip lift alone? Wouldn’t doing a lift lip alone create gummy smile because you are just moving mouth upwards.  A: When it comes to shortening the midface, you need to clarify what you […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I highly admire your work and love how you are also available to answer questions of patients in the community. I wanted to ask you specifically about the lip lift procedure. I got one done 8 weeks ago but the philtrum is protruding and the lip, especially the middle part looks too […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Hi There – I am reaching out in hopes of learning how I can best correct my receding chin and lack of defined jawline. I had a chin implant put in about 6 years ago that certainly improved the area but didn’t achieve the results I was looking for. I would love […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I recently read the article you wrote on soft tissue augmentation of the jaw angle. Several years ago, I had a custom wraparound jaw implant placed. As your article identified, due to the extent of vertical lengthening achieved by my implant, the fullness of my masseter muscle actually sits above the bottom […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am 25 years old and I train a lot at different martial arts (kickboxing, wrestling, BJJ, MMA,…) and I even compete in BJJ. I am considering the procedure of a skull reshaping surgery and I would like to know if training and competing in martial arts after the surgery is a […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I was in contact with you a while back regarding issues after my sliding genioplasty. It has been 2 years now since the surgery and it’s still tight. The area under the lower lip is very tight, the scar feels very tight and when I move my mouth everything feels even tighter. […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, After a septorhinoplasty and jaw surgery (upper jaw expansion, impaction and advancement, and lower jaw advancement), I have found that my nose and smile looks much like Bryce Dallas Howard’s after picture on the right. I don’t like how the sides of the nose seem to cave in and the cheeks seem […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, This girl isn’t me (I found her pics on reddit) but the area I circled is almost the same exact area where I have protrusion  I. Is that subcostal rib margin?  2. If so are they low enough where they could be removed or shaved?  3. I don’t mind scars but would […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, hello, I am inquiring about clavicle surgery for masculization. My question is whether the clavicle can simply be surgically elongated similar to the limb lengthening surgeries done on femurs.  I am a body builder with a sub-par shoulder to waist ratio and my waist cannot get any smaller. No amount of muscle […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have had a blepharoplasty and rhinoplasty performed on me in the past.  I would like to kindly know: • Can you make me look like the actor, Pierce Brosnan – with an emphasis on the eyebrows – as though I’m in my early 30’s with dimples and surgically remove my frown […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Can you do a complete capsulectomy after cheek implant removal either by micro surgery, dissolving the scar tissue with enzymes, or cauterizing? Do you believe that the residual capsule may be absorbed by the body? Are you Is familiar with Implant Illness? Thank you so much!  A: In answer to your questions […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am looking at your website about the ‘head widening surgery’. I am bothered by the fact that I have a ‘narrow head’, and that my face looks a bit like a ‘tree leave’. I attached a pic from your website which is a young man having a ‘head narrowing surgery’. Am […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I consulted with you in the past about possible chin augmentation, and after that having visited many plastic surgeons for various reasons you are the only one I trust when it comes to facial sculpting/implants. I have moved on from the chin for now because I realized a much more pressing issue […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Can the plates and screws be removed in the future after cheek reduction surgery? Or, is there a way to do this without using plates/screws (For example – I saw a mention of a non-fixation method) A:In answer to your questions: 1) The plates and screws can be removed after 6 months […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have lost around 100 pounds, since 2013. Last year had a Full Torso Lift and that area looks great. However, the Surgeon I used will not do the following for me.  – Outside thigh lipo / tuck  – Inside around knees – lipo / tuck  – Arm lift – only because […]