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Q: Dr. Eppley, Hi, I had a BBL 3 years ago in Turkey. After my surgery I realized my stomach became uneven because I had seromas. Can you a needle a seroma after 3 years passed? A: The abdominal unevenness at this point is not from seromas, that is a reflection of the evenness of […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I would like to give my face a little bit more definition and therefore lengthen the lower third of my face, while achieving a more harmonic chin – / jawline in profile view.  Thus I would like to know your opinion on, if a standard anatomical style chin implant placed very low […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I had a T genioplasty in my chin recently and I am left with an extremely pointy and asymmetrical chin. I used to have a beautiful chin that was just a little too long and wide and I am so unhappy with what he did. Would it be possible to have an […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Please see the pictures attached. What can be done to reduce or remove the fat roll from the back of my scalp?  A: Thank you for your inquiry and sending your pictures. What you have is excessive scalp tissue (not just fat) which creates a roll above the horizontal skin crease which […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Very unhappy with my double chin which has been an issue side since I was 20 . Looking at a procedure with liposuction and tightening the little bit of lose skin I have.  A: Thank you for your inquiry and sending your pictures. In improving your double chin the debate is between […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Ive wanted my hips and buttock enlarged for a really long time now. Is it possible to do so on my body with implants. A: Thank you for your inquiry and sending your pictures. You are correct in that the only way for you to have buttock and hip enlargement is with […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have an overbite. I hate the way it looks. To compensate, I’ve been walking around with my jaw unhinged and chin thrust forward all day for years. The deception is effective, but it’s started to cause me TMJ pain. I’ve included both front and profile photos of what I look like […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, After under eye implant removal, is it possible for there to be soft tissue/fat loss under the eye? After mine were removed I noticed extreme hollowing where I can feel the bone right below my eyelid. There is little to no soft tissue there.  Also, when operation on patients who have previously […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, My daughter is 18 and so self conscious of her chin. It appears normal when she’s not smiling but gets large when she smiles. Also when she makes a “duck face” it seems small like the bone structure isn’t big. Is this ptosis? How can this be treated? What is the recovery […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Is it possible for the occipital knob to continue to increase in mass or grow?  I ask because more recently I’ve experienced a pressure or pain while lying on back on my head and it is sort of alleviated if I lift up on the area or back of my head.  I […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have very hollow tear troughs and I am pale enough that the darkness is noticeable. I’ve done regular fillers in them in the past but was looking for a more long term option to fat graft to them. I am mostly interested in seeing if it is possible. A: Thank you […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Has you can see from the photos, the center of my forehead caves in. I seem to be a little confused over the type of surgical procedure I require in order to fix it. A: You are referring to the suprabrow bone break hollow that exists just above your brow bones. While […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I saw an ear surgery on your site a while back, it was to do with bringing top of ear closer to head, but not by increasing the fold. It was at the point of the helix root I guess, and it mentioned something about people with a bald head, how moving […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I’m looking for a total face makeover to maximize my look and my pic and morph pic uploaded, is it possible to achieve the look of that morph pic realistically? Or whats the maximum bar i can reach?  Some of my flaws noted were bad chin/mandible, vertically, horizontally, non forward/widen jaw, malocclusion, […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I had a genioplasty along with double jaw surgery 2 months ago, the chin was cut in a way so as to make it narrower (although my chin wasn’t wide at all it was already narrow and feminine) and was increased 10mm horizontally and 15mm vertically. The chin looks very very pointy […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Questions for Dr. Eppley regarding PMMA bone cement for skull augmentation: is it safe and permanent? Are there long term complications associated with its use? Why isn’t this procedure not commonly performed?  A: While PMMA bone cement for skull augmentation is both safe and permanent, it is an aesthetically inferior technique because […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have had infraorbital implants and lower eyelid spacer grafts with canthopexy of which I am very satisfied as they have made a great improvement. I wonder now of custom infraorbitalmalar implants might provide even further facial improvement. I really don’t want to one up my lower eyelid incisions again since I […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in a review of my case and photos. Your practice is very appealing to me because you offer a wide array of treatments and surgeries. I want the procedure(s) that give me the BEST chances of reaching my aesthetic goals. I am open to all suggestions. I am specifically […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am concerned about the asymmetry on my face. My jaw slopes to my right and my right eye, lip, and nostril area are dragged downwards. My right eye is lower than my left, I don’t consider it to be too severe but it is quite noticeable and I would really like […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have a chin implant which is a medical grade silicone implant by Implantech. Over the last couple years my chin has changed. I think the implant shifted. Recently in the last few months I felt a tearing sensation on the left side, along with pain and itching. Now there’s a little divot […]

Q: Dr. Eppley,I was born with a large nose and recessed chin and had rhinoplasty and chin implant twenty years ago.  The rhinoplasty left me with a bump so I had a revision several years later. During the revision he scooped out my slope and took a chunk of my ear cartilage and put it […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have complex muscular issue on the left side of my head and face, impacting the temporalis and masseter muscles. I had this issue for around 3 years and it currently has caused a TMJ issue. My temporalis muscle is very painful and causes a lot of twitch and it becomes very […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am considering a mouth widening procedure in the future as my mouth is a bit small for my face. What do the finished results of lateral commissuroplasty look like? There are no photos online showing what post operation heal scarring from commissuroplasty look like. Is the scarring bad? If you were […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, is a jaw implant good if you don’t want fillers but want to build up your jaw line? As you age and your skin thins will you see the implant? A:Jaw implants are made to fit the bone and look like a natural extension of the bone. No one’s skin can ever […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Hi, you seem very experienced in custom chin implants. My question is if you want to increase vertical chin height using an implant, will the implant blend with the sub mental skin under the chin (neck) perfectly using custom chin implant? A: I am not sure what you mean by ‘blend with […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in thick skin rhinoplasty. I had a consultation that wasn’t successful as he said he was unsure of how the result would come out due to some thick skin. My nostrils are also small and collapse in when I breathe in deep. A:There are lots of rhinoplasty patients that […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have always had facial asymmetry and was unhappy with my profile bc I had a weak chin, so I decided to fix the profile issue. It appears the chin implant, though centered, made the asymmetry worse. I’m interested in trying out jaw fillers (potentially cheek as well if necessary) and visiting […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in a sliding genioplasty procedure. Since the sliding genioplasty is usually done through a diagonal cut as I have seen on the internet, I am interested in knowing if every horizontal advancement always has some degree of vertical shortening? Is it possible to advance the chin just horizontally without […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, hi I was wondering whether if not satisfied with your head shape after removal of the muscle in posterior temporal head reduction (temporal reduction surgery) are you able to have another consultation regarding bone structure or is their certain risks. A: The posterior temporal bone is quite thin and only a few […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Looking to improve the rounded appearance/protrusion to the chin on the side profile. On the front view I would like to achieve a slightly shorter and more rounded/feminine look to the chin. I also have a chin dimple that I have corrected with filler but it is still slightly visible in certain […]