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Q: Dr. Eppley, I just had a few brief questions regarding facial implant surgery. Last year I had custom CT-designed facial implant surgery with another surgeon to place custom cheek and chin implants, which mostly went well. However, even though I like the general design/aesthetic look of the cheek implants, I think they are just a bit […]

Dr. Eppley, I hope all is well! It has been right about a year since our procedure on my custom pectoral implant for Poland’s syndrome!  Just wanted to give you an update and let you know everything healed great and as a personal trainer, I am back to lifting 5-7 times per week and am […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Hope you’re well.  I’ve got a question in regards to Custom  infraorbital-Malar implants and veneers.  I’m planning to undergo 20 emax veneer procedure shortly after (2-3 months) having Malar implants done by you, however I’m worried about chance of implant infection.  What I mean is when aesthetic is being injected into top […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I had some questions regarding plastic surgery for the lower jaw. How could I go about achieving a sharper, more angular/acute jawline, when mine is very wide and obtuse? Furthermore, I also have a very weak jawline, as it is vertically short. Without implants, would it be possible to vertically extend the […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I would like to have a revision canthoplasty with an orbital rim of cheek implant for projection and support. I had a canthopexy a year ago, done by an oculoplastic surgeon which was a failure. Within less than a month my eyes were back to their natural state. This surgeon had also […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Hi I had a question regarding some pricing/ What is the price range of maxillary-infraorbital-zygomatic-malar implant? Is that the same thing as the mask implant that you create? A: Such midface implants comes in a wide variety of surface areas coverages depending upon the patient’s aesthetic needs. While the design and implant […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Is shoulder widening surgery more dangerous than the shoulder narrowing surgery you offer? Is it possible to widen the shoulders with surgery? Thank you. A: Shoulder widening is just as safe as shoulder narrowing as it is the same osteotomy cut in the identical clavicle location. The difference is that the risk […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am writing because I just got a vertical lengthening chin implant yesterday. I’ve always been so fond of the design and asked to get it. My surgeon, a board certified plastic surgeon had it done for me yesterday. He has a lot of experience with chin implants. He managed to get […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Hi I had a question about cutis vertices gyrata. (CVG) I have mild CVG. I see that you inject fat for its treatment. Is this fat from my on body then transfer to the ridges? If so I guess my question is if I sweat or lose weight doesn’t it shrink? Which […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am a younger male and am interested in perioral liposuction to create a more hollow accentuated jawline. I just wonder isn’t some fullness anteriorly desirable to support the skin and create the hollowed out appearance in the middle? Also it says on your site you continue the line down and lipo […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I’m planning to have a sliding genioplasty, I have a recessed chin and a bit of asymmetry. I’m afraid doing it and my front face will be to long, a dr told me I need a 6mm advancement and I told him about the asymmetry he says he cant see it, What […]

Q: Dr. Eppley,Could I ask you a short question ? You don’t have to help me, but I would be so happy … 🙂  I had a hyaluron injection one week ago. It was “profhilo” (just for skin glow) I was at the dentist today and he pressed his hands on my cheeks for 20 min […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I was very curious about their was any surgery that could reduce the size of a protruding forehead. I was born with a large, protruding front skull (not frontal bossing, just unfortunately how I was born), and was wondering if you were capable of preforming this procedure, as it is something I […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am a middle-aged man and I have an asymmetry in the forehead where the right side is slightly more prominent, probably positional plagiocephaly. I am very disturbed by it and wonder if you can do something about it. I understand that there are limitations right now in these corona times, but […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have searched for someone to correct my chin ptosis for the past few years and seeing a slew of negative reviews about the few who specialize in correcting droopy chins  has been frustrating and cause for my apprehension. I felt as if plastic surgeons in general didn’t listen to their pts […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, is there a safe surgical method to correct frontal bossing of the forehead?  I have read online on some medical websites that there is no surgical fix but on Dr. Eppley’s website I noticed there were a few photos.  My son is 21 and is experiencing some hair loss already in his […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I had jaw angle implants two months ago and the left side has been swollen ever since. I now seem to have a parotid gland leak on the left side that stems from the frontal edge of the jaw angle implant that may or may not also be an infection. I am […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I’m a young male. My head is convex at the out direction near my ears. I’ve always been self conscious about the width of my head. If you injected Botox into the muscle would it affect the temple muscle on the side and shrink that. I have seen pictures of people getting […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, my question to you is if you could diagnose my head shape. I am having issues with understanding what the condition is it’s either deformational plagiocephaly or lamboid craniosynostosis. They look very similar but I don’t know which one it is. It could be possibly be something else but I don’t know […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I’ve been dealing with neck issues for my entire life. I do not yet know what is exactly wrong. I don’t think I have a webbed neck but a slightly thicker one I know I do have that… if it is caused by my uneven collar bones from once being broken I’m […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Is there a age limit for reducing sagittal raised bump at the top back end of the head? Is it dangerous? How long does a procedure like this take? Thanks A:In answer to you posterior sagittal crest skull reduction questions: 1) There is no age limit. Anyone under age 18 needs parental […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I had a bilateral orchiectomy March 2018 when large Torosa saline filled Implants where placed through the openings on each side of my scrotum. Unfortunately things would not heal and kept pulling the sutures pull apart. I had to have them removed last year. This December I had medium ones installed using […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have a question for you pertaining to custom jaw implant design, particularly in regards to the vertical length of the ramus. Based on my research, it seems an optimum aesthetic result in men is one where the jaw angles are in line with the labial commissure of the mouth (and not […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Hello. A question…can PMMA BONE CEMENT be used  for face augmentation as in: infraorbital, zygoma, maxilla and malar regions. And does it work permanently or it shrink over time. Best regards A:The problem with PMMA bone cement is that it is impossible to place it and get it to have the desired […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I believe that my mouth is too small for my face and I seek a way of rectifying it. Lateral commissuroplasty seems to be the best approach to solve this issue however I’m seriously concerned about the potential scarring that may arise because of this. From my research the area around the […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I’m almost exactly 6 months post op from my genioplasty last October. I’m not really experiencing any numbness/pain or complications, which is great, and I’m happy with my results of my surgery overall. The only thing is that the projection of my chin is a little bit less than what I had […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in hip silicone augmentation as I have no fat and my hips are kind of narrow I would say. What is the largest hip implant you have/can make for me and what is the price? I want big hips like Kylie Jenner. Do you do silicone injections maybe? Thank […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I want a Breast Fat Transfer with PRP procedure. I had 2 children 4 years apart. I breastfeed each child for 1 year. I lost a lot of breast tissue while breastfeeding. I want to regain the fullness and also firmness I once had before breastfeeding.  A: Thank you for sending your […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, You recently replied to one of my questions on Real Self website. I was inquiring about the feasibility of correcting my lower face asymmetry, particularly my chin, which as you can see is deviated left, off-center, and slightly recessed. You said a custom chin implant would yield better results than a sliding […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, sorry for showing images again but I was looking and realized the right side of my face is the only part that bothers me and I’m wondering if theres just a small implant that can make it the same as my left side to correct my jaw angle asymmetry.. I can see […]