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Q: Dr. Eppley, I need calf augmentation for club foot. I just read about Stem cell fat muscle augmentation. I would prefer that because its more natural and fat would be taken from the same body. Besides, I learnt that with age implants would have to be removed because of blood circulation. I want something […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, What is the average age for breast augmentation? I am 50 years old. Do you have many patients in that age range? A: Over the years I have performed breast augmentation on women from ages 17 to 76. Today a women having breast augmentation.reshaping at age 50 is very common while twenty […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I’m interested in knowing more about the liposuction for calves and ankles. I’m 24 years old and am 5’ tall and weigh 140 lbs.. Many surgeons where I live have refused to perform liposuction in that area because of the risk of prolonged edema. I was wondering how much you would charge […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in a mini tummy tuck. My main concern is the recovery. I exercise daily, Pilates and tabata a few times a week. I just think of the time away from that and I cringe. Recovery time is a concern also because I travel a lot and if I’m going […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Would temporal implants cause any facial muscles movments difficulty? For example, it wouldn’t look natural when doing facial expression? A: Temporal implants are placed in a subfascial position over the temporalis muscle. The temporalis is a muscle of mastication (chewing) not of facial expression.  It can not affect any aspect of how […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Thank You so much for your time and your quick response to my questions about maxillary setback surgery. Would there be any possible alternative to the use of orthodontics which I’m hesitant of because of my age? (65 years old0 Perhaps wiring the mouth shut post surgery for a longer than normal period of […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Here you have some pictures 3 months post op from my custom malar-infraorbital and custom jawline implants. As you can see all (or almost all) of the swelling in the jaw and chin area has subsided. There is still some swelling (or puffiness) under my eyes but that is slowly improving. To […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I’ve given it a lot of thought and done some research over the internet. I’ve been having problems resulting from a previous jaw/chin reduction. And I really want my face bone structure to go back to where it was, or close to my original chin/jaw line. I need help and really want a chin/jaw […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am an otherwise very thin healthy 42 year old female searching for a forehead augmentation solution to my upper forehead contour defect. I had what would be considered minor trauma in 2010 (struck forehead on breakfast bar) with a resultant depressed skull fracture. To fix the resultant indentation I have had […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, about four years ago I emailed you with questions surrounding an injury I sustained to my eye and cheek area some 20 years ago. Again briefly, I was assaulted and never had my cheek and eye fixed. Now I would like to because of the appearance I see in the mirror of […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, it’s been almost one year since my rhinoplasty. Today I wore snow goggles for about an hour and now I have a red small bump on the bridge of my nose. I’m pretty concerned. I iced it for a bit and it hasn’t gone down. Is there anything else I can do? […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am a 35 year old woman. I have attached some pictures for your reference. I would like you to give me your opinion on what you could do to make my shape more curvy. (widen hips, increase buttock projection and decrease waist, back and arms size) I think liposuction to the […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in temporal and jaw angle implants. But when I get really old would it look like this if I have implants in my face?  See the attached picture of breast implants where one is able to see all the edges of the implants. This is a scary picture. A: […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Do you do temporal implants for people after craniectomy/craniotomy? Or only for those with wasting from other nonsurgical issues. I had a craniectomy after brain surgery after fractured my skull in a car wreck. Despite the severity of the injury I have made a full neurologic recovery. However the neurosurgery itself caused […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I would like to remove fat from both sides of chin and redefine my jawline and make my face symmetric again. I had a procedure 3 months ago to remove fat from my cheeks (bichat fat) in order to make it look thinner. I did not attain the expected results as my […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I was reading the information over skull reshaping in the site and I noticed that the procedures for narrow skulls are usually done with infants or toddlers but my question is if it were anything that could possibly be done to a 20 year male skull? My skull isn’t exactly large but […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in breast implant replacements. I currently have 400cc saline breast implants in and the plastic surgeon I went to suggested replacing them with 650cc smooth round silicone implants. Based on where I am now and where I want to be (I attached a bunch of ideal breast augmentation results) […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I just Skyped with you on Friday about the procedures that I need to have done on my forehead (forehead reduction) and the occipital bone. (occipital implant) I am going to call on Monday and pay for the implant so we can start the process for it to be made.  I just wanted […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have a flat area on the back of my head exactly like the picture you have on your website and have attached it so that you can see what I’m describing. If you can, even though you haven’t been able to see the back of my head in person, could you […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I saw you say this on your website: “When attempting to  reduce the width of the head (bitemporal/biparietal distance), it is usually necessary to do a combined muscle and bone reduction. Burring down the temporal bone is not as productive in regards to width reduction but still has a valuable role to play. […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am sure as people read stories and see photos about breast augmentation results they start to freak out. Everyone on RealSelf is saying there is no projection with the Sientra high profile implant and how many are disappointed. I know a lot of things go into play for each individual. However, […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I want to get my buttock implants removed. They are misshaped and you can see their outline in my pictures. I want them removed and I am wanting to get the Brazilian butt lift to create a larger butt. I’ve had them around 5 years.  The shape has always been this way. […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I write to you in hopes that someone of your expertise can help as my case of jaw reduction is an uncommon one. I had a sagittal split osteotomy two years ago. I had excessively wide and disproportional jaws so I wished to have them reduced. An obvious solution would be to have […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I found your website, and I was wondering if you could offer a suggestion in my case. I had jaw surgery twice several years ago. First, a 2-piece Lefort I, IVRO, and a jumping genioplasty was done. (I was a skeletal Class II with anterior open bite.) The surgery, in every aspect, […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Hello when I was little I had an accident that involved me hitting my forehead on a wall which lead to me being stitched up and left a scar in the middle of my forehead. It left a big bump on my forehead and just doesn’t look normal compared to a normal […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, if one has cheek implants (malar implants) placed high up and towards the lower orbital rim can this raise the lower eyelids a bit? Or result in decreased scleral show? I am hoping this is true. A: I would never count on any any type of malar/cheek implants or orbital rim augmentation being […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am two weeks after mini facelift. My tragus is all of a sudden swollen and slightly pulled forward and I can feel it is under some tension. It literally happened almost overnight. My surgeon told me today that the swelling will go down and that the pulled forward tragus will most […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, my forehead bone has grown from from normal to abnormal. Because when I was young almost 10 years old I had fibrous dysplasia. I had an operation in 1999 and it started growing up at the age of 19 but then stopped at the age of 22. It is not growing anymore. […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, The onset of my Bell’s Palsy right side paralysis was four years ago. My case was severe, and it took many months to see small changes/progress. I have developed Synkenesis, which has caused pain and dimpling of my chin, pain and stiffness in my neck, especially the tendons on the affected side, […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am roughly 75 pounds over my ideal weight looking and to have a Buttock Augmentation with Fat Injection.  (Brazilian Butt Lift) My question is do you do what’s considered “Large Volume Liposuction” or do you have an issue with larger patients? A: . One’s weight per se does really influence the […]