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Q: Dr. Eppley, I am currently undergoing orthodontic treatment to correct a severe overbite which has also caused a recessed chin and weak jaw. My orthodontist said it may be necessary to undergo orthognathic surgery following my treatment. While I’m perfectly happy to do this, there is a good chance my insurance won’t cover it as it is […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, what can I do to make sure my breasts won’t be too far apart after getting breast implants? I know that breast augmentation doesn’t change where your natural breasts sit and that it only enlarges them. But I simply don’t want my new breasts to be too far apart. What can I […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have a very narrow, dolichocephalic skull shape and I would like to increase the width of my head. According to the information on head widening provided on your website there are two options to achieve this: 1. Augmenting the posterior part of the temporalis muscle by injecting fat. 2. Placing an […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, How long should I wait to have a tummy tuck after having a baby. I delivered my baby three months ago and I am now very close to my before pregnancy weight. I am only about 3 lbs from it at this point. The issue is not the weight but the ton […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have several questions about vertical chin lengthening. They are as follows: 1) Given my case of wanting vertical elongation with some minimal horizontal projection, are my needs best served with a chin implant or a sliding genioplasty and which one in your professional opinion would you recommend and why? 2) I […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, What I most dislike about my face at this time are the bags/creases under my eyes that make me look tired and old. There are also some fairly “deep” lines in my forehead. I am turning 35 next month, so I don’t think I want any type of surgery yet. I am […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Hi. I have about a half inch of bone loss in my parietal regin going all the way to the back of my head and bone loss in my back of my head. I saw that you performed an implant on some with a similar problem with silicon. I wanted to know […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I had an extremely pronounced (Stage 4 I think) single glabellar line that was treated with Juvaderm and Botox multiple times back in 2007/2008. The single line is now gone but significant 11 lines that have formed around it. My current dermatologist has a concern with fillers and the glabellar region due […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Hello! I spoke to you all a while back about considering plastic surgery. I was very pleased with the results of the face prediction and your wonderful, fast replies. However, I have just a few questions:  1. How would I schedule an in person consultation? I would be coming from way across […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am a 21 year old man and I was looking to have jaw angle implants with you. But first I would like to have your professional opinion if I really should get the implants? And to have better results should the implants be customized? And how much does it cost to […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, As the date gets closer I’m just stressing a little. Just want to make sure the plan is clear. I just want to make sure you can make the tip smaller and more symmetrical. Not too pointy and won’t stick out too far.  Nostrils smaller as well. I just want it to […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am on a search to find the right doctor to fix my facial structure problem. I’ve been very dissatisfied with the worsening of this birth defect as I age and skin becomes more loose. I started to notice it when I was in my early teens but was very skinny at […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in Love Band eyelid surgery and what to know how it is done. Am I a good candidate for this procedure? A: The so called Asian Love Band eyelid surgery (also called Youthlites) is conceptually double eyelid surgery for the lower eyelid. The objective of this procedure is to […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in knee lifts and want to know if I am a good candidate. Also have you done many? A: Technically, a knee lift is a simple excisional procedure that is done for rolls of skin above the knees. It is a near full-thickness crescent of skin and fat removed […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Do you do or work with an OB/GYN who will do both the tummy tuck and partial hysterectomy during the same operation. A: It has been historically common to do a hysterectomy and a tummy tuck at the same time for the obvious convenience of patient recovery and the access that a […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in rhinoplasty but have one major question. My appearance changes greatly when I smile, my nose really flattens out and I would like it to be more defined when I smile. When my face is at rest, my appearance is satisfactory. My recent pics show no definition. Will rhinoplasty […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I see that you are able to narrow the width of the face by osteotomy of the zygomatic arch. In addition to this, I am concerned about the roundness of my cheeks, which have fairly prominent ‘apples’. I have fairly prominent cheekbones (I am of asian descent), so I was wondering if […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am average build. I was a patient a few years ago from a Groupon and received an estimate at that time. I had Smart lipo on my arms last spring, by a dermatologist, but the skin still bags below short sleeve tops, I would like to find out if there is […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I previously had hydroxyapatite added along my jawline and my cheeks enhanced via  zygomatic sandwich osteotomy. My jawline is somewhat asymmetric and some of the HA in the jaw area closer to my chin needs to be removed/remodeled. I would also like my cheeks enhanced via HA as the augmentation is not […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in having an abdominoplasty performed. But a a little history…I was overweight my entire childhood, finally reaching 320 lbs by late 2011. I made some big changes and lost most of the weight very quickly, about 90 pounds in the first year. I have been hovering around 190 lbs […]

Q: Dr. Eppley,I  am a young African American woman. I have a larger forehead which I can live with. The problem I have is that since my forehead is wide and protrudes and my nose is stubby, it makes my glabella look flat and too wide. I would like a glabella that makes my face […]

Q: Dr. Eppley,  I would like to know what can and cannot be done about untreated plagiocephaly in terms of facial asymmetry surgery procedures. I am still young (19), which is why I want to explore my options now so I can put this ongoing struggle in the past. I have very noticeable facial assymetry, […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am a woman with square jaw who just wants to have her angles rounded off, nothing extreme…so far, the people I’ve seen who have had jaw angle reduction/resection were left with no angles at all and I found it unnatural and unattractive. I saw a professor who talked to me about […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I had a silicone forehead implant placed through a scalp incision after an injury which left an indented forehead. I still have a high hairline so I want to do hair grafts or transplant. My question is can they still put hair transplants over silicone implant or will the hair not stay […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am a 40 year old female in good health and I have a 7mm epidermoid cyst on my forehead, just above my right eyebrow. I had an ultrasound scan which shows that it is quite deep near the skull. The report states that it is a benign looking 7mm cyst which […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I went to Asia and had mandible angle jaw reduction. Now my face looks deformed with a protruding bulging area as well as indented area on my jaw line. Please can you have a look at my attached images. I now have  CT scans. Please let me know what you think has happened. […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I would like to make a few enquiries regarding facial implants. My plan is to have bespoke implants fitted precisely over my current facial skeletal bone structure to adjust the appearance. I am interested in various different locations on the face, and I know fairly precisely the dimensions of the facial appearance […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have a very burning question about calf augmentation by fat injection .I know my appointment is coming up soon on the 22nd but the closer it gets, the more anxious I am. I know not to have too much expectations but is there a away to enhance the outcome, for example, […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I had mid-face (mid-face rim and paranasal) implants placed last year to address my facial concavity caused by my underbite. Anyway, I’m happy with the results, but I’ve finally decided to get my bite fixed via jaw surgery. I understand that I will require a CT scan. My question is – would […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in facial asymmetry surgery to even out the two sides of my face. As you can see in these pictures my right side of my face is lower, along with my right eye. I was wondering if it is somehow possible to have my eyes on the same level […]