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Q: Dr. Eppley, I am looking for a surgeon who can help me to decide how to improve my scar. I know it is hard to evaluate a scar from just pictures. I have a small scar 0.5 cm on my chin resulted from squeezing and scratching the spot and I got it infected. It […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I did lots of research before my jaw angle implant surgery. But I guess not enough to find the difference between lateral jaw implants to vertical implant. I have a high jaw, and I didn’t want it much wider. Just further down with slight wider. I told my surgeon this and he […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have a lot of orbital bossing of the skull which may be pinching the supraorbital nerves causing daily migraine pain. I guess this surgery would be called forehead reconturing/orbital bony contouring/brow bone reduction of that region. I was hoping to get a surgery that could take care of the functional as […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in facial reshaping surgery. I can not figure out what my face needs to look better. I’d really appreciate you taking your time for this. I have been given different surgery options from doctors here in Australia. However my opinion is that the best doctors are located in America, especially for facial surgery. It has been […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have read about your custom jawline implants (wrap-around style) on exploreplasticsurgery.com and was wondering if these implants can increase the width of the jaw angle as well as the vertical height or is it just the vertical height that these can change? I’m also trying to establish the drawbacks (apart from […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I’m interested in getting a forehead reduction with the hairline lowering included. However the bossing of my forehead is the entire bone, top middle and down to the bottom over the brow bones. Can these areas be burred and reshape with the same approach you use on the brow ridge and eye […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in the Brazilian Butt Lift and would like to know how many procedures you have performed? I have attached two pictures and would like to know what kind of results you would expect with my body type. I am not wanting a big Kim Kardashian booty just some volume […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I did not know i could have cheekbone reduction in the U.S.. I had it done in Asia where my friend had that done too. I am of Asian descent and I have wide prominent cheekbones. I had the cheekbone reduction procedure without plates and screws and now I am afraid of […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, After perusing your blog extensively (thank you for it, it has been a tremendous help!), I’ve finally decided to get cheek implants. My issue is that I had a sinus infection 2 weeks ago,and my doctor put me on antibiotics for a week. It has since cleared up and I don’t have […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am in search of a very skilled revision rhinoplasty surgeon and am impressed by your work.  I had my first septorhinoplasty with right inferior turbinectomy around 18 years ago.  My nose looked wide and had bulbous tip and pinched nostrils on birth and I had breathing problems. During first surgery the doctor […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I was wondering if you have and do perform surgery on cutis verticis gyrata. If so I was wondering some of the details and and maybe some idea of the length and width of a post op scar. A: I have performed surgery on this exact scalp condition in the past and […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in lower eyelid bag removal surgery. I have dreadful eyebags that won’t go away. I have tried all the home treatments and nothing works. I’m a young female at age 28 and the bags last all day. There are two bags under each eye. The past two years everyone […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in jaw wiring. I had a back injury about five years ago and then my weight was 130 lbs. Now it is 210 lbs. If I could get down  about 30 to 40 lbs I think I could exercise and really make it work. Does this sound realistic? A: […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, When placing a tear trough implant through the eyelid with internal scar and no stitches, are the tissues peeled off the bone as they are with cheek implant placement? I had cheek implants in and removed quickly which left me with mid face sagging and worse eye bags than before, minimal, but […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am currently looking to have a rhinoplasty later this year. I had a discussion with an anesthesiologist about my needle phobia who advised I speak to the anesthesiologist who will be taking care of me during the procedure. As much as I want to say I don’t have a problem with […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have lost a lot of weight and the one area that bothers me the most is that of my buttocks. It hangs down with a lot of loose skin onto the back of my thighs. I don’t mind its size now but I can’t stand the loose skin at the bottom. […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am searching for a facelift opinion. I know you are an expert so I would value your opinion. Can a facelift correct this droopy mouth and marionette lines? I have lots of sag and volume loss. My skin seems firm with good elasticity but aging and gravity does take its toll. […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I had cheek implants recently and developed right after a weakness of my right upper lip and nostril. I was reading up on people that have had similar issues like mine and what other doctors have recommended and can across this (read below). I’ve also read the longer you wait to get […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I hate my breasts! I am just 20 years of age and my breast looks like they are 85yrs. They sag and my nipples are huge. Due the weight I have lower back pains and my shoulders hurt. I can’t where certain clothes. For once I would to be able to a […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in intramuscular buttock implants. I don’t really feel comfortable with the subfascial pocket for them. Having said that if I go with intramuscular and 350cc or less in implant size, then which shape you would recommend? Can I get away with a round implant? Oval or anatomic? I would […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in correcting my coup de sabre involving my forehead and eye. What would be an approximate cost of correcting my linear scleroderma. A: There are three approaches to treating your left forehead/orbital scleroderma (linear scleroderma en coup de sabre); forehead bone augmentation with bone cements, fat injections and the […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am 5’3” and 115lbs, 48 years old, healthy, and work out regularly. I have tried the Brazilian Butt Lift surgery (BBL) but not only didn’t it work but it also made my buttock shape more square than round. It also gave me some indentations. I am now very interested in buttock implants. […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am a young man with symptoms of moderate plagiocephaly. The left-back side of my head is flat, the left eye and cheekbone is slightly higher and more prominent, my right eyebrow is lower and the eyelid sags heavily compared to the left, my right ear is pushed outwards and pulled back […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in making some changes to my face and I would value your expert opinion on what needs to be done for this type of facial reshaping. My face does not seem very proportioned and I can’t completely put my finger on why or how to change it. I have […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I first contacted you in March and have taken awhile to get a consultation scheduled. I am now down to Breastfeeding once a day, so even though my breasts don’t look exactly like they will once I’m completely done, I thought maybe I would still be able to get a good idea […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I had very prominent brow bossing which I had burring done on by a physician who doesn’t perform these procedures frequently. After the burring, my brow ridge looked better, but I am left with strange indents on my forehead. My surgeon attributes this to scar tissue forming from where he burred the […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have been doing some research and I found some info on Refine Suture lift and mesh lift with fat grafting.  I was wondering about these procedures and if you would suggest this over the traditional lift with implant. I have read that these help with the lifts lasting longer and upper pole […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am a 25 year old male. I am interested to coming to see you for some procedures to help me get the model look. I have some areas of my face I am unhappy with. One being the width of my face (too wide) and the other being the contour of […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am specifically looking for angle of the mandible implants (jaw angle implants) to increase the width of my jaw as well as increasing the vertical height to give it a more angled, defined look to my otherwise high, weak jawline. I am wanting to have a simultaneous chin implant to compliment […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I exhibit a weak jawline and recessed chin. I have had several consultations with doctors in the Los Angeles area. The most logically sounding consultation seemed to be a custom jaw implant. I see that you do this procedure yet also use off the shelf products as well. My question is…is a […]