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Q: Dr. Eppley, I am a 42 year old man who is interested in getting a chin implant. This is something I’ve considered for most of my adult life. I have a very hectic and busy work schedule. My down time is very important to know. I’m concerned on how long I’d be out of […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am looking to have a Chin Implant surgery and I heard a lot about you across the internet from satisfied patients. I have some concerns about the surgery. I grow facial hair (beard) relatively fast like in a week. Will it cause or disturb the stitches made under the chin. and […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am a 63 year old female who is interested in a direct neck lift but am concerned about the scar that will result. I have had two facelifts but each one has failed to really improve my neck like  I want. I have been recommended now to have a direct neck […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Do I need a facelift to correct my chin sagging after being burred? I had a procedure done three months ago where the surgeon burred under and shortened the chin. It was done intra orally and the lower chin and my face is slack and looks like there is a protrusion. In […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in revision rhinoplasty. I have had two previous rhinoplasty surgeries and have thick skin on the tip of my nose.  Is it possible to reduce and sharpen my nasal tip? Can my nasal profile be reduced? I have attached some pictures of where my nose is now. A: Reducing […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have few question regarding forehead augmentation and back of the head augmentation. I would appreciate your kind answers to each of them one by one. 1. Which procedure is more durable, bone cement or implant? 2. Can you please tell the advantages and disadvantages of each? 3. Is it possible that […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in skull reshaping and brow bone reduction surgery. I know you probably get these comments a lot, but I have always been very self conscious about my head shape and eyes. First my head is I guess a triangle oval shape but from a straight view it makes my […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in a direct neck lift but have concerns about the length of the neck scar. I have had two facelifts but my neck wattle persists so I am tunring towards a more direct approch. Here are some pictures as I do not like my profile. Can I direct neck […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am inquiring about chin implant replacement. I had a Medpor chin implant placed six months ago. As time has gone by with healing,and my face has slimmed down a bit, the chin implant looks too boxy.  Here are some questions I have: 1. Could removal of the medpor implant cause any […]

Q: Dr. Eppley,  I think I am interested in a direct neck lift. I am 68 years old, slim and sporty. I have had two face lifts, the second had to be redone completely five months later so this makes in reality three face lifts with the last one being done five years ago which […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have been waiting for my family physician to get me a referral to a plastic surgeon to consult me on a breast reduction. I have several health reasons for considering this type of procedure. I have a bulging disc along with deterioration of the tail bone and arthritis of the spine. […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in breast lift surgery. I have severe ptosis of my breasts. I had weight loss surgery in 2012 and my breasts turned into nothing but skin! I am let with extremely saggy breast.s I assume I need a reduction and then implants because my breast tissue is non existent […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in skull reshaping surgery. My head shape is not normal. It is flat from the back side and inclined backward at the forehead making it smaller on the top as a whole. My face is not much wider as well resulting in a small head. I want to increase […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in chin cleft removal surgery. The deepest part of my cleft is at the very top. Ironically, the deepest part at the top goes down to the bone, which is not a valley but a peak at this part of the cleft.  So the top is strictly due to the positioning […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in rhinoplasty and chin reduction surgeries. I am very unhappy with the profile of my face. I feel it looks very masculine. I do have a twisted nose and large tip. I feel my nose doesn’t fit in with my face and looks rather big when I start to […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, What is the recovery time for liposuction? I was looking to have liposuction done on my stomach, upper back, thigh and  bottom area.  I am not sure what type of liposuction would be right for me. I am 38 years old, eat healthy and exercise, but I can’t seem to tone those […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I was wondering if you could take a look at the attached photos and see if I am a good candidate for umbilicoplasty to achieve a typical “innie”. I have been told by my general practitioner and another cosmetic surgeon I do not have a hernia (they made me cough and felt […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I’m looking to get buttock implants. I am very small framed (5’0” and 105 lbs) and wanted to know what should I get for my size? A: When you get buttock implants, they should almost always be placed in the intramuscular space to lower the risk of long term problems. While above […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in getting chin and jaw angle implants.I want to be an actor, and I have always been considered attractive however I feel that I need to have a wider jawline like Brad Pitt or Stephen Amell as well as a chin implant in order to balance out a bit […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I was interested in a chin reduction surgery, perhaps rhinoplasty (although I really don’t mind my nose). I am very comfortable with my appearance, and don’t mind it much although I find my chin to be too large! I think I would be much more attractive and feminine if I had a […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in a facial scar revision. My facial scar is three years old and is the result of a sharp tool attack. It was thinner after the attack but has grown considerably larger with time. It also appears more indented now. What are my scar revision options to make it […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in a tummy tuck which is needed after my bariatric surgery. After my bariatric surgery I’ve had this horrible itching and burning under my skin flap over my c-section scars. Do you thing my insurance would help pay for me to get a tummy tuck? I am too embarrassed […]

Q: Dr. Eppley,  I am interested in getting some information on scar revision. My daughter has a lip scar from an injury 5 months ago. Is there anything that can be done to fix the misalignment of the vermilion border and to minimize the white scars on the red part of the lip? Attached are […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I would like to have a forehead augmentation. I am a female and have a small feminine-type forehead and would like a bigger more masculine forehead, one that is much more convex in shape. It is very clear to me now that the women I find the most beautiful almost all have […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I’m interested in abdominal scar revision. I’m a 35 year old female who has a very big scar on my abdomen from an open surgery on my pancreas (Whipple procedure) done six months ago due to chronic pancreatitis and necrotizing pancreatitis. You can see where the staples were on the scar as […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have stretch marks covering most of the center of my abdomen. They are about two years old. I am curious about the pricing of your fractional CO2 laser resurfacing as well as recommendations for the best type of treatment or any other suggestions. A: When it comes to treating stretch marks, […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have a lot of  facelift questions for you. Which ‘full facelift’ technique do you offer? Do you offer the deep plane composite facelift technique with a 80% vertical pull and 20% lateral pull? I see on your website that most of your pulling is towards the ear. Doesn’t this result in a […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have a question concerning using injectable fillers in the jawline. I’m considering doing a jaw implant, not so much to widen the jaw but to lengthen the jawline down in the vertical direction. I know that injectable fillers (such as Juvederm Voluma) is a great option when it comes to widening […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Could you tell me when diced cartilage injections are recommended in rhinoplasty?  Five years ago I received a septal cartilage graft on my nasal dorsum but there remains a little gap on the side of the dorsum between the eyes. Could a diced cartilage injection resolves my problem? Does it need a […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I’ve been looking into cranial augmentation and it has led me to  here. You seem to have a lot of experience in the matter so I have a few questions. I have flatness in the back of my head and also a hump on the top of my head. If you look […]