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Q: Dr. Eppley, I have a condition known as facial lipoatrophy. From what I have read it is type III or IV based on how my face looks. I am 24  years old and have had this look since I was a teenager. It makes me look older than I really am and I am […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Could my prominent, asymmetrical eyes be corrected with fillers? A nurse told me that the bones in one eye socket are further apart causing that eye to be able to stick out further. Could they be made even and the bulging eliminated? They are quite “bug eyed” to me which is just […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have lost weight and have an apron of loose skin that hangs over, plus some fat at my waist that I would love to not have to look at anymore. I have looked at your gallery and have seen a couple of pictures that are very close to my condition, and […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have some questions concerning adding implants to the top of the head. How thick can the implant be at most in your opinion? How is PMMA implants fixed to the top of the skull? Is there any risk of getting loose later and cause infection? Will it thin the skin?Thanks in […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am a little nervous about a cranial reshaping/augmentation procedure so if you don’t mind I have some questions regarding it. Does this type of surgery come with a high risk of complications/ what are the complications? From the location of my indentation can you give me a general idea of how […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Can a direct vertical incision be used for women with vertical bands of turkey wattle?  I had a facelift 20 years ago when the platysma was tightened and there is no flesh left behind my ears (very bony and thin).  If it were performed as an “H” on its side, then it […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am 42 years old and i have just one concern about my eyes showing a bit too much sclera and lack of support of lower eye lids…i had fillers injected but I must say that the improvemnet was mild to non existant and did little for the scleral show even if […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have a midface deficiency which is causing the skin of my midface to sag alot causing it to look pigmented, I have been told I am more suitable for orbital rim implants (after many consultations for standard cheekbone implants) but it seem a subtle implant is all that can be used […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have a chin implant that was placed 35 yrs ago when I was 18.  My dentist tells me that the bone has eroded behind the implant and that some teeth that are now moving in that area.  It is a silicone implant. I know I have to get it removed but can […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, thank you for doing the imaging. Regarding my chin and jaw I had something different in mind, I wanted something more defined and v- shaped for my jawline. Some implant that would probably wrap around my whole jaw and give me a more defined look. I’ve attached a picture of Matt Bomer […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am considering a jaw and/or chin augmentation procedure. I believe my chin would look better if increased length-wise, but I am unsure if a chin implant is able to achieve this (as opposed to the bone shift procedure). I am attaching some pictures so you can see my face from the […]

Q: Dr. Eppley,  I an a 45 year old female with a total avulsion of my left ear with skin graphing to cover the skin loss.  My car accident was twenty years ago and the ear was found at the accident, however it was macerated and nonusable, as well as the tissue behind the ear.  […]

Q: Dr. Eppley,  I had a terrible broken nose when I was 10. The resulting deviated septum (and septal perforation) caused terrible nosebleeds throughout adulthood, but the structure of my nose looked good visibly. I had a septoplasty to correct the deviation in 2005 and hopefully stop the horrific nosebleeds. The results were terrible. My […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, can breast implants be injured during sex? While having sex with my husband he leaned on my breast and it caused some immediate pain. For the past few days now, I have had lingering pain although it has gotten better. That breast also feels a little harder now. Could I have a […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, can you tell me if placing a temporal implant about 9mm thick under the temporal fascia, does this cause the eyes to appear smaller? Like does it pull the skin more to the temporal area and away from the eyes? It would be helpful for me to know, thanks. A: That is […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in getting paranasal/premaxillary implant to build out my nose area. I have a few questions/concerns with these implants. 1.  Will the implants cause my nostrils to show more, less or the same from front and side views? I don’t want a pig snout.  I think my nostrils show too […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have been doing a lot of research to find out ways to fix an indentation I have on the left side of my skull and I read on your website about a procedure that you do using kryptonite bone cement to reshape irregularities in the skull. These irregularities were caused from […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I just want to have a strong chin and don’t want to narrow it, I think from side view my chin is receding and weak. Please take a look at my photos and give me some advices, what should I do with my chin , I want to bring it forward as […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, my son who is in college has been very sensitive since he was in junior high to take his shirt off. Whether it is by the pool or playing sports, he has never wanted to take his shirt off. I actually have never seen his chest since he was a little boy […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am a 25 year-old African-American male  and I don’t like one particular part of my nose. It is the area at the upper nose that is between my eyes. I have read that it goes by different names including the radix, nasion or glabella..No matter what it is called, it is […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I had a minor rhinoplasty (for instance family and friends did not notice) three years ago.  I am happy with the result, but I cannot breathe at all out of the left nostril.  I believe it is nasal alar valve collapse.  I have to wear breathe right strips at night, and I […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am writing about my chin implant that I had placed three years ago at the time of my facelift.  I did not even want a chin implant in the first place but my surgeon talked me into a small one.  After this, there was a huge downward bulge on the right […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I want to have a rhinoplasty to change the shape of my nose. I am Hispanic and I don’t like my thick wide nose. I will try to the best of my ability to describe what my goals are. I would like my nose to be more narrower from the top to […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have a particular head which is pointed at the top and flattened behind. I have already had several consultations of which opinions are different. Thus I am confused. One opinion was to fill the flat areas by a material without touching the  pointed top. Others proposed a craniotomy to cut the […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, how many injections and where do you give it and what dose of Botox in treating muscle hypertrophy of the jaw? How many visits and what is the cost? A: Botox injections can be very beneficial in the treatment of bruxism, masseteric muscle pain and large masseter muscle size. The injections take but […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I recently got a fat transfer done to give my pecs more definition but I have noticed that as the swelling has gone down, my pecs have gotten smaller. I called the clinic up to ask them why this has happened but they said that this is normal and that the fat […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I’ve been looking into a chin reduction for quite a few years now, but I have never gone through with it because I’ve always been afraid that the results would be terrifying. I read through your case studies on chin surgeries, and I must say it’s a relief to see someone with […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have severely chapped lips. I have tried everything for years, been to over ten doctors, and tried every lip balm and salve that exists. It gets so chapped that it is painful and a source of constant embarrassment. I have read that chapped lips can be improved by a procedure known […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, does cheek bone augmentation work? A: On the surface this seems like an unusual question. Cheek bone augmentation with implants has been around for nearly thirty years. Next to chin implants, cheek implants are the most common facial implant performed. (this has a lot to do with that there are two cheeks […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, four months ago I had two moles removed on my cheeks.  The plastic surgeon removed them by circular excision to achieve a short scar.  She didn’t mention the dreaded dog ear deformities that I have now been left with.  I now have four white hardish protuding lumps at either end of where […]