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Q: Dr. Eppley, I am writing to request for your thoughts in chin ptosis correction, which I found out through Q&A’s on your website.  I had a fairly large chin implant removed due to infection 2 years ago, which left me with my current chin ptosis condition. The implant was in my body for 10 […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am would be interested in some procedures that could help me improve upon my face, in terms of structure, proportion, balance and profile. Please see my attached photos and let me know what can be achieved in terms of improving my facial structure. To highlight some areas I would be seeking improvement, […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I met with a facial trauma seven months before and doctor have to put plates on my right zygoma bone and maxillary sinus and eye socket with 14 screws. But now I feel a lot of pain under my eye and cheek. So can removal of plates help me from getting an […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, My cheekbone injury is over 8 years old. I know doctors are leary of healed/mended cheekbones. Should have initially went to hospital but because of lack of insurance and being raised to believe a black eye is just that. I was even getting carded at 30, took only about 8months before that […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, my son was about a month pre-mature and spent time in the NICU. He has a very mild form of plagiocephaly behind his left ear stretching to the middle of the back of his skull. You can only really tell there is a problem if you look down from above. All of […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am a 45 year-old man that would like to improve my body. I am a little overweight and I seem to carry all of it in my belly. My chest and arms have no muscular definition and I would like implants to pumo them up. I have attached some pictures. Tell […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, am very unhappy with the right side of my face. My face is assymetrical; the right side looks smaller, there is less volume in the cheek, and my right eye and eyebrow are lower than the left. Also, the right side of my lower lip is smaller than the left. I feel […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have a grandson who is only 3 months. He was born with a mishappen ear and I do not want him to go through surgery and I read online that there is  a way to fix his ear with some sort of mold. Can you please help me and tell me […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I would like to get some facial cheek implants done and I have heard there is silicone and Gore tex. Do you have an idea of which one is better? And does Gore tex  implants get smaller after time passes? Thanks alot. A: What is commercially available as preformed off-the shelf cheek implants are […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in yourresults in treating facial asymmetry. I have a pronounced vertical orbital dystopia (I’m not sure if this is the result of plagiocephaly, though I highly suspect it is given the other imbalances in my face). I would like to know my options for treating this.  I have attached pictures for […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am considering getting a tummy tuck but am somewhat concerned about the scar. I know the scars can look quite good in some cases but not in everyone. Since I have a c-section scar I am wondering if this is a good ‘test’ as to what a tummy tuck scar would […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I would like to have temporal augmentation on both sides. I want a permanent solution which means no fat injections. I don’t want to have to do it every few years. I am ok with silicone implants. Because there are nerves in temporal area is temporal augmentation safe? I am scared of […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have a question related to my paranasal implants. from Korea. Five months ago I had this augmentation but now I am disappointed with the result. I start to have awkward smile and a much longer upper lip. But because I have a sunken nose base, I do need the augmentation. In […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have some additional questions about thigh liposuction. I need a fair amount of fat removed frm my thighs and during our consult you estimated that it would be about 1.5 L per thigh.  I know you are the expert but I’m wondering if I should get more removed (have you seen […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, my 14 year-old son had his foreheasd bone fractured in an accident this past April 2012 . The bone was removed by the doctor then and he now now needs reconstruction of that part. The place is between both eyes with a size of size of 7cm length and 5.5 cms width. […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, regarding the skull augmentation will the bone cement be set beneath the periosteum. Could that involve any risk of “osteolysis”? Could the bone cement be put on the periosteum instead? Thanks! A: Your question is an interesting one and is only relevant based on the type of cranioplasty material that may be […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I really need your advice, I have a problems with my eyes. There are very round, there are always dry and the corner of my eyes there is no fullness. (no arch shape) . My questions is are infraorbital rim implants right for me? Should a midface lift be done with the […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have been researching doctors for breast augmentation this fall. I  am interested in breast augmentation and was wondering what your philosophy is about going big enough but not too big for your body. I am an A cup and would like to be a D cup. Another doctor told me a […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am 44 year-old male interested in a direct neck lift but I think a modified version. My saggy neck skin is caused after neck liposuction when skin did not fully re-attach firmly and/or shrink, so the underlying muscle is fine. I just need the excess sagging skin removed and the neck […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have a pretty big scar which runs down the middle of my forehead. It is from an accident I was in last October. It was cut down to the skull and they did plastic surgery but my doctor said its all healed now. I want it to blend in more and […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have an weird forehead. It has that I mainly have a brow as a man and it also has horns (exotosis) I was wondering if you do such surgery to fix this/shave down my skull to get me a desired smooth forehead as a female should have. I also have a […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am just enquiring about getting my head wider. I have a fairly thin head and want it wider. Is that possible? A: When it comes to widening faces, most of the narrowing that I see is in the temporal regions from the lateral orbital wall  back into the temporal muscle above […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in getting some volume back in my face. I lost a fair amount of weight over the past two years and my face has become quite gaunt. After doing a lot of reading, I know that there are the options of either some type of injectable filler or using […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I took a look at the computer imaging that you did for me for my jawline. I like what you did to the chin but don’t like the jaw angle result. I saw a case of a guy onlione who had custom made jaw angle implants done and he did not had […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I weighed around 95 pounds before I had ovarian cancer.  After my cancer treatments, I gained 130 pounds.  I ended up have gastric bypass surgery and now have lose skin that needs to be taken off. Had a tummy tuck in 2001 so, don’t have too much loose skin in the tummy […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in the lipodissolve or liposmart for underneath my chin and abdomen area. I have excess skin and fat due to having a child. I am still a thin female, but have insecurity in these areas and feel these procedures would benefit me the most in regards to my weight […]

Q: Dr. Eppley,  I have concerns about my nose and I focus on it all the time. I think (know) my nose is too pointy at the tip and people confuse me as if I am Native American. I could see why. What can be done to make my nose less pointy? A: In looking […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I would like to reshape my chin. My chin doesn’t stick out, it just looks boxed look especially when I started losing weight. Also my ears don’t stick out, I feel they look big as in length for my small head. What do you recommend? I have a front and side picture […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, about 4 years ago upon a surgeons recommendation, I got infraorbital implants. Shortly afterward, I noticed a “bulge” underneath my eyes. I am not sure if the implants need to be removed or if this is a case of my cheeks dropping and my own bones would have produced the same appearance. I […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Is it possible to place the wing of a chin implant separately from the front part of the implant by cutting it loose? On one side of the jawline my implant wing crosses the bone and sticks out. My jawline is asymmetric and is higher on one side. On the higher side […]