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Q:  Dr. Eppley, I want to achieve a better face shape with a wider and higher jawline, higher cheek bones, a wider upper face and a less ‘pear shaped’ face. I have attached two pictures. In the second picture I tried to draw the changes I want to make, if possible. Thank you. A: Thank […]

Q:  Dr. Eppley, I want a consultation about my profile. I am confused as to what I may need. My bite is not bad and I have never had braces. My dentist told me my upper teeth forms a c-shape. I think my jaw line is asymmetric, my chin points to the left and my right […]

Q:  Dr. Eppley,  I had a chin implant removed and my chin muscle sags now. Because the initial surgery was fraught with infections and complications, my chin muscle was cut into four more times after the first surgery. Doctors tell me now, 4 years later, that the chances that I could have my chin muscle […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in having a rhinoplasty done but am uncertain as to whether the result would be worth it. I have a very big nose with very thick skin. It is way out of proportion to the rest of my face. No one else in my family looks like this so […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I was 16 years old when I got my rhinoplasty done. I am Asian and I had what appears to be a very typical Asian rhinoplasty using an implant. I think it is a silicone L-shaped implant. I originally had a very flat nose with a low bridge. It is now 20 […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I don’t know if you are familiar with Groupon (if you are on this planet you must by now) but it has been a wonderful idea for me. I have participated in numerous Groupon deals for a variety of merchandise and restaurants and have saved a lot of money by doing so. […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, assuming that all goes well when putting in a chin implant, what about the feeling of having it. (mandibular nerves and the touch receptors of the hands?) How physically light is the implant? Will it feel weighted? I’m sure that your own senses will eventually incorporate it into being a part of […]

Q: Dear Dr. Eppley, I recently read, that a revision on a chin implant that has been inserted through an intraoral incision, can lead to distortion of the chin muscle because this muscle would be cut through twice. I don´t have a chin implant, but porex cheek implants (inserted through an intraoral incision) that need […]

Q:  Dr. Eppley, I read your comment on floating belly button.  I saw a plastic surgeon recently who said it would be best for me to repair my abdominal muscles all the way to top, float the belly button and then reattach it right where it was as I have almost no loose abdominal skin. […]

Q: I am interested in cheek implants and until now I have thought that this compared to other plastic surgery procedures would be a relatively simple procedure with a minimum of complication rate. Recently I have seen a scary video on Youtube that shows a patient who developed a bunch of complications a few weeks […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am considering getting nipple reduction surgery if this is possible. I am a 19 year-old male college student who has a very athletic body type. I suspect I have always had nipples which stuck out and they didn’t used to bother me. But now they do and it has been giving […]

Q: I have had three hair transplants performed over the past 18 months. While I definitely have more hair, the results of these surgeries do match what I paid to get them. I have a couple of donor scars which when I cut my hair very short, show quite obviously and leave an unsightly scars […]

Q:  Dr. Eppley, I am interested in a subnasal lip lift. I have had other minor plastic surgery procedures which were done with very good results, little scarring and very little down time. My upper lip is my greatest area of facial concern due to the length of my upper lip. It actually seems to […]

Q: I have a minor case of pectus excavatum on the bottom of my sternum, although I do not believe it is causing me any physical problems such as breathing. I find its indentation to be very disturbing and affects my self-image. I was reading about the case study: Injectable Sternoplasty with Kryptonite Cone Cement […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in improving the shape of my forehead. It slants backward rather significantly and I would like it to be more vertical as it goes upward from my brows into my hairline. Can this be done with Kryptonite foreheasd augmentation? How much filler would be needed and what would be […]

Q: Dr Eppley, I am in need of help. I had upper and lower lip lift surgery about three months ago for my very thin lips. I am not happy with the result. It looked very off-center and cock-eyed from the beginning. I could see right after the surgery that it was not even or […]

Q: I had a breast augmentation about 10 years ago. I felt that they were too big right after surgery but my doctor somehow convinced me to keep them at the time. I would them either downsized or completed removed with some type of lift done at the same time. My question is what are […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, about six months ago I had a medpor chin implant inserted through an intraoral incision and secured with screws. Unfortunately, the wings were too large and malpositioned. I had a revision one month ago in which the implant was removed, trimmed and re-inserted. Now the implant is the right shape and size, […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, about six months ago I had a medpor chin implant inserted through an intraoral incision and secured with screws. Unfortunately, the wings were too large and malpositioned. I had a revision one month ago in which the implant was removed, trimmed and re-inserted. Now the implant is the right shape and size, […]

Q:  Dr. Eppley, I am interested in breast augmentation but am concerned about the possibility of bad scarring. As a small child I had chicken pox and developed many of the typical pustules. While they went on to heal, I developed keloid scars scattered across my body. Although I do not feel that I still […]

Q: Dear Dr. Eppley , I had chin augmentation about two years ago with terino square chin imlpants, style 1. It looked for about two years but it has disappeared somewhat. I would like to know if it is possible to place another square chin implant,  a Terino square chin implant style 2 on the […]

Q:  Dr. Eppley, how much is the laser removal for scars for burns? A: There are several problems with your request. There is no such thing as ‘scar removal’ by any method. Scars can be treated so that they may be less noticeable but there is no such thing as scar removal. Scars can only be […]

Q:  Dr. Eppley, I am going to have a breast augmentation done next month. I also wanted my right nipple to be lifted and brought up to the level of my left side. My doctor said that I didn’t need to have it done and that it would put a scar around my nipple and […]

Q:  Hello Dr. Eppley, I was reading some of the information on your site about the use of Matristem (Acell) in scar revision. I was wondering if the several scars on my face from a previous auto accident, including a small raised scar (keloid?) would benefit by this treatment. In my readings I see that […]

The concept of non-surgical fat reduction has been around for over a century. From belt machine devices in the early 1900s to the infomercial weight loss supplements of today, hope is eternal when it comes to getting rid of unwanted fat. Without question, the definitive way to lose spot areas of fat is liposuction. Liposuction […]

Q:  Dear Dr. Eppley, I would like to have those chiseled high cheekbones. I have looked at some implant styles online and it seems that the Medpor extended malar implant may work for me. The picture on the website product catalog shows the implant in a high and lateral position and the implant is described […]

Q: Dr. Eppley I had a chin implant placed over a year ago. While I like the amount of projection the implant gave me, I feel that my chin would look better if it was also longer. I suggested to my doctor that a chin osteotomy would be a good idea so that the chin […]

Q: Hello Dr. Eppley, I would like to know anything you can offer to tell me about plastic surgery! I would love to be a plastic surgeon as a career in the near future! (: Right now i’m going into my senior year in high school. So any advice of how I can reach my […]

Q: Dr Eppley, I had Juvederm injected into my upper and lower lips yesterday. My lips are very swollen now and my lower left lip is noticeably larger than the others. What can be done to make this better as they are much larger than with what I left the doctor’s office yesterday. Could this […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, can a lower jaw setback be combined with a lower gfacelift during the same procedure? Have you yourself done this before? A:  The technical capability of performing a combined orthognathic procedure, like a mandibular setback, with a facelift is certainly possible. The need for it is so rare, however, that it would […]