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Q: I have a very square jaw with a lot of fullness towards the front which has always bothered me and made me self conscious.  I try to keep myself thin because any weight gain will make it even fuller.  I am currently 43 and it seems to be feeling fuller, where I always felt […]

Q: I have a cyst like lump right in between the eyebrow. In stead of cutting the cyst off with the knife vertical to the skin, is it possible to make a cut right underneath the frown lines and slice the lump off from the cut? Is it possible to transfer some fat to that […]

Q: I am 5’7″ and weigh 128 lbs. Even though I am relatively thin, I have always had a double chin for some reason. But I feel like it has gotten worse since I have given birth to two children and have gained over 40 lbs with each pregnancy.  I am interested in knowing what […]

Q: I am interested in getting some facial implant work done and was wondering if I can have wisdom teeth extraction done at the same time? I want to get orbital rim implants with a possible midface lift. Is there any reason why these two can not be done together? Will one potentially cause problems […]

Q:  I am considering getting involved in martial art training and was wondering if having a chin implant would pose a problem with that activity. I have a porex chin implant and I’m afraid it will shift if struck. Have you ever seen a porex implant shift from blunt trauma? Is there a difference in […]

Q: I am interested in the Fat Injection Breast Augmentation surgery but have a few questions. What are the preop requirements and do you have to have multiple operations? A: Breast augmentation with fat injections is in the early stage of technique development. While the appeal is enormous for some patients, it is a concept […]

Q:  Hi, I need your help. Three months ago I had a gynecomastia operation done and now I have a problem. The problem is that my nipples are folded in now and going inside. My skin is also very dry around nipples and my nipples have become cracked. This looks like a serious problem. How […]

Q: I was wondering if I could get a Botox procedure done in my masseter muscles to help with my teeth clenching. I have tried mouth guards and it doesn’t solve the problem because I’m also clenching my teeth a lot when I am awake. Please send me any information you can regarding this issue. […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have a question about the cranioplasty operation. I had some frontal bone augmentation done two weeks ago with acrylic material. I had it done to get rid of some irregular areas that were quite prominent on my forehead. I had a craniosynostosis repair when I was one year old. I know […]

Q: I am unhappy with the mid- and lower cheek area of my face. My cheeks are sunken in below the cheek bone causing a hollow/gaunt appearance. I have smile lines that are becoming heavier and more visible all the time. I had fat injections in the area of the smile lines about 3 months […]

Q: I live in  New Jersey and loved reading your advice articles on injectable fillers. I am a 42 year-old female with dark circles under my eyes with hollowing, upper lip wrinkles, and horizontal forehead ceases. I would love to know if you could recommend a skilled Dr in my area who could do my […]

Q: I am interested in what a limited facelift or lifestyle lift might do for me or if I can get away with fillers or something like that. What is the comparative recovery time? Costs? How long do they last? A: One of the common misconceptions in management of the aging face is that injectable […]

Q: I had a chin reduction just about two months ago. I still have not seen any results. If anything I feel  that my chin seems longer then before. I spoke to the doctor about it and addressed my concerns. He said it takes up to 6 months for the final results. If by then […]

Q: I am exploring cheek implants as a solution to my flat cheekbones which i was born with.sunken cheeks (genetic). I live in Pennsylvania and wanted to find out if Dr. Eppley would initially review emailed photos before making an appointment. A: The concept of  ‘consults from afar’ in plastic surgery was once inconceivable and […]

Q: Hi. I know I might be young to ask, age 19, but I was wondering what you called a plastic surgery that takes care of love handles. But I am not talking about the hip handles. I have some pretty good handles right under my breasts that  wrap to my back. I believe it is […]

Q:  Hey! I have large indentation on the right side of my frontal bone. It is becoming noticeable since I have started losing my hair. I am wondering if it is possible to correct it without any visible scars. Thanks and.hope to hear from you soon. A: For select cranial defects, the use of the […]

Advertising and marketing permeates our existence at every turn. It is so omnipresent that it takes outlandish claims and often near unbelieveable stories to even catch most people’s attention anymore. Nowhere is this more true than in anything connected to the pursuit of beauty and youth. From magical skin care creams that purport to make […]

Q: I am a male and would be interested in receiving a surgery in order to correct my bulging forehead. Do you perform that kind on procedure on men? A: Forehead surgery or forehead reshaping can mean different things to various patient, both male and female. The two most common procedures performed on the forehead are […]

Q: I have a noticeable cleft in my chin and I was wondering what procedures can be done to remove the cleft and how invasive are they? A: Soft tissue indentations of the chin can appear as either clefts or dimples. While both involve the chin soft tissues, they are anatomically different. Chin dimples are […]

Q: Hi, I am trying to find an expert z plasty surgeon and I was wondering if you could help? Thank you. A: Z-plasty is a common plastic surgery technique that is used to improve the functional and cosmetic appearance of scars. It has a long history of use in plastic surgery and is one […]

Q: Dear Dr. Eppley, I am about to undergo a third surgery for my short mandible. My first surgery consisted of bone grafts to the jaw angles with  a sliding genioplasty for my chin. I then had a second surgery in which silastic jaw angle implants were placed as the bone grafts had resorbed.  For […]

Q: Hello, I had a hair transplantation done about 6 years ago which left me with a terrible strip Scar on the back of my head. Because of the failure of the hair transplant, I now shave my head smooth and this scar is particularly noticeable. Getting the hair transplant was the worst decision I […]

Q: I have a very noticeable buffalo hump and I have tried the traditional liposuction and it didn’t work. I just recently tried smart lipo and the Doctor said the area was too fibrous and he could not get the laser probe in. He said that there was too much scar tissue. My neck is […]

Q: I am in need of a septoplasty and turbinate reduction for nasal obstruction and snoring. I am considering rhinoplasty at the same time as I have a larger nose which I want to make smaller. Do you perform turbinate reduction with radiofrequency ablation?  Do you have an idea how much my insurance may cover […]

Q: I have a deviated septum. I am pretty sure my insurance covers surgery to fix a deviated septum. I was wondering whether would there be anyway of sliding in a rhinoplasty while fixing the deviated septum to cover majority of the costs. How would that work, thanks so much. A: The premise of your […]

Q: I am interested in getting just a mini-armlift. I can’t seem to find any plastic surgeons that say they have actually done one. I don;t think my arms are bad enough for a full armlift and I don’t want that scar anyway. I just need a little tightening in the upepr part of my […]

Q: Hi, I am a 16 year-old that is doing at school an assignment called the Research Project. It is where we have to choose a topic and learn about it and, in the end, we have to do a 10 minute oral presentation on it. I was wondering if you could help me with […]

Q: I’ve had a consultation and qouted prices for surgeries. However I wanted to know if Dr. Eppley particiapates in the Doctors Say Yes finance program. I am willing to do this however only if I’m able to use a good reputable plastic surgeon like Dr. Eppley. Please let me know if he is apart […]

Q: Hello Dr Eppley. I have several issues about my face that I would like changed. I am a 21 year old female with prominent eyes along with an oblong face shape. My eyes are not bulging out but they are just prominent. I have no cheek bones. It must just come with having a […]

The drug, Botox, has become a household name in less than decade. It is used in every form of grammar from a noun to a verb to an adjective (check out Urban Dictionary) to convey the treatment of facial wrinkles to looking like one has a frozen face. Who would have conceived that the use […]