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Q: I am writing to you because I have a very troublesome scar on one of my cheeks.  The scar has been there for a long time since I was 5 years old. At that time I had some type of cyst removed which left a bad scar. It has bothered me for over 20 years […]

Q: I am writing to inquiry about a calf implant for my daughter. She has developed a  rather significant difference in the size of her calfs now that she is a teenager. While it was slightly apparent as a child, it has become real obvious as a 15 year-old teenager. It bothers her to the […]

Q: I have a strange question for you Dr. Eppley but I am very curious. I am going to get breast augmentation in the near future and am an avid swimmer. My friend told me that it might interfere with me swimming. She said she heard that breast implants will act like floats and slow […]

Q : I had a facelift right after this past Christmas. While it turned out great and I wouldn’t change a thing, I forgot to ask my plastic surgeon how long it would last. What is your take on the longevity of facelift surgery? What can I expect to look like five years from  now? […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I’m hoping you will be able to advise based on your article on conservative vs aggressive liposuction and the trade-off with skin contouring. Would you please tell me what my options are to correct the skin irregularities on my upper arms as a result of liposuction done severalyears ago? Would weight training or […]

Q: I am wondering about reducing an area of my upper lip. Here is the problem.  When I was younger, I had an incident that cut an area of my upper lip.  My lip healed fine and the cut mark is no longer there.  However, it appears that an excess of fat or tissue (not […]

Q: I had my face injected with fat and it was initially overfilled. The doctor that did it said it would go down and look more normal but it has not. Can anything be done to make the fat go away or at least become less full? A: Fat injections to the face is a […]

Q: Can you undo cheek dimple surgery I had done about 10 years ago? If so, how is it done? A: The surgical making of cheek dimples is different from what causes natural cheek dimples. Anatomically, natural cheek dimples have been shown to be present from a split in the zygomaticus nuscle which runs from […]

Q:  Dr. Eppley, I am unhappy with what was done to my jaw angles. The procedure was done using a saw-like tool that was used to cut off bone from my jaw angles. I think they took too much bone. I don’t want to go back to exactly the way my jaw angle was before, […]

Q: I don’t have a butt and my tail bone sticks out further then my butt. I have an pronounced tail bone and don’t have a butt. It hurts to sit long periods of time because of my tail bone and having no butt. My butt is really small and has no outside fat or […]

Q:  I am a 31yr old mother of two kids. I got out of a five year relationship where I got too comfortable and gained a lot of weight. About six months ago I started working out and lost over 30lbs along with a strict diet. I still have about 25lbs to go to reach […]

Q: Where to start? I had a chin reduction at a hospital overseas in 1992. I have never been happy with it. I have always been so self conscious that it looks odd to people when they see me from certain angles. I also felt that it was too extreme and not what I had pictured the result would look like. I […]

Q: I want to get my outie turned into an inne bellybutton. I don’t care for how it looks now, I think it looks weird. I have always wanted to get it fixed so I could look like everyone else. Can you tell me about how this is done and what is involved? A: Belly buttons […]

Watching the crowd today at the Indy 500 in 90 degree heat with open skies, many no doubt wished that they had a better sunscreen. Perhaps some wished they had some sunscreen, any sunscreen for that matter. But for those who had the forethought to pull some sunscreen out of the closet or buy some […]

Q: I am 65 years old and am extremely bothered by my turkey wattle. I do not look my age except this makes me very self conscious. I want to get rid of it with some type of neck procedure. What do you recommend? A: Sagging or drooping of one’s neck is one of the most […]

Q: I have a large bump on my nose and a long pointy nose to boot. My girlfriend tells me it looks ‘birdlike’. I also have trouble breathing through the right side of my nose. Can you help me get my health insurance to pay for my nose surgery? A: Nose surgery can be divided […]

Q:  have a older button style chin implant and would like to replace it with a new one. I want a chin implant that creates a more masculine look with lateral fullness in the mandible area and a more squared off appearance to the chin. I would also like to have a lip reduction to rebalance my facial proportions so […]

Q: I was in a car accident several years ago and had some bad lacerations to my face. While they were sutured up by a plastic surgeon thaty same day, they have turned into some bad-looking scars. I would really like them to look a lot better. I know they can not be made to […]

Q: I am tired of looking older. My jowls are getting bigger and my neck is starting to really sag. I hate to consider the thought of a plastic surgery procedure like a necklift but I am going to have to do something in the near future. I don’t mind getting old per se, I […]

Q: I am interested in making my nipples less prominent. I think they stick out too far and it can be embarrassing sometimes with different types of clothes and in colder weather. How big of a deal is it to go through and what is the recovery? A: Nipple reduction surgery is really  a very […]

Q: I am interested in getting my cheekbones slimmer or smaller.  Is there any way to apply pressure to them everyday or put something on them to make them gradually get smaller without the need to undergo plastic surgery? A: The concept of making facial bones smaller is a surgical one. No amount of pressure […]

Q: Hi, I am in the military and am unable to make tape or weigh ins. I had two c-sections and my stomach looks like I am still pregnant. I am also having trouble passing my sit ups. I will not be able to be promoted until I am able to make at least tape […]

Q: I have a tear trough and orbital deformity. One year ago I had surgery in which malar implants were placed. But it is too big and was the wrong choice for me. I only wanted to make my midface look healthy. I want make another surgery in 3 months and I now think an […]

Q: Over a year ago, I had a medium-sized chin implant placed from inside my mouth and I HATED it. Last month I finally had it removed but I don’t look the same. My chin seems to droop a bit. I am going CRAZY over this! Please tell me what I can do! A: To […]

Q: My 12 year old daughter has had both ears repierced due to holes closing, but now the newer holes have closed due to infections and she now has unattractive scar tissue. Is there a surgery that she can have done to remove the scar tissue so she can wear earrings again? She has been […]

Q: I am interested in cheek bone reduction surgery. I want to know if there are any permanent side effects or can they develop years later. A:  Reduction of prominent cheek bones is not nearly as common as augmentation or enhancement of deficient ones. Cheek bone reductions are almost always an ethnic request, usually commonly […]

Q: I would like to have a consultation but live far away. Can I get some answers to my questions on the phone or by e-mail? I have read that some plastic surgeons consult with patients online. Is that possible? A: The large amount of internet material on cosmetic surgery has helped to fuel the […]

Q: I was wondering if you had any procedures that would reduce severe stretch marks. I just had a baby and my baby tummy is very loose and I have really bad stretch marks. A: Stretch marks are a very common skin deformity that results from Ebook Creation Simplified tissue expansion(e.g., pregnancy, weight gain) followed […]

Q: I have breast implants originally placed in 2002. I got pregnant shortly afterwards and once I delivered my breasts changed afterwards and I developed some drooping. So I went back and had new implants placed in 2007 that were bigger and helped to fill out some loose and droopy skin. After having these implants […]

Q: I’m interested in learing more about dermabrasion or micropeeling. Can this be done on the eyelids? (above and below) Will this help reduce the beginnings of a fold in the top eye crease? I live two hours away. If you can answer these two questions about this procedure would help me determine if I […]