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Q: Dr. Eppley, I’ve scheduled a consultation, but just wanted to get some input before.  1) Can a sliding genioplasty and custom wrap around implant be done in the same surgery?  2) I have an implant that adds 6mm of horizontal lengthening, can the custom jawline wrap add extra mms to this? Or will there […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in clavicle reduction surgery for shoulder narrowing. I’ve attached some photos for reference. Some additional possibly relevant information for my request for shoulder narrowing… my bideltoid measurement is somewhere between 18″-18.5″ and my biacromial is between 15.5″-16″. Ideally hoping to get my bideltoid closer to 17″.  A: Thank you […]

Q: Dr. Eppley,  For a long time i have been very insecure about a few aspects of my jaw. For one i have quite a short vertical jaw (or lower third of the face ) length which looks bad compared to my forehead which is much longer. At first i had considered forehead reduction but […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I’m looking to get my genioplasty plates removed from a procedure two years ago. However this would be my 4th procedure on my chin. For a timeline , 2 years ago I had a genioplasty with a chin implant placed at the same time. After my procedure I had hardware failure so […]

Q: Dr Eppley, I have a question, I’m male and have very wide hips and I’m very insecure about it. On some anatomy pictures I saw that the widest width of your hips is caused by the outwards sticking bone part on the top of the leg bone where the leg bones connect to the […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I’m interested in clavicle lengthening surgery. I have a couple of questions:  1) I’ll be traveling from Europe and so will need to fit this around my work schedule. How long would I need to stay in America for the surgery and follow up care?  2) Is it possible to add deltoid […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am writing to you because I am very sad as I had surgery on my chin but the result was not what I expected and now it is very hard. Due to a retruded chin and chin asymmetry, I entrusted myself to a maxillofacial surgeon and decided to insert a customized […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I’m not familiar with much of plastic surgery vocabulary but what I’d like is for my face to look years younger. From what I can see, there is volume loss, and loose skin (including double chin, there is barely any fat under the chin but still looks like double chin). I am […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Hello id like to get my chin and jaw /cheek / midface implants. i want to know the cost range please let me know. A: Just based on a description alone it is impossible to say what type of facial implants you would benefit by having. (what areas, standard vs custom) Thus […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I may have asked this question in my consultation, but is osteotomy not possible for the infraobital area? I think you had stated not,even with the orthognathic surgeries I brought up, which is why I am choosing implants.  I had a few reasonable questions about the long term survival outcome of the […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Hi I’m a 28 year old Asian male. I have a concave midface, and I’m interested in what you’ve described as a midface mask implant. Not sure if that changes the nose, would rhinoplasty be needed? Also what is the recovery like? A: In answer to your midface mask implant questions: 1) […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, can a secondary “jowl tuck” lift (for incipient jows and neck skin laxity) and secondary upper bleph (for slight recurring skin laxity) be done under sedation by intramuscular (not IV) midazolam? Might IM sedation be comparable, or preferable, to IV sedation in efficacy and/or safety? Original procedures, 16 years prior, under IV […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, For hip augmentation surgery for hip dips for fuller looking hips would you be able to use a standard buttock implant small one so I could have curvier hips? Please do let me know thanks A: The question is not whether you can take a small buttock implant and place it in […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Can you do the intramedullary instead of plates and screws for fixation of clavicle reduction osteotomies? (shoulder reduction) A:In regards to the intramedullary nail my research indicates that, while it works for fractures that have an established length, if one is trying to shorten or lengthen the clavicles it may not be […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I want to get botox in the forehead and eye area. Is there a risk that my custom infraorbital malar implants you inserted last summer can get infected if the injections happens around the area where the implant is? A:Those injections are above the level of the IOM implants so no they […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, i had a chin shield type of genioplasty done approximately 8 months ago. This specialized cut made my face a bit more on a feminine side (34 year old male) , the cut still left both side of my chin deficient in horizontal forward and it did not achieve my desired goals […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, One leg is bigger than the other in width, can i get them equal?? A: You can get closer but never equally equal with a calf implant and fat grafting. That appears to be a classic clubfoot calf which means the muscle is both smaller and the soft tissues very tight. The […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I’m interested in making my side profile more forwardly grown overall, specifically in my middle and lower third region (maxilla and mandible) because they look flat. Does the midface mask implant push out the upper maxilla and the lower maxilla? Last but not least, I was wondering if the midface mask implant […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I want to achieve a stronger angler looking face and my stretch my face around the mouth area of my jowls which I feel are weak. I have considered a facelift, fat grafting and replacing my malar implants with a combined malar/ sub malar implant. What do you feel would be best […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, We are interested in clavicle shortening surgery for my daughter. What is the youngest age you can perform this surgery?  A: The youngest age in which I have performed shoulder narrowing surgery, with parental permission, is age 16. Dr. Barry Eppley World-Renowned Plastic Surgeon

Q: Dr. Eppley, In the summer of 2019, I had chin augmentation surgery (implant), hoping to alleviate the aesthetics of lip incompetence (including a ‘gummy smile’). Unfortunately, i wasn’t aware that sliding genioplasty may be a more appropriate surgery. The implant has, to my eye (which may be seeing it altogether wrongly) added length rather […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, i think i have a plagiocephaly but i am 30 yo… my forehead is asymmetrical, one side is very round and the other one flat… is it possible to make it more regular? A: Like all plagiocephalies there is often involvement of the forehead with asymmetry. In most such cases the patient […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Hi, I am enquiring about temporal reduction and if your clinic can help me to get rid or reduce the convex shape from the front angle and reduce its size. The muscles above the ear, once I open my mouth wide it noticeably changes shape and size from the front.  I’d like […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I seem to have very distinct frontal eminences and very pronounced verticle ridges around where my temporal lines are. I was wondering what these are and if it could be fixed – both the eminences and ridges. Thanks!  A; What you have is a combination of prominent frontal eminences (horns) and large […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I had jaw implants about 5 years back and one of them ended up popping off when I yawned. I then got a hematoma shortly after in the middle of the night prior to the removal of it. So I’ve been very hesitant and afraid to have it redone as you can […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, The result of jaw/chin implants are convincing. I have a query – Can the Jaw implants be made there and shipped to my place ( outside of US ) . And can a local cosmetic surgeon implant it here ? Or is there an alternative for patient outside of US. And what […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Is it possible to insert a large size implant (7.5cm in length) into the scrotum even if I have a normal size testicle (4cm in length)?  A: Maybe but probably iunlikely. It depends on how much loose scrotal skin one has. But it would take a lot to accommodate the 7.5cm testicle […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I’m 31 years old, I come from Poland, my problem is plagiocephaly. I have been looking for a solution to this problem for many years until I finally found your website. I’d have a few questions;  – on what basis do you create implants, is it a 3D computed tomography of the […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, 3 months ago I had ear reduction surgery, but I’m not entirely satisfied. My ears are still large, especially in proportion to my face. Could a second surgery improve the appearance of my ears? A: I would agree that your ears are still a bit big because it is the concha that […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I went to South Korea for a genioplasty because I wanted a more narrow face as I felt my face was very circular and doing so achieved a nice front look but made me lose my side profile and cause extra loose skin kinda around giving me a bulge and double chin […]