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Q: Dr. Eppley, have a very wide mouth and I was wondering if Commissuroplasty procedure could be performed to reduce the width of my mouth ?  How bad are the scars from the procedure?Can the scars be hidden ? Does the procedure come with complications? Will there be a need for scar revision? A: Changing […]

Q: Dr. Eppley,  I have a few questions about testicular implants.  You mention that the wrap around implants are about 70% wide as they are long. I’m curious if that ratio could be changed if someone wants a rounder implant. You also mention that the largest wrap around implants you have placed were 7.5cm. What […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in skull and face reshaping surgery. I’m not happy with my head being too wide and having a bump on my left side. My head is also flat at the back. Thus, I am interested in having temporal muscle reduction surgery ( bilateral ) and augmentation of the back […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have some questions about custom facial implants: Can the material used for them potentially cause cancer? Can they be rejected? How often do patients get revisions iof they are unhappy? I have had foot surgery with plates and screws. Do them being there make it more likely to cause infection for […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Hi. My question is can I have my butt crack shortened? If so how would it be done? It’s way too long to me. I squat exercising and it always shows. I want to be able to workout without a shirt on or go to the beach and feel comfortable swimming and […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I recently had a facelift and lip lift for overall skin laxity in aging, but I also asked my surgeon to try to correct some asymmetry I’ve experienced as a result of having Bell’s Palsy. Unfortunately, I was disappointed in the results. In some ways, it’s even worse now. Is there anything […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Hello, I am interested in getting shoulder narrowing surgery and wanted to know if you are aware of and prepare for any complications that may arise in patients with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Or would you be against performing surgery on hypermobile patients? Just wanted to know your thoughts on this. A: I […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, when nis the best time to undergo a chin implant revision? 1) Since I want to change the implant as soon as possible, what is the ideal time to do a new operation at a clinical level? Would you wait 6 months to place the new, smaller implant to stabilize the tissues […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Shaved head, Can anything still be done to reduce my brow bone or minimize how noticeable it is A: In the shaved head male there are more direct brow bone reduction options such as a limited mid-forehead wrinkle line incisional access. Whether that would be beneficial for you would require an assessment […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, am in the early stages of considering a skull reshaping implant and at this stage simply gathering information to help me make a decision further down the line. I would be extremely grateful if you could spare the time to answer a few questions regarding this procedure.  1. What is your preferred […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Hi, I’m wondering what is the material of your implant? A: Custom facial implants can be made of either solid silicone, Medpor, PEEK, or titanium. It is the patient’s choice. With each material choice comes different costs, lengths of the incision and whether it can be placed as a one piece or […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I’m looking to get a large square chin implant. Wondering if you do custom chin implants? A: You have correctly surmised that the only way to get a really good square chin implant design is to have it custom made. The standard so called square chin implants are not well designed and […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, can clavicle lengthening be repeated twice? A: Theoretically it can…but that remains a theory since it has never been yet done. There is no question that it can technically be repeated. I would have concerns, however, that it might not heal as successfully as the first. Dr. Barry Eppley World-Renowned Plastic Surgeon

Q: Dr. Eppley, My initial V line surgery was done over six months ago. The surgery has left me in a similar place as one of your patients in the gallery. She also suffered from an over done Asian V line surgery. One of the side effects of having so much taken off is that my […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Below are screenshots from a series I did using Facetune. I was able to adjust the skull to what i’d like to potentially achieve… but I am guessing that amount of augmentation is too much? A: Thank you for sending all of your pictures and your own imaging. It is always hard […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I was wondering if fat grafting to the jawline to achieve wider jaw is a good procedure? Will the fat sag in the long term and cause jowls? A: Fat grafting would not be structurally stable as a jaw augmentation method. As you have correctly surmised it will sag and create jowls…sooner […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, A question for you. As I know he is well renowned about custom made implant. So iIneed entire midface augmentation But I also oneed ne eye moved forward a few milimetters because my right eye is set back more than the left. My question is can you help moving my eye forward and […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, In the last few days the swelling from my custom chin implant has decreased a bit and the chin has more normalized but it is still excessively vertically high because the implant is very large and I would like to reduce it above all in height with a revision, I would like […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Hi! I have been looking at your work with skull implants. I have two boys ages 7 and 9, both have plagiocephaly. My younger boy had torticollis and it made his head misshapen I tried to talk to his doctor about a helmet when he was a baby but he said it […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have some questions about clavicle lengthening, my clavicles are not so short but they have a “v” shape and this bothers me, can the clavicle lengthening surgery make my clavicles straighter? A: I believe when you say V-shaped clavicles that you are referring the pronounced  s-shaped curve that they have. Clavicle […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, In hollow wrap around testicle implants does the size of the cavity need to be customized as well so that it fits snugly? Or is there some kind of packing used at the time of surgery to fill in the gap between the natural testicle and the inner wall of the implant? […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Hello I have butt implants 370 cc I want to exchange to small size and get hip and thigh implants. A: My comments to these lower body implant questions are: 1) Since the smallest buttock implant size is 230ccs, coming 140ccs from 370ccs, would probably not make much of a size difference. […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I’m interested in removing my current chin implant and replacing it with custom jaw implants. I would like to inquire how does this work logistically for international patients? I) After completing the virtual consultation with Dr Eppley, are patients expected to also attend the Indianapolis office again in person? Then to the Implantech […]

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 […]