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Q: Dr. Eppley, I had an endoscopic brow lift 9 weeks ago. I absolutely hate it and it is causing me pain. It actually put so much pressure on my nose that it did damage. I consulted with an ENT today and found out it is true. Can the brow lift be reversed using the […]

Q: Dr. Eppley,Hello I lost my intergluteal cleft because of two times sinus pilondal surgery Is it possible to recreation mine? And how is this surgery ? Is it hard? A:Intergluteal cleftplasty is most commonly done after pilonidal surgery or the placement of buttock implants that uses a midline incision. In either the sacrocutaneous ligamentous […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I contacted you several years ago about a temporal reduction surgery for both sides of my head. I have now time and money to make this operation possible. I have several questions: – Are there visible scars after the surgery ?  – How much time to go back home after the surgery […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am a young man who is three months out from a genioplasty (8mm advancement) and suffering with severe lip and upper chin tightness / tissue tugging when I raise my lower lip or move it sideways. It impacts speech and any slight lip movement.  The genioplasty was a revision after two […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Hi, I want a consultation for waist reduction please. I have flared protruded rib on the left side and short torso. Thank you. A: Thank you for your inquiry and sending your pictures. Waist reduction is a general term that includes conventional primary procedures of ljposuction and tummy tucks as well as […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I tell you my case, I had surgery first with a lobuloplasty doctor for the use of expansions in my large ears.which amputated part of the lobe, I went to a second doctor who performed an otoplasty and joined part of the lobe to my neck. The truth is that I don’t […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Hello. I have heard about you through some of my friends. My concern is about orbital rim, premaxillary and infraorbital areas. My wish is augmentation on the infraorbital area, and orbital rim contouring around the eye to correct the hollowness, so orbital rim and premaxillary zone augmentation. I want all of these […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Hello. I need face reshaping and i want to use cranium bone grafts to augment my retruded midface and floor of orbits. Some surgeons told me that i have to do a 3D CT scan for evaluation. This is important because my doctor left me know that the thickness of the skull […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Hello, so Ive read that you use a bone graft from the fibula in order to fill the gap created during clavicle lengthening surgery.  My question is, will this affect one’s eligibility to get leg lengthening surgery if they are lengthening the tibia and fibula?  A: I no longer use a bone […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am very interested in decreasing the overall width of my head. I have been reading about both the anterior and posterior temporal muscle reduction procedure and I think both would be a suitable procedure to decrease overall head width. Although I am concerned about thickness of my bone on my forehead […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I wanted to inquire about a small chin/jaw shave. I would like to have a slightly more heart-shaped face and a less prominent jaw. I also have some slight asymmetry. I’ve attached a photo below.  A:Thank you for your inquiry and sending your picture. I am not certain what you mean by […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am a mid 20s male looking to get custom cheek/midface implants and maybe brow ridge implant as well. My cheeks/infraorbitals have always been VERY flat and give a tired appearance. My face looks chubby because my buccal area sticks out farther than my cheekbones. I have no ogee curve from 3/4 […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have a specific question and i want your opinion. In general i have long face…especially lower jaw. The problem is that the nerve on lower jaw is ery close to the bottom edges of mandibular body.According to the dr, the CT shows that inferior alveolar nerve is laying very close to […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am a 30 year old male with very pronounced frontal eminences and temporal fossa. I’m guessing that I’ve always had these cranial features and that they have only become prominent as I’ve aged due to fat pad loss and a receding hairline. Although, given my age I’m surprised that these features […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am currently scheduled for Bilateral Rib Removal, Circumferential Abdominal Liposuction and Fat Injections to the Hips. My integrative medicine Dr. Would like me to start pellet therapy because I have extremely low testosterone. The pellets would be placed in the hip area. Will this cause any issues with the fat transfer to […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Hi, I had a chin implant removed after 4 months, its been 3 months since removed and I’m worried it wont go back to how it was before. Its not tremendously bigger, but its noticeable to me. I’m estimating its about 1-1.5 mm bigger all around than it was pre-operatively. I’ve heard […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am a young male and I had a chin wing about 1 year ago, which pushed my chin forward by 4mm. Initially I wanted to get my overbite (4mm) corrected with a lower jaw surgery (BSSO) but my surgeon convinced me that a chin wing would be sufficient.  I hate the […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I just found out that you offer a shoulder reduction surgery. Since my broad shoulders have always bothered me, I am basically very interested.  I just read your blog but I still have two questions, I hope you can help me.  You write that patients afterwards are not allowed to sleep on […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I wanted to know if he can help me with a congenital condition I was born with. Unfortunately I was born with Muscular Torticollis where one of my neck muscle are contracted and no longer a ordinary muscle. It’s is shortened and stuff to the point where I have never have a […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, A few years ago I had a zygomatic arch reduction. Part of the zygomatic arch in front of the ear was removed so that I no longer had such a wide face when seen from the front. But although the bone mass was reduced, the facial skin in that area (just in […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, i recently got a sliding genioplasty and all though the procedure went great, I found a new dent that appeared between my bottom lip and chin and every time i pull my bottom lip it appears, I wanted to know if you can fix it after my genioplasty. A: The dent to […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I got a buccal fat removal and would please want to do anything to make my cheeks fuller again please help! A: Buccal lipectomy reversal can be treated by fat replacement done by either cheek fat injections or the placement of a dermal-fat graft directly back into the buccal space. Dr. Barry […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Although you state on your  website that you have performed rib removal on women who participate in sports and maintain an active lifestyle, many doctors refuse to do the surgery because it would expose certain internal organs. I understand that the surgery itself is safe, but what about life afterwards? Are you more […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have two very distinct bumps/horns on my forehead. Only directly noticeable with “above-lighting”. Is there a proven surgery method for evening my forehead? A: What you have are classic forehead horns (aka prominent frontal eminences) which I have seen and treated many times. They are reduced using a high speed burring technique […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I was wondering if waist narrowing / rib removal can be done concurrently with other procedures? Specifically a butt and/or thigh lift? Could fat be harvested from these procedures and also be used for a BBL ?  A: In answer to your questions: 1) Rib removal waistline narrowing surgery can be combined […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, Regarding the use of cheek arch implants for the purpose of widening the face, is there a way to bring the forward part of the ear outward along with the implant? (So as to prevent the cheekbone from appearing to be “rising too tall” relative to the ear)  A: You can not […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I’d like to enquire about skull reshaping, due to having a flat back of head as it makes the top of my head have a harsh diagonal slant upwards and It makes it hard for my work as it doesn’t really fit a hard hat properly and the left side of my […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, was reaching out about skull reshaping methods and I would like to ask some questions. – Which method would leave the smallest scar – Which method allows for best shape control – How strong is the implant? Is someone after such procedure able to train BOX or MMA? A: The custom solid […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, What are the limitations to a custom skull implant to add ~1 inch in height? Is a specific skull shape required for this?  A: For heightening purposes the skull implant would have a design that covers the top of the head with edges that cross over the bony temporal lines. The limitations […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in forearm implants. I have worn long sleeve shirts most of my life and finally wanted to look into escaping this dilemma of embarrassment.  Here are photos of the left and right arms. Thank  you. A: Thank you for sending your forearm pictures. By these pictures your area of arm […]