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Q: Dr. Eppley, many thanks for your email reply and I have attached some more pictures. Hope they are of the correct type – if you need better quality or closer views I can arrange that. As you can see I’ve taken photos of my profile many times and at varying body weights. The thinner […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am 82 years old and want to have a facelift. Am I too old for plastic surgery? I stopped smoking 25 years ago and I think I am in pretty good health. I do take blood pressure medication and have a pacemaker. A:  Even though you are not at the typical […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, can you tell is there a way of reducing the excess skin between the eyes (glabella area) and what is the procedure for that? Only the skin, not the bone or fat. Will there be a big scar after the surgery? Thank you! A: Some people will develop deep vertical furrows between […]

Q: Dr. Eppley,  growing up I have been called all sorts of names, but the one I hated the most was flat head. I eventually grew my hair out as an adult and spiked it out or make it poofy in the back. I never thought it was possible to get your skull reshaped until […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, here are a few photos of my necklift result. You can see that the results of my traditional neck lift were not bad, just not as well as I hoped for. I do have the lateral scar under my chin and scars behind my ears so my surgeon did tighten my skin. […]

Q: Dr. Eppley,  I have a question about necklift procedures. I am a 49 year old white male at 6’1″ and 230 in fairly good health. I had a neck lift 6 months ago to correct jowling and a progressively poor neckline. The liposuction reduced the circumference of my neck and sharpened my jaw line […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I was wondering whether you performed any surgical procedures for the lengthening of a short upper lip without the use of injectables or fillers etc. I have been trying to find such a procedure for quite some time and have so far been unsuccessful. I was wondering whether there was any way […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I was wondering approximately what cost I could expect for a nipple reduction? Breast size is 32B and nipples are nearly an inch long and half inch wide.  Because of their size, they are heavy and sag.The only thing I would be interested in would be a simple width/length reduction of the nipple […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I had a swelling on my right side of the head, and I noticed it 8-9 months ago. Yesterday I was in the hospital took computer tomography, and it showed that I have osteoma on my skull. So, mine is on my skull, but the pics shows that it can be insight […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I like what I see, much more “chiseled” appearing. Would it be unnecessary to or insensible to increase the length of my chin to make it sort of protruding? I’ve always found that to be appealing/masculine. I know people get chin reductions to avoid that, but I’ve always liked that. If not, […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I’ve seen a lot of photographs and I’m completely amused by the results of the surgeries you have performed. I’m 20 years old female and I’m very interested in chin reduction surgery as I feel that it makes my face too long and also when I smile or speak the muscle/soft tissue […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I know rhinoplasty involves a lot of different surgical steps that affect the outcome of the surgery. But there must be different types of rhinoplasties based on whether you change just one part of the nose or different parts. I am trying to figure out what type of rhinoplasty is best for […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am looking to possibly revise a scar from a surgery years ago that is 5-6 inches in length along the back right side of scalp up to above the right ear. I had cortisone injected into scar not long ago and it seems kind of depressed now.  The scar is covered […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I was born with club feet. I had Achilles release surgery as a baby. I am now 25 and have been considering calf augmentation for a number of years. A: Thank you for your iuquiry. It is quite common as you know that the associated calf on the clubfoot will have a […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I’m now thinking I want to move forward with doing cheek implants and picked out the style of implant I want but need to know it the implant is falls into the category of small, medium or large. It’s by spectrum design and is called( malar profile ) the nominal dimensions are […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am finished having children and my body is a wreck. I have tried to get back close to my pre-pregancy body, but it is not happening. I want to have a Mommy Makeover procedure but my husband says I am just not working at it hard enough. When is a good […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have read most of the material on your website relative to skull reduction. I have a disproportionately large head and face compared to my body. If you burr my head, how many months it will take before I can see a result? Because I assume in this kind of operations you […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am interested in silicone malar cheek implants and wanted a dramatic look to change the shape of my flat face. I for sure want to get a medium size implant and was wondering if a 3mm falls in that category or if a 4mm is considered a medium? Thank you. A: […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, This is for the nasal sill area and I am specifically interested in the cartilage injections to augment the sills which were removed in a bullhorn liplift. Will the injectable cartilage work for this indication? I would like to take care of that first since it can be done under local. What […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am looking to improve my weak jawline. It is weak not only in the front but all the way to the back. I guess I was just borne with a small underdeveloped jaw. It makes me look very unmasculine and I would like to improve that as I think it would […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, do you do injectable cartilage? Can this be used to give support in the nostril sill area? My sills were partially removed from a bullhorn lip lift and I thought the cartilage injections might rebuild the area. Dr. Onor Emrol in Istanbul says the injectable cartilage can be used in this area […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I got the gummy smile by V-shape process in Asia one year ago. It did not work for me. It looks like as before surgery. Can I get the new process for gummy smile in (Lip reposition method) again? A: Even though you have had an unsuccessful V-Y upper lip mucosal advancement, […]

Q: Dr. Eppley,  I wanted to send you a couple pictures to see what you might suggest. I have a very narrow jaw and a pointy, long chin. I would like to have it reduced in length, though I’m not sure what else would be necessary for my jaw to look proportionate. Thank you for […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I wanted to ask a rhinoplasty question. Since my primary motivation for getting any work done is to improve my smile. In a rhinoplasty where you reduce the nasal spine as we discussed, would there be a possible side effect of lengthening the distance between the nose and mouth? In my imagination, by […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I was wondering if you do tummy tucks scheduled and coordinated with a hysterectomy. What the cost would be and how much of a cost savings would it be. I am not only looking into having them done at the same time for cost savings (insurance will pay for the hysterectomy but […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I have a very long chin that completely throws off the rest of my features. I live in Arizona and can’t seem to find a good MD in the California/Arizona area. I wanted to know if you could recommend someone for the procedure, or if not, suggest the feasibility of going out […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, about a year ago I received a blow to the head from the rear causing a depressed skull fracture. The fractured skull segments were removed and replaced with a titanium material.  But there is the emergence of the head of the screws now seen through the scalp. Are there other ways to […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, how large of breast implants can I get? I know that most women don’t want to look like they have had breast implants but I do. I want a very round and very full look to them. I have a good breast shape 34C with no sagging but they look very small. […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, The right side of my head (just above my ear when looking at me face on) buldges out about 5mm more than the left side. The left side looks perfect compared to the right. Would it be possible to reduce this ‘buldge’ and would the scar be noticeable? Thank you. A: The […]

Q: Dr. Eppley, I’ve been calling around Indianapolis trying to find a doctor that does Intradermal botox. It’s for oily skin and large pores. I think it is a newer procedure because a lot of places I called had never heard of it. Can you please give me some feedback on this? I really feel […]