How Can I Get Rid Of My Deep Glabellar Furrow?:

Q: Dr. Eppley, I am actually a former patient of yours. I had your 3 prong approach to reducing cheek fat (buccal lipectomy, perioral mound lipo, and buccinator myectomy) back in 2021. The results have been more amazing than I could have hoped and I never thanked you! It is life changing. Anyways, I was recently looking removing a deep glabellar frow line and I saw that you recommend an implant for very deep frow lines. I wanted to know what the cost would be for that? I have included some pictures (which also show the cheek results) of the deep frow line. Thank you

A:Thank you for the long term follow up and good to hear that the results were favorable. In regards to the glabella furrow I don’t see any attached pictures. However I do have pictures of you from 2021 and I can see what you are referring to. I assume that its depth is about the same. I don’t think yours is deep enough to yet justified an implant. I would look more at placing and Alloderm graft right under the furrow to  treat its depth closer to the skin surface. Implants are indicated when it is a deep V shaped indentation that cannot be pushed out by any other soft tissue method.

Dr. Barry Eppley

World-Renowned Plastic Surgeon