How Long Does It Take For The Muscle To Smooth Out After A Sliding Genioplasty?
Q: Dr. Eppley, I had a revision genioplasty about 5 months ago now. The swelling continues to dissapate and it is finally starting to look good. The only thing is the muscles look flexed and heavy when...
View ArticleHow Can I Improve My Gummy Smile and Lip Incompetence?
Q: Dr. Eppley, I have a huge aesthetic issue with my excessive incisor display at rest. I do not have a gummy smile as the upper lip does not elevate when smiling much. However, at rest and while...
View ArticleCan Tooth Veneers Simulate The Effects of a LeFort I Osteotomy?
Q: Dr. Eppley, your blog is one of the 7 wonders of the internet. It has authoritative and concise content without ad banner spam. It’s hard to find such websites these days on the “traditional web”....
View ArticleWhat Would Be The Best Way To Shorten Why Chin After An Initial Genioplasty?
Q: Dr. Eppley, I had a genioplasty with double jaw surgery, the problem is my face is now too long I dont have the 1/3 – 1/3 – 1/3 facial proportion anymore, and my philtrum to chin ratio is off Is...
View ArticleHow Can I Reduce This Bump On My Forehead?
Q: Dr. Eppley, Hi I hit my head 10 years ago, since then the swollen area never went away, I went for dozens of scans, they said that no focal abnormality was seen at the region of interest, there is...
View ArticleCan Clavicle Lengthening Create 25 t0 30mms Length Per Side?
Q: Dr. Eppley, Im interested in getting clavicle lengthening. Im 6’3 175 pounds (naturally slim. No health issues/drug problems etc) with very narrow shoulders.. way out of proportion for my height!...
View ArticleWill A Cheek Implant Improve A Depressed Scar?
Q: Dr. Eppley, I have a large depressed scar on my right cheek from acne. I have a smaller one on my left cheek. Two plastic surgeons have tried fillers over 2 decades ago with minimal improvement. The...
View ArticleCan A Chin Implant Be Removed and Replaced By A Sliding Genioplasty During...
Q: Dr. Eppley, Can I get an existing chin implant removed and genioplasty done in the same procedure? Or do I need to wait in between? My previous surgeon told me I need to wait if I ever want to...
View ArticleCan Alar Base Lowering Be Done?
Q: Dr. Eppley, Hi, is alar base lowering on one side a possibility? My left nostril is fine, but my right nostril shows a lot. A: While nostril lowering can be done that will affect the base of the...
View ArticleHow Is Tail Of The Brow Bone Augmentation Done?
Q: Dr. Eppley, My goals are distal brow enhancement, eye socket depth is a little shallow, so eyeballs bulge out a little on distal end of eye socket, so need distal brow augmentation for eye...
View ArticleCan Vertical Chin Lengthening Be Done Up to 10 to 14mms?
Q: Dr. Eppley, I am a 24 year old male with a vertical lengthening chin implant (size medium). Unfortunately, I have visible ridges from the implant and I still desire more vertical augmentation. I had...
View ArticleCan Hydroxyapatite Be Used For Orbital Rim Augmentation?
Q: Dr. Eppley, Is it possible to add bone to the orbital rim, with something like hydroxyapatite? I’m talking about the upper orbital rim, rather than something like infraorbital rim implants. A:...
View ArticleCan Medpor Facial Implants Be Trimmed In Place?
Q: Dr. Eppley, I considered getting custom silicone jawline implant but in the end I got the medpor implants in my home country. I got RZ mandibular angle 11mm, and RZ extended square chin implant...
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Will Iliac Crest implants Reduce The Vertical Distance Between The New Crest...
Q: Dr. Eppley, What is the projection angle of iliac crest in reference to the spine? Would you say 45 degrees? The reason for my question is that I am trying to understand how much the iliac implant...
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Are There Implants For Clavicle Augmentation?
Q: Dr. Eppley, Is there a visual of some kind I could see to understand how the implants “wrap around” the bone? Do they fold around the bone or actually wrap around, like rope? Are they permanent?...
View ArticleSince Rib Fracture Did Not Work Will Rib Removal For A More Narrow Waist?
Q: Dr. Eppley, I have been looking for information about this operation for a very long time, but there is so little of it on the Internet. As a result, I made a correction of the ribs, my ribs were...
View ArticleIs A Third Skull Implant For The Back of the Head Possible?
Q: Dr. Eppley, I’ve had two past skull implantation surgeries with you in the past few years. I would like to find out if a third implant is possible and set up a virtual consultation. I hope to hear...
View ArticleCan My Facial Asymmetry Be Improved? (I Was Told It Wasn’t)
Q: Dr. Eppley, my face is asymmetrical, the right side of my face is lower than the left and my right eye is lower than my left eye. I’m uncomfortable with this situation.I went to 3 plastic surgeons...
View ArticleIs Torso Narrowing Possible?
Q: Dr. Eppley, I am a cis woman and I have a very wide torso, my ribcage is very large, I would like to know if there is a way to remove ribs 11, 10, 9 and shave the ribs above without interfering with...
View ArticleWould A Custom Chin Implant Be Better Than The VLC Chin Implant?
Q: Dr. Eppley,I have for some time now been set on getting a chin implant. However, as the deadline for doing so is coming closer, I doubt whether I should opt for a custom implant or choose a standard...
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