Blog

Dr. Barry Eppley Named as Top Doc in Real Self 100

Real Self has risen to be a leading online resource for patients seeking a wide variety of cosmetic procedures. Patients present to plastic surgeons everyday with knowledge they have gained by getting answers from doctors on Real Self as well as those from other patients who post and discuss their non-surgical and surgical cosmetic Read More…

Case Study – Female V-Line Jaw Narrowing Surgery

Background: Jaw or jawline reduction surgery is directed towards narrowing the lower third of the face. Very square or wide lower faces is either considered too masculine or aesthetically undesired in women in particular and in some men. While widely considered an Asian (particularly Korean) type surgery, it is becoming more commonly requested amongst Caucasians Read More…

The Aesthetic Role of the Antihelix in Otoplasty

Otoplasty is the most common ear reshaping surgery which primarily treats the prominent or protruding ear. Treatment of the ear that sticks out has been done since Ancient India and a wide variety of techniques have been done for it. But regardless of the otoplasty technique it has been historically taught that the helix, and Read More…

Product Review – Lipo-202 Injections for Abdominal Fat Reduction

The non-FDA approved and compounding pharmacy approach of the early 2000s for an injectable fat reduction concept (LipoDissolve) has long disappeared as a franchise concept. But the popularity of an injectable fat treatment was not forgotten. This has spurned into a more scientific approach to injectable lipolysis with several companies putting their drugs through Read More…

Product Review – Radiesse Plus Injectable Filler

Radiesse is a semi-permanent injectable filler that has been in clinical use for over a decade since its initial FDA approval inj 2004.. It is unique amongst injectable fillers because of its composition and mechanism of action. It is composed of approximately 30% calcium hydroxyapatite spheres contained in a 70% aqueous gel carrier. The Read More…

Case Study – Early Age Otoplasty for Protruding Ears

ackground: The ear is made up of a complex array of ridges and depressions in a very small anatomic area. The dominant features of the ear is the external helical ridge with an internal antihelical ridge, both of which surround the bowl of the ear (concha) which surrounds the ear canal. Normally the outer helix Read More…

Case Study – Breast Augmentation under Local Anesthesia

Background: Breast augmentation is the most popular body contouring procedure and is most commonly done under general anesthesia. Given that most breast implants, saline and silicone alike, are placed in the partial submuscular plane, the use of general anesthesia provides the most comfortable intraoperative patient experience. It is hard to imagine lifting up the pectoralis Read More…

Case Study – Long Terms Effects of Tummy Tuck Surgery

Background: Tummy tuck surgery can be an incredibly effective body contouring procedure. It achieves its effects through the removal of a large segment of loose skin and fat often combined with liposuction fat removal in areas beyond the zone of the cut out tissue segment. The benefits of tummy tucks can easily be seen Read More…

The Benefits Of Corticosteroids In Rhinoplasty

Rhinoplasty is one of the most commonly performed aesthetic facial surgery procedures and is one of the oldest as well. It has great success at reshaping the nose but every patient hates to undergo the inevitable swelling and bruising that is well known to accompany the procedure. In many cases the bruising under the Read More…

Technical Strategies – Perfusion Holes in Custom Skull Implants

Aesthetic cranioplasty often involves the coverage of large skull areas with alloplastic material. Whether it be PMMA or hydroxyapatite cements or with today’s custom 3D generated silicone implants, a fairly large amount of material can serve as a solid interface between the overlying scalp and the underlying cranial bone. As the scalp has an excellent Read More…