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Patient Testimonials: Skull Reshaping

Dr. Eppley, I just had to email you and the whole staff and thank you all for doing such a great job during my visit. This was the first time I ever had any type of surgery and we all know how nervous the word surgery can make a person. I was nervous the night before Read More…

Case Study: Correction of Sagging Breasts with Combined Lifts and Implants

Background: The combination of pregnancies, weight loss and gravity change most every woman’s breasts.All of these undesired changes are classic, the breasts change shape and they sag downward. The combination of more skin and less volume allows the breasts to lose their once uplifted and rounder appearance. Some women undergo involution only (breast tissue Read More…

Jaw Angle Augmentation: Matching Implant Styles and Jaw Angle Changes

A well-defined jawline is a desired aesthetic feature of a male face. A strong lower skeletal profile not only provides a well balanced facial profile but also portrays an image of strength and virility. A strong jawline is created by the horizontal portion of the mandible (lower jaw) and composed of threee main components, the Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Female Eyebrow Beauty

The eyebrow is an important part of female facial beauty. Unlike men who pay little attention to the size and shape of their eyebrows (unless they meet in the middle), women shape and color their eyebrows with great care. Like all fashion trends, the concept of the ideal shape of the female eyebrow has changed Read More…

World of Plastic Surgery: Trinidad and Tobago

The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago lies in the southern Caribbean just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela. It has a population of 1.3 million people in a land mass of just under 2,000 square miles. The vast majority live on the larger Trinidad island. (96%) Unlike most of the English-speaking Caribbean, it is Read More…

Implants for Temporal Augmentation

There are a large number of available implants that seemingly provide aesthetic augmentation for every conceivable facial location. Most facial implants are made of a soft flexible silicone elastomer material whose physical properties allow them to be relatively easy to surgically place and remove if necessary. Also, a silicone elastomer material allows for any Read More…

Treatment Options for Axillary Hyperhidrosis

Hyperhidrosis, defined as abnormally excessive sweating, can affect many areas of the body including the hands and feet, groin area and also the armpits. Hyperhidrosis affects about 3% of the U.S. population and is when the amountof sweat produced is much more than is needed to regulate body temperature. As a result it interferes Read More…

The Incidence of Smoking in Plastic Surgery Patients

The incidence of smoking in the general U.S. population over the age of 18 is estimated to be close to 20%. With one in five adults that smoke, it is inevitable that actively smoking patients will appear in any plastic surgery practice for elective surgery with great regularity. As smoking has a well chronicled negative Read More…

Postoperative Instructions for Fat Grafting

Fat grafting is done to either augment or restore soft tissue volume of the face and body areas. It can be done through one of two fat grafting techniques. These include either fat injections using concentrated graft material from a liposuction harvest or from the placement of a dermal-fat graft obtained through an open excision harvest The Read More…