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The Mechanics of Liposuction

  Liposuction, after 25 years since its introduction in the United States in 1981, remains one of the most popular plastic surgeries for both men and women. How it works seems simple enough…’stick a tube and suck it out’ to paraphrase what many patients say. And while it is conceptually simple mechanical process, there is Read More…

Common Breast Augmentation Questions Answered

  Breast Augmentation is the number one cosmetic body procedure performed in plastic surgery, even outdoing liposuction which has the advantage of potentially treating many body areas as opposed to breast augmentation’s one. Because the operation is fairly ‘standard’, many potntial patient’s questions and concerns are quite similar I get them on almost every consult Read More…

Dr Barry Eppley, Breast Implants and Love Your Look

  Dr Barry Eppley, board-certified plastic surgeon from Indianapolis, is now listed on the Johnson & Johnson Mentor-sponsored website entitled Love Your Look.  This website is a great resource location for those women looking for comprehensive information on breast implants and breast augmentation. Dr Eppley, a a board-certified plastic surgeon has great experience using Johnson Read More…

Dr Barry Eppley and YouTube

Dr Barry Eppley, board-certified plastic surgeon of Indianapolis, has posted a series of practice videos on the very popular video website, YouTube.  These videos describe his practice philosophy and include many procedure specific videos of surgical techniques and results. Over 60 videos are available that describe numerous plastic surgery procedures from breast augmentation to chin Read More…

Dr Barry Eppley and FaceBook

Dr Barry Eppley, board-certified plastic surgeon of Indianapolis, has posted his practice resume and photos on the popular website, FaceBook  for viewing by potential patients and the general public. Under the name, Eppley Plastic Surgery, there are a large number of before and after photographs of plastic surgery procedures that Dr. Eppley regularly performs. Every plastic surgery blog Read More…

The Increasing Numbers of Men Undergoing Plastic Surgery

While men still make up a relatively small minority of patients having plastic surgery and office-based cosmetic procedures (< 20%), those numbers have been steadily increasing since 2000. The top male cosmetic procedures in my experience include liposuction, rhinoplasty, gynecomastia reduction, and blepharoplasty. It is no surprise that liposuction remains the top procedure for men Read More…

Botox – Upcoming Competitive Botulinum Analogues

Botox is a now a household name and one of the most popular and commonly performed cosmetic procedures in the world. Botox represents one form of botulinum A toxin of which there are at least eight forms. Currently, there are three additional forms of botulinum under some level of clinical development. The ones we are Read More…

The Growing Demand for Male Breast Reduction

  I have been seeing more and more older male patients for ‘gynecomastia’ in the past several years. In the past, most of the males I saw with ‘chest problems’ were usually teenage boys who had the very typical adolescent form of gynecomastia. Some of these were quite small, isolated to the nipple-areola area, and Read More…

Facial Laser Resurfacing – Deep or Superficial ?

  When facial laser resurfacing was first introduced over 10 years, the carbon dioxide lasers emitted precise levels of high energy for skin ablation. This resulted in a bloodless form of skin retexturing that had advantages over traditional demabrasion and chemical peels. Due to long recoveries with deep laser resurfacing, however, the current trend is Read More…

Secondary Revisions of Liposuction Surgery

  The single most common aesthetic complication in liposuction surgery is irregularities or contour depressions. These aesthetic issues are not rare and are often present in very minor manifestations that are acceptable to most patients. They are most common on non-flat contour areas such as the thighs due to the use of a straight cannula Read More…

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