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Different Techniques For Liposuction

The Skinny on Fat Removal – Which Liposuction Technique is Better? The popularity of Liposuction, since it was introduced in the U.S. in 1981, continues today due to its unparalleled success at removing fat. No other non-surgical fat removal method has yet proven as successful. Over the past 10 years, numerous new methods of liposuction Read More…

Pectoral Implants for Male Chest Enhancement

Pectoral Implants for Male Chest Enhancement The use of chest implants is more than just for women. More males than ever before are seeking a more rapid means to enhance their chest shape through implants. Men that seek chest implants, however, often do so for a different reason than women seeking breast implants. Women are Read More…

LipoDissolve Injections for Fat Reduction

LipoDissolve in Indianapolis – Its Safety and Results The desire to lose fat for many people is a prevalent one and the recent popularity of LipoDissolve injections offers an treatment option for some of these patients. As a result of its popularity, many patients have been treated around the world with varying experiences. Recent Read More…

Open vs. Closed Rhinoplasty

In rhinoplasty surgery in the aesthetic patient, there has been an historic debate about an open vs. a closed approach to operating on the bone and cartilage components of the nose. To the patient, however, this is a foreign concept and most have never thought about how their rhinoplasty surgery would be done. While Read More…

Understanding What A Facelift Really Is

Facelifts in Indianapolis – Understanding What A Facelift is It is quite frequent for me to have a patient come in that wants to improve their signs of facial aging, usually the jowls and neck, but doesn’t want a facelift. Or, quite the reverse, they have lines around their mouth and along the nasolabial folds, Read More…

IU Health and Eppley Plastic Surgery

Eppley Plastic Surgery at IU Health North and West Hospitals Since the opening of IU Health West Hospital in Avon, Indiana in 2004 and IU Health North Hospital in Carmel, Indiana in 2005, Eppley Plastic Surgery opened dedicated offices to plastic surgery and spa therapies in these hospitals. Dr. Barry Eppley brings his extensive experience from Indiana Read More…

The Safety of Silicone Breast Implants

Safety of Silicone Breast Implants in Breast Augmentation Since silicone breast implants have become commercially available since late last year, the vast majority of breast augmentation patients now choose silicone over saline. While both saline and silicone breast implants can satisfactorily increase the size of the breast, the feel of silicone and its lack of Read More…

Herbal Medications and Plastic Surgery

What To Do with Your Herbal Medications for Upcoming Plastic Surgery The past five years has seen the two societal trends come together…..an increase in the number of elective plastic surgery procedures….and….the availability and daily use of herbal medications. Numerous surgical complications have been implicated from certain herbs. The most common herbs implicated are Echinacea, Read More…

The Composition of Breast Implants

Anatomy of a Breast Implant While patients have a major choice between saline or silicone filler materials today in breast implants for breast augmentation, there is another component of a breast implant that is frequently overlooked and can have a big impact on how a breast augmentation feels….and that is the bag or shell Read More…

Plastic Surgery and Ology Spa Services at IU Health North Hospital

Plastic Surgery and Ology Spa Services at IU Health North Hospital In Carmel, Indiana – Merging Medicine, Wellness, and Beauty Since 2006, I have opened and operated the second location of the Ology Spa and my plastic surgery practice in the IU Health North Hospital in Carmel, Indiana on the northside of Indianapolis. Because of its Read More…