Explore the fascinating world of cosmetic and plastic surgery with world-renowned double board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Barry Eppley
Clinical Outcomes in Rib Removal Surgery for Waistline Reduction
Rib removal surgery represents the elimination of the last anatomic...
The Surgical Technique of Clavicular Osteotomies in Shoulder Width Reduction
Shoulder width reduction is done by shortening the length of the...
The shape and appearance of the forehead is highly influenced by...
Background: The evolution of rhinoplasty surgery over the past twenty years...
Background: A tummy tuck, or abdominoplasty, is one of the great plastic surgery body contouring procedures. It can do for many patients what no diet and exercise program can…get rid of loose skin and fat along the waistline. While there is always the trade-off of a scar (and a significant recovery), the results usually justify Read More…
Background: Scars are a common patient concern, whether they be slight or significantly disfiguring. While scar treatments and therapies abound, significant scarring requires some form of surgical scar revision. Lacerations and traumatic wounds are particularly prone to hypertrophic scar formation, the most common type of raised and disfiguring scars. While less commonly seen on the Read More…
Background: The evolution of rhinoplasty surgery over the past twenty years has leaned heavily towards a cartilage preservation approach. Focus has been more on cartilage reshaping and less on cartilage removal. As a result, the once common over-reduced or ‘ski-slope’ nose is now a rare finding rather than a common one. When an over-reduced nose Read More…
The use of lasers and light therapies has dominated the talk about skin retexturing and resurfacing over the past decade. While they do produce some wonderful results, their use has overshadowed the historical approach of chemical peeling of the face. Chemical peeling today has been largely relegated to the superficial peels done by aestheticians and Read More…
Background: A variety of mandibular (jaw) implants to improve the shape of the lower third of the face exist. They work very well for horizontal chin augmentation or lateral jaw angle enhancement. When the two are put together, a great improvement in the jaw line and shape can be achieved. But standard implants do not Read More…
Background: One of the important components of an ear that contributes significantly to its appearance is the size and shape of the earlobe. Earlobes are as variable and unique to each individual as fingerprints. The earlobe is composed only of skin and fat without any cartilage support. As a result of no internal cartilage Read More…
Background: Earlobe stretching (often incorrectly referred to as ear gauging) is the deliberate expansion of an initially healed piercing into a much larger through and through hole. The purpose of earlobe stretching is for the ultimate purpose of wearing jewelry in the hole. Stretching is usually done in small amounts over time to avoid Read More…
Background: Sagging of the breasts is a very common cosmetic problem that eventually affects most women. While time, gravity, and pregnancy accounts for much of the breast sagging that occurs, some women have it naturally even when they are young. Breast lifts, also known as a mastopexy, is a well-established plastic surgery operation used Read More…
Background: Protruding ears are a frequent source of embarrassment and ridicule. Whether it is a young school-age child or an adult, ears that stick out too far can make one very self-conscious. There is an established angle number between the side of the head and the ear. (auriculo-cephalic angle, 20 to 30 degrees) However, Read More…
Background: Lip augmentation continues to be a very popular non-surgical facial enhancement procedure. It is done in almost every case with some form of injectable filler. But fillers do not work well in very thin lips and some patients do tire of repeated injection sessions as fillers last only a limited amount of time.. Case Study:This is an Read More…
Clinical Outcomes in Rib Removal Surgery for Waistline Reduction
Rib removal surgery represents the elimination of the last anatomic...
The Surgical Technique of Clavicular Osteotomies in Shoulder Width Reduction
Shoulder width reduction is done by shortening the length of the...
The shape and appearance of the forehead is highly influenced by...
Background: The evolution of rhinoplasty surgery over the past twenty years...