Category: plastic surgery

The typical prospective patient over the past decade has been extensively instructed to investigate the credentials of their chosen plastic surgeon, from board-certification to patient recommendations. All of these are very good and certainly should be done. But many plastic surgeons in any given community will pass the ‘credentials test’. Then what? Don’t overlook the Read More…

Like writing, speaking teaches you. I have given many hundreds of presentations and lectures on plastic surgery from audiences as small as one to hundreds of people. In every single instance, the person who learned the most from each experience was me. One side of learning in speaking is in the actual preparation. I have always Read More…

  I currently have a large daily plastic surgery blogs and, some of my patients who actually have seen or read it, have asked the question…why do you write? The answer is a simple one…I learn more when I write than when I read. When I was at the University, there was some relevance to Read More…

  As part of being a plastic surgeon that does cosmetic surgery of the body, I have seen a lot of naked people both in the office and on the operating room table. And it is understandable that many patients feel quite self-conscious during an initial examination. As 99.9% of the population is far from Read More…

  I have heard an old plastic surgery joke that says….the most dangerous time to consult with a plastic surgeon is right after he/she has just come from their annual plastic surgery meeting. The purported reason being is that new operations are learned at the meeting or variations on how to do the old ones. Read More…

  Quite frankly, I do not enjoy the idea of marketing my practice and running advertisements, although I recognize it as a necessary ‘evil’. I would rather focus all of my creativity on surgical solutions and patient care improvements rather than on marketing analysis and the fabrication of eye-catching ads, brochures, or websites. What I Read More…

I frequently get asked by many patients during an initial plastic surgery consultation….What do you think I should do?…or what they mean is…What do you see as the problem? And I always answer the same way….It is not what I see, but what you see and concerns you is the problem. I long ago learned Read More…

Dr Barry Eppley, board-certified plastic surgeon in Indianapolis, has achieved platinum author status on Ezine Articles.  Ezine Articles is a website that matches expert authors and enewsletter publishers, providing such publishers with access to expert author content. Dr. Eppley is a prolific writer in plastic surgery with three textbooks, 250 peer-reviewed medical journal publications, 4 Read More…