About Dr. Eppley

Barry L. Eppley, MD, DMD is a double board-certified plastic surgeon in private practice in Carmel, Indiana. He is both a licensed physician and dentist and is double board-certified in two surgical specialties, the American Board of Plastic Surgery and the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Prior to private practice, Dr. Eppley was a full tenured Professor of Plastic Surgery at the Indiana University Medical Center for 17 years. He has now been in private practice for the last 20 years.

Dr. Eppley has extensive experience in the investigation and development of numerous technological advances in plastic surgery. He has been awarded nine U.S. and international patents on biomedical technologies. His publications include over 250 journal articles and 35 book chapters. He has also authored two textbooks and three consumer books on plastic surgery. He writes daily at the plastic surgery blog, www.exploreplasticsurgery.com, which contains over 10,000 educational articles.

Dr. Eppley is internationally recognized for his pioneering work in custom facial implants and aesthetic skeletal surgery. He has extensive experience in the design and surgical placement of patient-specific facial implants for the jawline, chin, cheeks, midface, orbital, forehead, and skull areas using advanced 3D imaging and implant manufacturing technologies. His work in custom facial implant surgery has helped establish new treatment approaches for both aesthetic enhancement and complex facial reconstruction, attracting patients from all over the world.

Dr. Eppley has developed an international-based practice for patients who fly in from around the world for unique and specialized face and body aesthetic procedures, many of which he has developed, from aesthetic skull reshaping to shoulder narrowing surgeries. His practice services and expertise can be found on his practice websites www.eppleyplasticsurgery.com, www.eppleycustomfacialimplants.com/, and www.skullreshaping.com, as well as his daily educational blog, www.exploreplasticsurgery.com. Collectively, these websites provide over 20,000 pages of content on a wide variety of plastic surgery procedures and material technologies.