Excerpted from Dr. Peter Adamson’s book Fabulous Faces (available on Amazon.com) and edited for our blog. We like to think we live in an age when looks don’t matter. We want to believe that it’s not what you are on the outside, but what you are on the inside that...
Tag: beauty
The Often-overlooked Secret to Rejuvenation: Great Skin Care
Everyone who has looked into the mirror and felt they were getting older (and didn’t like it!) realizes that much of our aging comes from sagging tissues (think upper eyelids and neck) and loss of tissue volume (think eye and cheek hollows and thin lips). The lifting procedures, like eyelid...
Should I Have a Rhinoplasty?
Rhinoplasty, or nose re-shaping, is the commonest aesthetic surgical procedure of the face. There are many reasons for this. Studies show that each of us is always scanning other people’s faces – we can scan seven faces a second, and initially we see a pattern which instantaneously tells us if...
Nasal Obstruction and Aesthetics – How Are They Related?
As facial plastic surgeons, patients frequently come to us seeking rhinoplasty to change their nasal shape. But sometimes they also come with nasal breathing problems which also need correcting. And, sometimes patients with primary breathing problems may also need their nasal appearance altered as part of the correction of...
Am I Attractive? Am I Beautiful?
Throughout all of human history, women and men have asked this question of themselves. Your personal, private answer to this question impacts your self-esteem, your confidence and your relationships throughout your life. We have studied attractiveness and beauty extensively, and now know the answers to some of our questions, but...