Tingo and Crazy Words for the Face from around the world
November 18, 2007 by dr. lam · Leave a Comment
I was given a book named Tingo by Emina, my hair-transplant coordinator. For a full name of the book, what Tingo means, and some crazy words about hair, check out my blog on my hair transplant site. Okay, basically, the author of this book, Adam Jacot de Boinod, wrote a book on foreign words that have funny meanings. Let’s explore a few of the ones that relate to the face: Read more
Botox: Myths and Facts
November 14, 2007 by dr. lam · 2 Comments
Okay, here’s another blog on Botox. I think Botox is one of the most misunderstood products and also one of the most important anti-aging treatments we have around but so under appreciated by everyone that more people could be benefiting from it if they could only bypass their misconceptions. I know I have facts and thoughts on Botox scattered all over this website but I thought I would like to review the 4 BIG misconceptions that plague prospective patients. Read more
PART II: Harmony (or Balance), What really matters
November 2, 2007 by dr. lam · 1 Comment
For those of you who did not read Part I of this blog on the subject of symmetry, please do so. I split the blog into two sections because it just got way too long. Okay, if symmetry is not so important, what makes one beautiful or attractive? In a word, harmony. What is harmony? Harmony is the balance of facial features in terms of relative size and distance. The best analogy that I like to use when I talk about harmony is picture a glass of water in your mind. If I ask you how big does this glass of water appear in your mind? You will probably not have a precise answer for me. However, if I asked you to picture a glass of water three times the size of the first glass of water, then how big does that original glass of water appear to you now? Probably pretty small. Conversely, if you picture a second glass of water that is 1/3 the size of the original, then I am certain you would state that the new glass of water appears much bigger than originally conceived. Read more
PART 1, Symmetry: Refocus your thinking
November 2, 2007 by dr. lam · 3 Comments
Okay, ideas come to me in different ways. I just had a nice morning consultation over breakfast in Hong Kong with a gentleman who was desirous of some facial enhancement. As I discussed some ideas with him for enhancement, I thought about an idea that I tend to repeat almost on a daily basis that I thought would be beneficial to my readership here. Most women, in particular, are very obsessed with symmetry of the face really for two reasons. First, most women when they get up close to a mirror see minor flaws that are asymmetrical and therefore become interpreted as negatively impacting their beauty. Second, perhaps symmetry is the only language or vocabulary that a person may have toward understanding their own attractiveness. I would highly disagree that symmetry is important unless it reaches a critical level where there is a deformity. If you would like to see how I work with asymmetry when it is deforming, just look at my reconstructive photo gallery. Then, you will see when symmetry truly detracts from one’s attractiveness.
Then, Dr. Lam, why is it that I read all of these psychological studies that talk about symmetry being so important in terms of animals being attracted to other animals? Read more
Micro Botox
November 2, 2007 by dr. lam · 2 Comments
No, this does not mean that I am going to give you only a rip-off dose of Botox! Micro Botox is something that I learned about last year from a colleague in New York, who in turn learned about it in the Philippines. Essentially, micro Botox treatments require a lot of injections into the cheek area, for example, to make the pores of the skin start to shrink and the texture of the skin to start to appear better over time. I have not incorporated this Botox treatment into my practice as yet for a couple of concerns. First, it is extremely time consuming to perform. Second, there are some risks in terms of diffusion of the Botox from the cheek skin into the deeper structures like the zygomaticus muscle that could affect your speech.
That being said, I actually have been doing some thinking recently that incorporates some of the ideas from micro Botox treatments. Here are my thoughts. Read more