Aesthetic Doctor · Author · Singapore
Look at these two faces. They belong to the same woman. Her bone structure, facial proportions and underlying volume have not changed. What has changed is the placement of light, colour and shadow. Over-applied — the face reads flatter and broader Precisely placed — less product, more definition Same face, same bones, same volume. Only the placement of light and shadow is different. In the first image, the makeup has […]
Douyin and Korean makeup artists understand something that aesthetic medicine sometimes forgets: a face is not transformed by simply adding more. A tiny highlight at the inner corner of the eye can make the eyes appear brighter. A narrow shadow beneath the cheekbone can make the face look more defined. A touch of colour placed precisely at the centre of the lips can change their apparent shape without making them […]
Every book has the “director’s cut” — the bits that were hilarious (at least to me), but either didn’t fit neatly into the science, or risked my children disowning me if they went to print. Here are a few of those stories. 1. The Fish Oil Fiasco I once tried to impress a patient by showing her how committed I was to supplements. Mid-sentence, I popped a fish oil capsule […]
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