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 […]
I want to be careful about how I describe this, because the concept has been so thoroughly colonised by the wellness industry that it is now very hard to discuss without sounding like a brand campaign. But the practice is real, it is daily, and the effect on my functioning — and on the skin of my patients, which I can examine objectively — is clinically significant. What I do: […]
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