Smiles, Frowns and Photo Overexposure in Before and After Photos
asked 2 years ago by merry1234 in Denver
Latest answer by Otto Joseph Placik, MD
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Tags: photos, reasons
I'm just wondering why the before pictures usually show the patient frowning and the after ones smiling. A simple smile in itself will pull up jowls and reverse gravity only for a while, thus enhancing the appearance. Overexposed film will wash out a lot of mistakes and scars as well. All before and after photos should be taken with a frown or a smile for both and the photo itself should be taken with the same lighting, exposure etc. Of course they would never use photoshop at the pixel level to airbrush now would they?
2 answers to Smiles, Frowns and Photo Overexposure in Before and After Photos
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Perceptive
Merry, you are very perceptive and it is good to keep a critical eye. These techniques, and others, are done constantly to con people out of their hard earned dollar. Unfortunately, I sometimes catch these in well respected journals also.
I remember, when John Vorhees, M.D. 's ( Chairman of the Dermatology department at Michigan ) article on Retin A and aging was published in the Archives Of Dermatology back in 1988. I oberved that the study patients smiled in the before picture...
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Arnold R. Oppenheim, MD
Virginia Beach Dermatologist
Virginia Beach Dermatologist
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Cosmetic photographs.
Although our societies request that photos be standardized, it is often difficult for a variety of reasons to obatin identitical before and after photos for a variety of reasons. Sad, dejected, or patients who lack confidence and then undergo a transforming procedure often are proud and happy to show off their operative results and obviously these good results are the ones we tend to select for display. Happy paitents will smile, apply new makeup (try asking a patient to remove their...
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Otto Joseph Placik, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon
Chicago Plastic Surgeon