Hello, I would love to shorten the vertical height of my forehead, nose and philtrum. Would a forehead reduction, rhinoplasty (to shorten the nose), and a bullhorn upper lip lift, help me accomplish my goals of making my forehead and middle of my face appear less long vertically? I am on the hunt to find a doctor who has experience with all three of these procedures :)
February 1, 2017
Answer: Facial proportions and beauty Proportion and harmony between the different sections of our faces is a major determinant of beauty. I do believe you are absolutely correct in your assessment that your forehead is high and takes up a bit too much of the "real estate" of your face, and a scalp advancement to shorten your forehead would be very beneficial. The incision would have to be meticulously planned and executed to minimize the scar, as your hair seems to flow away from the forehead, but this maneuver would indeed go a long way towards enhancing the balance between the upper 1/3 of your face and the mid face/lower face. In terms of your nose, I believe that your nose is actually of an appropriate length. What is making it seem a bit long in your view is that your chin (the lower 1/3 of your face) is actually where much of the problem lies. It is short on frontal view, and regressed on profile view. In other words, I believe that you would benefit greatly from a chin augmentation, with either implants or through a genioplasty, and this procedure would go a long ways to achieving the proportionality between the different parts of your face that you desire. An interesting exercise for you to do is to break up your face into thirds - this is a concept in art known as the "rule of thirds" wherein the face is horizontally divided into thirds. Use horizontal lines to divide your face into segments beginning with the area between the hairline to the eyebrows (upper 1/3), from the brow to the base of the nose (the middle 1/3), and from the base of the nose to the chin (the lower one-third). In most aesthetically idealized faces these areas are approximately even. If you do this you will see that the main outlier is the lower third of your face, and this is why a chin modification may be so useful for you. The use of computer imaging and morphing software is very useful when planning chin and nose surgery, and I use this routinely as a means of communicating and demonstrating the desired outcome of surgical interventions for these 2 structures. Best of luck!
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February 1, 2017
Answer: Facial proportions and beauty Proportion and harmony between the different sections of our faces is a major determinant of beauty. I do believe you are absolutely correct in your assessment that your forehead is high and takes up a bit too much of the "real estate" of your face, and a scalp advancement to shorten your forehead would be very beneficial. The incision would have to be meticulously planned and executed to minimize the scar, as your hair seems to flow away from the forehead, but this maneuver would indeed go a long way towards enhancing the balance between the upper 1/3 of your face and the mid face/lower face. In terms of your nose, I believe that your nose is actually of an appropriate length. What is making it seem a bit long in your view is that your chin (the lower 1/3 of your face) is actually where much of the problem lies. It is short on frontal view, and regressed on profile view. In other words, I believe that you would benefit greatly from a chin augmentation, with either implants or through a genioplasty, and this procedure would go a long ways to achieving the proportionality between the different parts of your face that you desire. An interesting exercise for you to do is to break up your face into thirds - this is a concept in art known as the "rule of thirds" wherein the face is horizontally divided into thirds. Use horizontal lines to divide your face into segments beginning with the area between the hairline to the eyebrows (upper 1/3), from the brow to the base of the nose (the middle 1/3), and from the base of the nose to the chin (the lower one-third). In most aesthetically idealized faces these areas are approximately even. If you do this you will see that the main outlier is the lower third of your face, and this is why a chin modification may be so useful for you. The use of computer imaging and morphing software is very useful when planning chin and nose surgery, and I use this routinely as a means of communicating and demonstrating the desired outcome of surgical interventions for these 2 structures. Best of luck!
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January 31, 2017
Answer: Creating a more feminine and balanced face in the young female? Creating a more feminine and balanced face in the young female? These procedures --An Irregular Trichophytjc Hairline Lowering with slight brow lift, Chin Implant with or without the nose will give you what you are looking for. We developed the Hairline lowering 35 years ago and I have done several thousand without a visible scar. Your nose is short and should NOT be shortened any more. You can look at my website and those of others familiar with this technique.
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January 31, 2017
Answer: Creating a more feminine and balanced face in the young female? Creating a more feminine and balanced face in the young female? These procedures --An Irregular Trichophytjc Hairline Lowering with slight brow lift, Chin Implant with or without the nose will give you what you are looking for. We developed the Hairline lowering 35 years ago and I have done several thousand without a visible scar. Your nose is short and should NOT be shortened any more. You can look at my website and those of others familiar with this technique.
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