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 Have you ever contemplated why one face might be perceived as attractive, yet another face not so? The unconscious mind preselects for facial harmony, finding it most desirable when a person’s eyes, nose, mouth, forehead, cheekbones and chin blend and balance with each another.
The different elements of your face should harmonize to produce a natural, beautiful look. One might have lovely eyes, but if not in balance with one’s nose, their beauty could go unnoticed. Or one might have a pretty nose but a weak chin, causing one’s profile to look disharmonious. One might think of harmony as proportion taken one step further. Altering, augmenting, or enhancing certain facial landmarks can eliminate the discord. For example, lower-eyelid puffs and bags can make you look older even when the upper eyelids remain snug and youthful. Conversely, with the passage of time, or sometimes just due to genetics, the lower eyelids can be firm but the upper lids sag with excess skin. Both scenarios are disharmonious, but when corrected, result in a youthful, brighter eye. In addition, a too-low brow can easily be lifted with well-placed Botox, producing a graceful arch. Lips are an obvious place for disharmony: sometimes the upper lip is too thin and the lower lip too big, or vice versa – or lips themselves can be too small in relation to the rest of the face. Worst of all is when the lips are overcorrected, resulting in an unnatural “duck-like” look. It takes a careful eye and a skilled surgeon to ensure that all of your features are not only gorgeous in their own right, but also combine to complement and enhance each other. Dr. Weintraub will work with you to achieve the right balance, and can implement all the alterations needed to produce a truly harmonious and attractive face. Dr. Weintraub’s Viewpoint: Halle Berry Halle Berry possesses a finely balanced face: her well-defined nasal profile, widely spaced cheekbones, and gently contoured features come together to make a beautiful whole. A rhinoplasty to sculpt the nasal tip and raise the nose bridge, along with cheek implants, and an understated natural lip augmentation can be implemented to achieve this same look.
Dr. Weintraub's opinions should not be taken as fact or medical advice, nor has he necessarily treated this celebrity.
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