LAM FACIAL PLASTICS

Hey Dr. Lam!

Not an urgent question, but I just love reading your blog and feel I'm getting a real education from doing so. Your post on rhinoplasty in relation to Tom Cruise and Adrien Brody was quite informative --I don't really think either need rhonplasty(maybe Brody) because their noses are compensated by the larger "gestalt" of their features: broad cheekbones, IN TC's case wide jaw angles and both have strong chins. Unfortunately, I have a large flesh nose, but a weak chin and fairly shallow cheekbones which make my nose look all the more larger.

Since you often speculate on the attributes of male attractiveness, I wonder what your analysis of Daniel Day Lewis is (perhaps a topic for a future blog post!?) He has a pretty large nose, it's even crooked(!), but why does he look good overall? Of course he's a very charismatic actor, but I think his broad super sharp chin seems to make it look smaller. What I'm really interested in are his cheekbones --he doesn't really have much, if any sub-orbital hollowness --is that just cause he has unnaturally high and protrusive cheekbones --they seem to have both good lateral and anterior projection? The effect is even more pronounced in many of his online photographs and I don't think he's had any cosmetic surgery, but I'm no expert. In this picture he's in his early 50s. I would love to look like that in my early 50s! Are there any ways to achieve this affect through cosmetic surgery? I know you're not a fan of malar implants because they look bad. Could you maybe get implants or have an osteotomy of that area in addition to fat grafting so that the bone area would be more projected yet the fat would soften the hardness? But as a guy I would really love to have some of Daniel Day-Lewis's features. Whenever you have the time would love to hear your thoughts! Thanks.

Oh yeah, you may want to weigh in on George Clooney when considering this post, because he has a few similar things going on. He has a small nose, but he too doesn't have much under eye hollowness and he too is 50. What is it that makes him attractive? I suspect it has something to do with the very strong broad chin and again also the high, protrusive and wide cheekbones --are these what seem to keep the skin "taut" with like no sagging on these two actors? Do you think they have botox or fillers? Are there surgeries to achieve this kind of result or must we accept the bone structure were were born with?

yes, i think both are attractive. however, if you look at DDL, he has already a lot of lateral and frontal cheek gauntness that makes him look more aged. clooney has the perfect balance (still) of aging and non-aging. look at the difference between there central face bone exposure.

also, beauty and attractiveness are hard things to define. the perfect location and mixture of facial features defines good looks and there relative proportion to one another.
best,
sml

Hey Dr. Lam,

Thanks for your reply! So you really focussed on the issue of ageing but were less specific about issue of bone structure. It made me realize that there are probably two different priorities in cosmetic surgery. First, there's the issue of ageing --some people want to reverse ageing or return to a more youthful appearance but this is distinct from people who, regardless of age, want to actually change or alter their appearance(a slimmer nose, a sharper jaw-line, etc..) and these second set of issues require a different set of concerns.

Also, it seems to me that more attractive people look better at more advanced ages, but this is probably not true for both men and women. An "average" looking woman in her late teens/early twenties is more desirable looking than a female model who has reached her late 40s or early 50s. Youth for females is an attraction criteria in and of itself. Whereas a guy like Daniel Day-Lewis is FAR more attractive than most guys half his age! WOW! So for a man it's more beneficial to be good looking than to necessarily look younger in and of itself. This is a seriously radical realization because that's a fairly significant disparity!

aging is an obvious thing to discuss. beauty is harder to convey why someone looks good. it is just the perfect blend of facial features that are in harmony. i agree with you about the men and women dynamic. here are my blogs on that subject if you did not see them:

http://www.lamfacialplastics.com/facial ... t-to-look/

http://www.lamfacialplastics.com/celebr ... ctiveness/

Yes! I definitely read those, they're my two favorite posts on your blog. You know you should start writing a column for one of those mags like NEW BEAUTY or even a national newspaper --I don't think the public discourse on plastic surgery has ever been at such a high pitch!

haha, i actually am planning to work with new beauty on a column. they asked me about it a month ago but i don't have time right now.
s.

Very interesting post! DDL is actually one of my favorite actors, and I must confess that I have never noticed his crooked nose. I found a very similar photo on imdb, and in the picture his nose looks almost perfect, certainly not crooked. Is it possible that he had a nose job? Or could the photo be Photoshopped? Here is a link to the photo that I am referring to...
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm950113792/nm0000358
If this is a nose job, I would have to say it is a very good one. I am wanting to get a rhinoplasty myself, and am actually in the process of scouting out potential doctors. For the time being, my search has been limited to locateadoc.com, but if anyone has any recommendations for me I would appreciate it. Thank you!

could be lighting, photoshop, or surgery. hard to know.