Cosmetic Medicine, MD

Let Your Lips Do The Talking: Everything You Need to Know About Beautifying Your Pout

A person’s lips can say a lot about their age, health and character, and are an essential focal point on the face. It’s no wonder that lip cosmetics are such an important part of the beauty industry.

What Is Your Face Telling Others About You?

Even though phone calls, emails, SMS and online chat are such important parts of the way we transmit ideas and information in today’s world, the most important conversations and decisions are usually saved for face-to-face meetings. One major reason for this is because facial expressions and movements are still so integral to human communication. So much of what we think about others depends on what we see in their faces.

The features on a person’s face can change or determine how they are perceived, and we are all subconsciously affected by these cues. Every time we see a face, we make judgments on that person's character and personality, and all this happens instantly and automatically in our brains.

Even when most of us think that a person’s facial features shouldn’t matter, we rely on them far more than we imagine, to decide things like how trustworthy, how friendly and how dependable others are. In fact, there is a lot of evidence that people in roles of leadership in business, politics, military and sports, for example, are often given those roles based on their facial features and not necessarily based on their ability.

Your facial features can determine your destiny

Is Vitamin B12 Causing Your Acne?

Skin experts have long known about the link between acne and dairy, but a recent study conducted at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has made the connection even clearer.

It turns out that Vitamin B12, an essential mineral abundant in meat, fish and dairy, is the root cause of many severe acne problems.

New Research Discovers Skin Boosting Effects of Botox

Botox, or onabutulinum toxin A is something most people will have heard of by now. Even if you've never tried the anti-wrinkle injection that is the No. 1 aesthetic treatment worldwide, you probably do know it by reputation.

The latest research has shown that Botox treatments have some surprising side effects.

Doctors in Canada show that Botox has skin pliability and elasticity effects

Pimple-popping videos are going viral

The latest YouTube star has a most unusual series of videos. Dr. Sandra Lee (aka Dr. Pimple Popper) has over 171,000 subscribers on her channel, where she posts these amazing videos of pimple, blackhead, whitehead and cyst extractions. Fans of her videos say that they find them 'soothing' and 'relaxing'.
This is not for the faint-hearted, but may help you get a better appreciation of how important it is to maintain proper, healthy skin.

--- Cosmetic Medicine, MD

Dr. Liow Tiong Sin is an aesthetic practitioner who practices in Kuala Lumpur and Melaka, Malaysia. He has more than 12 years of expertise with non-surgical cosmetic treatments, and conducts training courses for other doctors from all around Asia.
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Are Razors The Next Beauty Secret?

There is a weird trend being touted on the Internet, and it says that women should start shaving their faces.

Many women swear by facial shaving as the answer to their anti-aging woes

Many women swear by it, and some have been doing it for years. Reality TV star Caroline Manzo of The Real Housewives of New Jersey was even filmed doing it on the show. "Let me make something clear and hopefully answer your questions once and for all: I shave my face as a method of exfoliating my skin." Manzo says. "I don’t shave because I have a hairy face! I’ve been practicing this for over 10 years, and I haven’t grown any facial hair because of it, and I have beautiful skin with minimal wrinkles. I think this should clarify any questions.”

A breakthrough in stem cell technology could mean the end of hair loss woes

One in four women suffer from some degree of hair loss or thinning hair. In men, balding can begin as early as the age of 21, and by the age of 35, 30% of men will already be experiencing noticeable balding.

Hair loss, particularly male pattern balding is largely determined by genes, and alopecia areata (hair loss in one area of the scalp) affects about one in 100 individuals. More than 60% of hair loss sufferers say they would rather have more hair than money or friends, which gives you an insight into the negative impact of losing your hair. Hair loss, particularly in women and in younger men, can lead to depression and low self-esteem.