The importance of Live appearance: Does your Face live up to its Photo?

It has been said that one never gets a second chance to make a first impression.  That's why appearance has become so important, especially in today's economy.   The face has assumed new importance in two areas of our lives:

1.Professional Career: record numbers of people are looking for jobs.  Some have had their hours reduced and need supplemental work to make ends meet.  At one time most job applicants were young people entering the work force; today they are joined by many who are in their forties, fifties and sixties.  Naturally they want to look their best, both in their photograph, and in person.  

2. Personal Relationships: For many, today's stresses would be much easier to bear if they had a good relationship.  And with today's time famine, thousands of singles are turning to the internet to find their ideal mate.  Once again, it all starts with a picture of the face, then an eventual meeting in person.  Naturally, one hopes the real face looks as good as the advertised one!

To make a good first impression with your photograph, you naturally want something better than a quick passport photo.   For a portrait, people take care to present their best appearance; they have their hair styled, make-up applied, and make sure they have a good photographer with good lighting.  These details will make the outer face look its best.  

But for those with facial wrinkles or sagging muscles, attention should be directed to the inner face.  At spas all over the country, facial muscles are lifted and toned with micro-electric current gently applied through wands touching the face.  Like weight-lifting, the toning is temporary, but builds with successive sessions.  Often, stars will have a couple of treatments in the week before a big media event, and will keep doing these regularly during the filming of a movie.  The before/after pictures from these spa treatments have always been dramatic.  Indeed, when we do them in our office in Denver, we give the patient a mirror after only half the face is done.  Instantly, we see the wrinkles start to diminish, and can feel the pumped-up tone of the facial muscles.  Once the inner face is toned, then the outer face is much easier to improve with make-up and lighting.

But with today's time famine (see my blog at http://www.facemaster.com/Blog/post/Time-management-how-to-put-a-good-face-on-it!.aspx), most people cannot make room in their schedule for a weekly trip to the spa.  And in today's economy, spending up to a couple of hundred dollars on a temporary facial treatment is, for most, unrealistic.   

So take a tip from Suzanne Somers, and from over 250,000 of her satisfied customers; her FaceMaster produces professional facial toning for less than the price of one spa treatment.  Once your inner face is toned, you can do a much better job with cosmetics to the outer surface.  Suzanne Somers, age 62, attributes her great facial tone to using this machine for the last 16 years.  In fact, she rarely ever misses a day!  In only a few minutes, you can see and feel the muscles firm up, the bags under the eyes start to tighten, the sagging areas over the cheeks start to plump up, and, with the "face-erasing" step called feathering, you can see fine lines and wrinkles disappear.  Watch Suzanne demonstrate how to feather her forehead at http://www.facemaster.com/videoTips.aspx?id=6.  Also take a look at our live models showing the before/after sides of their faces.

So remember, whenever you are about to interface, make sure your inner face is toned. Then you will always put your best face forward!

 Dr. Hanson welcomes your comments.  You can visit him at www.peterhansonmd.com. 

For those of you who are interested in a new career, visit sites like www.monster.com or www.indeed.com. 

For those of you looking for a new personal relationship, visit sites like www.match.com, or www.eharmony.com.