An injury ends my string of blogs about the Martin-Incognito affair.Carolina Panther offensive lineman Jonathan Martin, who became a household name when he left the Miami Dolphins because teammate Richie Incognito bullied him, is retiring. Martin announced Monday that it's not bullying this time that's taking him off the field, it's a recent back injury which would have required season-ending surgery. Fair or not, Martin's short NFL career won't be remembered for the 32 starts he made from … [Read more...]
Who says cleft lip kids aren’t beautiful?
A "feel good" cleft lip post for this 4th of July.Imagine if you had a beautiful daughter, perfect appearing in every way except for a split lip running almost to her nostrils. Imagine, too, if you lived in a rural part of Northeastern Brazil and had nine other children with no money left over year after year for corrective surgery. As a rural farmer, life would be hard enough that you wouldn't want to watch your daughter Danila bullied and ostracized because her congenital cleft permanently … [Read more...]
Hollywood’s beauty ideal changes, but symmetry’s always king
What sort of female faces has Hollywood pushed since its early days? What was done to these faces in lieu of today's photoshopping with respect to makeup, eyebrow shaping, and hair (you know, big hair vs curly hair vs bobbed hair). And what kind of bodies went with these faces: thin, curvy, tall and leggy, etc? Enduring symmetry. No matter what beauty ideal Hollywood promoted, symmetry's always been king. Sophia Loren—1960s idealAs Bustle writer JR Thorpe, tells it:'The history of Western … [Read more...]
Can “tents” make cleft lip kids symmetrical?
Photos below not for the faint at heart. Proceed with caution.What do the "tent" images below have to do with fixing nasal defects caused by most cleft lip/palate deformities? Well, the answer is several paragraphs further on.But first, let's give credit to Intech,* a provider of free medical knowledge and research. Their goal is to give researchers around the world equal opportunity to share ideas, develop their career. Intech* brought the following article to my attention, which I'm … [Read more...]
Symmetry & the world’s 2 most beautiful faces.
Let's look at the results of a study scientists recently conducted re the most beautiful faces in the world. If you want to see how you measure up, check out the guidelines below. Note that symmetry is very important.. "Symmetry" & the faces of the most beautiful man and woman in the world. The ideal female face FemaleNear perfect facial symmetryAlmond-shaped, brown eyes: 0.48* distance apart from eye centres, each is 0.23 widthArched, shaped eyebrows: 0.125 distance above … [Read more...]
A challenge for cleft lip kids: symmetry.
I return again to the topic of facial symmetry which we've dealt with here, here, and here, to cite only recent blog posts. Cleft lip kids face challenge when dating. To show why symmetry bedevils cleft lip kids, esp as they get to dating age, I've borrowed the findings cited in a recent Wiki article about physical attractiveness. (Actually , the pertinent info is from the entry entitled Symmetry in the "Facial Attractiveness" subsection. ) I've modified the wiki article footnotes which … [Read more...]
Oscar Pistorius’sentencing suggests he’s a psychopath.
Finally, the other shoe has dropped. And the judge has answered our question . . . sort of. The question asked several Pistorius blogs ago was, does Oscar have psychopathic tendencies like Lance Armstrong and OJ Simpson? Because I felt I knew less about Oscar than Lance and OJ and because a different culture and criminal justice system was at work, I decided to let the judge determine Oscar's mental state. Psychopath? By sentencing Oscar to five years—much less than the ten years she might … [Read more...]