Gallery?

I have always been critical of advertisements featuring “before and after” photos.   There are so many ways in which photos can give a false impression:

• Altered lighting.   Flash photography smooths wrinkles
• Distance from camera.  “After” photos subtley further away look slimmer
• Different camera focal lengths.  Shorter focal lengths exaggerate size of body parts closer to the camera.
• Body posture.  Neck profiles look better with the chin up.  Oblique shots of breasts always look better than front on.
• Makeup.  No make up before : makeup after.
• Hairstyle.
• Clothing. 
• Facial animation.

All surgeons have some less-than-ideal results but you don’t see these in galleries! For a selection of typical before and after pictures, click here to go to the website of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons