She specializes in Mohs surgery and cutaneous oncology. Facial massage is rejuvenating, but can you use it to transform your face shape and undo long-term effects of stress and lifestyle? I visited her Gangnam spaβwhere she's treated countless A-listers to rave reviews and impressive resultsβto learn more about her signature technique, then ended up trying the treatments myself.
Keep scrolling to get a taste of what this Korean facial massage method is actually like. Meet the Experts. Ryu Bae says that the face is a reflection of your overall health, and the key to understanding how your whole body is working together. Depending on how you use your muscles, the human head's 29 bonesβwhich aren't staticβcan shift in sometimes very noticeable ways.
It's about more than just gravity, so if you've noticed that your face shape looks different than it did in the past, it might have as much to do with your daily habits and long-term experiences as it does the passage of time. After studying my face for five minutes, Bae concluded that I have a taxing job, I don't sleep enough, I have a lot of stress, I cross my left leg over my right too much, and so my face is a bit longer than it probably is meant to be and not symmetrical.
I told her that I generally have a long face and it was never perfectly symmetrical, but she encouraged me to find any photos of myself from ten years ago. I found some in an old Facebook album, and we studied it together. Sure enough, ten years ago, my face was decidedly a bit more symmetricalβand shorter. I thought the changes in my face were just gravity taking its toll, but Bae told me the good news that my skin is still firm the benefits of running a beauty company.
The elongation is actually more due to my bones shifting around than gravity. According to her, some people's bones shift horizontally, which results in a wider face, while others have faces that can both widen and elongate over time. She tells me that this isn't the way faces naturally evolve, but instead, it's a direct result of poor habits and lack of health.
