Have you ever wondered what exactly makes one person more attractive than another?
The Ancient Greeks believed that all beauty could be explained mathematically and to an extent, they were right. There is only one mathematical relationship consistently reported in all living things. This equation stems from the Fibonacci Series, a unique sequence of integers, starting with 1, in which each element is the sum of the two previous numbers.
Ex: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, etc.
As the Fibonacci sequence develops, the ratio between each number and its neighbor gets closer to 1.618 or φ (phi), the Golden Ratio.
The Golden Ratio
The Golden Ratio exists in nature, art and architecture.
The Seven Determinants of Facial Beauty: The Magnificent Seven
Each of the following seven determinants is affected by numerous mathematical equations.
- Facial shape (cheeks, jaw)
- Forehead height
- Eyebrow shape
- Eye size and inter eye distance
- Nose shape
- Lips
- Skin clarity/ texture/ color
Beauty and the Aging Face
As we age, our faces fall further from the golden ratio. The cheeks sag, resulting in the appearance of jowls. The corners of the mouth move downwards and take on the look of a frown. Tissue in the forehead drifts, creating wrinkles and drooping eyebrows, giving them a flatter appearance. Tissue around the eyes also begins to droop, creating a tired look. The nose may elongate, become more bulbous, or develop a small to pronounced dorsal hump.
Fillers, radiofrequency treatments, lasers, and plastic surgery can alleviate these aging concerns but all too often we see exaggerated results that make the patient look overdone.
Transcending Race and Gender
The golden ratio translates over every race and sex, as each individual has his/ her own defined mathematical formula for beauty.
The Beauty Equation Lift
Dr. Humble developed the Beauty Equation Lift with the golden ratio in mind. The golden ratio takes into account the alignment and geometric shape of each feature as well as its distance in relation to another feature. The closer the distance is to φ, the more beautiful the face is perceived to be
The Beauty Equation Lift is the newest treatment out of Dr. Humble’s office. It optimizes the patient’s features in a non-surgical procedure.
Dr. Humble carefully measures the patient’s features and tweaks them to adhere to the golden ratio. This can be done with a combination of treatments that include injectable fillers, neurotoxin fillers and more advanced methods such as platelet rich plasma injections and stem cell segmented fat transfers. All injections can also be used with non-ablative lasers, and resurfacing and radiofrequency treatments to optimize results.
