Samuel Hahnemann
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 Samuel Hahnemann
(1755 - 1843)

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FACIAL FEATURE TIPS - AUGUST 2007

PHOTOS

Good photos are crucial to getting an accurate analysis. Make sure your patient's head is straight.

  • Front on photo - can you see both their ears equally? If so they are probably straight
  • Front on photo - are they looking straight ahead? If so they are probably straight
  • Profile photos - are they looking straight ahead? If eyes are looking up or down often the head is tilted
  • Profiles photo - the line of the forehead should be crisp and clean - if you can see a slight shadow or shading along the side of the profile you are not 90 degrees to the patient
  • Profile photo - is the patient holding their hair right back? Is their hand the opposite one to the camera? Are they holding their arm out of view of the profile? Is their chin too high or too low?
  • Profile photo - are the shoulders side on to the camera?
  • Smile photo - are all the teeth visible? Sometimes you may have to ask the patient to give a 'fake' smile so their teeth can be seen. Observe their natural smile (is it compact or full) in the clinic setting.

LINES

Many lines don't show in photos. If you observed them during the consultation (especially when the patient is animated) rate them. However be sure not to find every little line - it must be obvious. This is especially true of forehead lines - nearly everyone has them when they scrunch up their face - this doesn't count. Can you see them naturally when they are speaking - if so then one yellow point is allocated.

TEETH

Front teeth - what is prominent?

  • If the front two teeth "jump" out at you
  • If the front two teeth are angled differently to the other teeth
  • If the front two teeth are larger than the teeth beside them - look carefully at the two teeth beside them - they must be significantly larger not just a little bit - it is normal for the front teeth to be slightly bigger.

HOW MANY POINTS CAN I GIVE TO TEETH?

Some sets of teeth have everything happening but rarely do we give more than 3 points to the teeth. Often only one or two points. Look at the teeth - what is most prominent - their position (crooked/even) their shape (jagged, sharp, cupped etc) or does one or two teeth stand out from the others (front two prominent, eye teeth prominent)

Gaps, gums, smiles and overbite are considered separately to teeth. So your patient may have one, two or more points in these areas too.

ONE PROFILE IS DIFFERENT TO THE OTHER

Always check both profiles before categorizing a feature

Ears - when checking the angle, position or size only rate them if BOTH ears are showing the primary miasm (yellow, red, blue)
If one ear is different to the other this is just a half point for asymmetry - leave out the other category

Bridge of nose - one of the more difficult features to read - usually because one or both the profile photos have not been taken at 90 degrees. If the bridge is very different from one side to the other leave it out of your analysis. It is sometimes worth taking the photos again.

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