A ^Retired Plastic Surgeon's Notebook

Seattle Plastic Surgery, Dr. Lisa Lynn Sowder gets picky and prickly about before and after photos.  You should be picky and prickly too!

I have blogged about this topic on many occasions but this example takes the cake!  Not because it is blatantly Photoshopped but because it comes from an advertisement insert in the latest edition of Plastic Surgery Practice and the “from the editor” editorial is on the topic of misleading before and after photos used by vendor reps promoting a product or device!  Hello Captain Irony.

The example above is a case of poor photographic technique where the lighting in the “before” photo is from above and in the “after” photo is more face on.  This makes the result of the nasolabial fold treatment much more dramatic than it likely is.  I know not if this is advertent or inadvertent.  Either way, it is misleading.

This sort of stuff drives me to blog about it and it makes me lose confidence in the products or devices that show these photos to doctors or to prospective patients.

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.

Thanks for reading and send me any examples you have found of misleading photography.  I collect this stuff!  Dr. Lisa Lynn Sowder

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