Photographs can be taken with a standard 35 mm camera or by a professional photographer. Pictures should not be airbrushed, and it is not necessary to wear makeup for these photographs.

A standard background should be used. Stand approximately 1' away From a light-colored wall or door in order to provide this uniform Background and avoid improper shadowing. A front ("PA") view should be taken. Your face should almost completely fill the frame. However, It is important that the top of the head and the base of the neck be fully visible.Please follow the examples below when taking photographs.

If nasal surgery is to be considered, a base view of the nose is also important. One would raise the chin to a position where the tip of the nose was on a plane with the eyebrows in order to properly align the base of the nose for this photograph.

A lateral, or "profile" view is very important. In this view, a line drawn from the ear canal to the lower eyelid rim would be completely horizontal. This allows the doctor to appropriately evaluate the chin and neck tissues. It is important to realize that this may not be the way you normally hold your head. However, it is the standard way that we position patients for photographs.

In addition to the profile view, a three-quarters view or "oblique" from both the right and the left sides is very important. Having you slightly turn at approximately a 45-degree angle from the camera, keeping your head in the same level position, will provide this view.

Close-up photos of the eyes are also important. The eyebrows and lower eyelid rims should be visible in the photograph. Views with the eyes open staring straight ahead, the eyes closed, and looking straight up, are important.

Photographs can be supplied to us digitally through the Internet, or they can be sent to our Institute via express mail. Photographs cannot be returned.

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