Category Archives: Face Reading

Toned Lips Indicate Health (Slack, “Pouty” Lips May Reveal SIBO)

Toned Lips Indicate Health (Slack, “Pouty” Lips May Reveal SIBO)

If you’re concerned that you might have SIBO, (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth), a glance in the mirror will inform you either way. Face Reading, a form of traditional Chinese medicine, correlates your small intestine’s health with the muscle tone of your inner lower lip. In seconds, you can easily apply this useful self-test.  When you… Continue Reading

Wrinkled Lips Indicate Gut Problems—with Before and After Photos

Wrinkled Lips Indicate Gut Problems—with Before and After Photos

Face Reading Works Vertical lip lines show gut problems according to traditional Face Reading. They, along with color and skin tone irregularities, point to poor digestive health. Correcting your diet helps you regain smooth lips as we see in the before and after photos below. Sixty-five-year-old Georgette form NYC consulted with me last year because… Continue Reading

Is There a Fix for an Asymmetrical Face?

Is There a Fix for an Asymmetrical Face?

“I’m self conscious about my asymmetrical face,” reports this 33-year-old man from Assam, India, whom I’ll call Rudra. “What can I do?” Features that are similar in size and placement are considered a classical sign of beauty. An example is eyes that appear to be the same size and shape and that are positioned on… Continue Reading

Bumps Alongside the Nose—Facial Indicators for Uterine and Prostate Health

Bumps Alongside the Nose—Facial Indicators for Uterine and Prostate Health

What Your Gynecologist Doesn’t Know  A fair-sized bump alongside your nose, or on both sides of your nose, typically corresponds to reproductive health according to Face Reading. Often, the skin color darkens as a precursor to where lumps often will manifest. According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, facial irregularities represent an inner-organ disharmony. Deep inside, there’s… Continue Reading

Six Facial Characteristics of Hunger, or When a Healthy Diet Goes Bad (Orthorexia)

Six Facial Characteristics of Hunger, or When a Healthy Diet Goes Bad (Orthorexia)

Expendable Income but Calorie-Short Look at the faces of middle-class people around you and, surprisingly, many reveal deep-set hunger. Among my Face Reading clients, I’m increasingly seeing undernourished people whose diet logs, paradoxically, show adherence to a conscientious diet. They’re proudly eating “right” but either consistently calorie-short or unable to digest what they are eating.… Continue Reading

Blue Veins (Sugar Bug) Across Your Child’s Nose Bridge

Blue Veins (Sugar Bug) Across Your Child’s Nose Bridge

When blue veins show across your child’s nose bridge, she’s not at her best according to Traditional Chinese Face Reading. These veins, as we see below, are found in the very young whose diets are typically high in sweets and other inflammatory foods. This explains their Japanese name, kanmushi, or “sugar bug.” Continue Reading

Up in the Night to Pee?

Up in the Night to Pee?

Over-hydrating can result in needing to get out of bed in the middle of the night to pee. Unfortunately, nocturia, or waking to empty in your bladder, compromises deep sleep. Historically nocturia was a condition of pregnancy or advanced age.  Today it is as commonplace as the admonition to “drink two liters of water a… Continue Reading

Two Types of Chin Wrinkles — One is Preventable

Two Types of Chin Wrinkles — One is Preventable

There are two types of chin wrinkles, innate and acquired; and the latter can be avoided. Due to an upturning chin some people are born with a horizontal line on their chin. Whereas an acquired chin crease gradually forms on, most often, seniors. It’s therefore known as a retirement line in Chinese Face Reading. This wrinkle also forms on younger people who have depleted their intrinsic energy Continue Reading

Yeast Infection and Face Reading

Yeast Infection and Face Reading

Weary of chronic yeast infections, this woman requested a Face Reading Consult. Here’s her photo plus the Before and After photos of two clients who suffered from—and resolved—the same complaint. We’ll name them Natasha, Cindy and John. Patterns that Faces Display While our facial characteristics are the result of numerous causes and conditions, nevertheless, certain… Continue Reading

Face Reading Helps Resolve Snoring

Face Reading Helps Resolve Snoring

A Root Cause of Snoring Wanting to stop snoring, this 59-year-old Californian, we’ll call her Hannah, requested a Face Reading. Before we look for subtle facial indicators that can correlate with snoring, let’s start with the big picture and first delight in Hannah. To me, her face radiates warmth and openness. Could one ever tire… Continue Reading

Clear Up Your Complexion with Face Reading

Clear Up Your Complexion with Face Reading

Targeted Remedies for Skin Problems If you have a bothersome complexion issue, you may be surprised to learn that what you see on the outside reflects an inner imbalance. It’s true: Your face mirrors your overall health. So even if your innards seem fine, an unwanted facial indicator is a call to action. Face Reading… Continue Reading

Mismatched Face and Neck Color

Mismatched Face and Neck Color

Mini Face Reading Dear Rebecca, My primary concerns are my weight, digestion and chronic fatigue. I’ve tried everything and nothing seems to work. Exercise increases tiredness, inactivity increases weight, diets increase digestive problems. I feel like going into hibernation for a year. — Priyanka Dear Priyanka, How frustrating to try different solutions without gain. So… Continue Reading

Swollen Lips

Swollen Lips

Face Reading Shows Lip and Gut Connection  If your lower lip is swollen, lacks tone and/or has a fuzzy border this signals bowel problems. Briefly, our lips are at the apex of our digestive tract and a readout for what lies south of them. So when your assimilation is good, expect your lips to have… Continue Reading

To Peel or Not to Peel Vegetables: How Much Fiber Do You Actually Need?

To Peel or Not to Peel Vegetables: How Much Fiber Do You Actually Need?

Your Variable Fiber Needs While a high-fiber diet is preferable, it’s not always apt. A high-fiber diet gets you more nutrition and supports regularity. But if your colon is inflamed, then it’s best to favor a non-irritating low-fiber diet until you’ve recovered. Here’s how to discern whether or not it’s best to peel that carrot.… Continue Reading

The Varicose Vein and Blood Sugar Connection

The Varicose Vein and Blood Sugar Connection

Blood sugar irregularities underly varicose and spider veins according to Five Element Traditional Chinese Medical (TCM). This is also true for hemorrhoids, which are nothing more than swollen veins in the anus, as well as the vulvar varicosity experienced by some pregnant women. And the more translucent skin of infants and toddlers can display swollen “sugar… Continue Reading

Pale Lips — Cold Fingers

Pale Lips — Cold Fingers

A cold touch and pale or even bluish lips are, one could argue, not so welcoming. Conversely, there’s a sense of well-being conveyed by both a warm handshake and (among Caucasians) naturally pink lips. There are medical reasons for cold extremities (see below), but the most obvious cause is often overlooked and, no matter your… Continue Reading

Is a Larger Lower Lip Better?

Is a Larger Lower Lip Better?

Swollen Lips, Beauty and Health Large bottom lip Having a lower lip that’s twice the size of your top lip is considered the most beautiful ratio for women according to a 2017 JAMA Plastic Facial Surgery study.1 This is a dramatic change from the past when evenly proportioned lips were the norm. Today most people… Continue Reading

Face Reading: A Mother and Daughter Comparison

Face Reading: A Mother and Daughter Comparison

More Than Genetics Using traditional Chinese Face Reading we can decode the messages our faces reveal. As an example, let’s examine this mother and daughter photo. When your diet and lifestyle are right for you, your vital energy and innate beauty shine through unhindered. But if you’re not in balance, if there’s an energetic snarl… Continue Reading

Identify Leaky Gut with Chinese Face Reading

Identify Leaky Gut with Face Reading

DIY Diagnosis You can detect leaky gut (intestinal hyper-permeability) by looking in the mirror. Over centuries, Chinese medicine developed a sophisticated system of correspondences between outward signs and the internal organs; such as, for example, that the lower lip region reflects colon health. So take a look. If your lower lip is toned, uniformly colored… Continue Reading

White Line Around the Lips

White Line Around the Lips

Dear Rebecca: I’m a 20-year-old college student, and I’ve had a white line around my lips for years now. This slams my self-esteem and confidence. Can you help me? —Zoe Dear Zoe: Im sorry for your discomfort and you’re not alone. In the past decade, we increasingly see different colors around the mouth. This reveals digestive… Continue Reading

Discolored Skin around Your Mouth

Uneven Pigmentation Around Lips

Your lips play a key role in your social identity and because they top off your gastrointestinal system, they reveal its condition according to traditional Chinese medicine. As above, so below. Should you have vitiligo, a recurring rash, a milk mustache, blotchy or discolored skin around your mouth, this mirrors problems underneath your belt. Look… Continue Reading

The Skin Color Above Your Lip Reveals Digestive Issues

Variable Skin Color Above Mouth

Blotchy or Discolored Skin Above the Lips Discolored skin above your lip is a readout for digestive disorders according to Traditional Chinese Five Element Medicine (TCM). As the six following photos show, when something is going on in your gut, the skin color surrounding your mouth announces it. Off-colors include white, yellow, red, blue, green,… Continue Reading

The Significance of a Chin Crease

An Aquired Chin Crease Indicates Compromised Energy according to Chinese Face Reading If your chin sports a horizontal wrinkle, then it’s time to conserve your energy and reduce unnecessary activity. Historically such lines were observed on the elderly or people who had squandered their root vitality, and so it’s aptly termed a “retirement line.” (Unless, that… Continue Reading


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