“It’s looks to me that he has limited movement on the left side of his face,” said cosmetic dermatologist Tina Alster.
“He doesn’t have any movement in his face at all,” said plastic surgeon Barry Cohen.
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Kerry, 69, is no stranger to speculation about his classic patrician face. In the 1970’s, he had an operation to correct a “malocclusion” — a problem with his bite that caused clicking in his jaw (and yes, made him more handsome). His smooth, unwrinkled appearance during the 2004 presidential race caused enough of a stir that his campaign was forced to deny Botox rumors directly. And in January of 2012, Kerry showed up at the White House celebration for the Boston Bruins sporting two black eyes. Plastic surgery? Nah, he said — just the result of a nasty spill while playing hockey with family and friends over the New Year’s break.
Not sure if Botox is a great idea for a U.S. Secretary of State:
In the first randomized, controlled study on the effect of botulinum toxin—known commercially as Botox—on depression, researchers investigated whether it might aid patients with major depressive disorder who had not responded to antidepressant medications. Participants in the treatment group were given a single dose (consisting of five injections) of botulinum toxin in the area of the face between and just above the eyebrows, whereas the control group was given placebo injections. Depressive symptoms in the treatment group decreased 47 percent after six weeks, an improvement that remained through the 16-week study period. The placebo group had a 9 percent reduction in symptoms. The findings appeared in May in the Journal of Psychiatric Research.
Study author M. Axel Wollmer, a psychiatrist at the University of Basel in Switzerland, believes the treatment “interrupts feedback from the facial musculature to the brain, which may be involved in the development and maintenance of negative emotions.” Past studies have shown that Botox impairs people's ability to identify others' feelings, and the new finding adds more evidence: the muscles of the face are instrumental for identifying and experiencing emotions, not just communicating them.
Scientific American
He looks like he has had treatment for some kind of head/neck cancer. Cancer and radiation treatment for it can cause damage and deformities. The skin of his lower face looks discolored and covered with makeup. It also looks like it has caused nerve damage which is making his eyes droop unevenly. I disagree wholeheartedly with his politics, but give the man a break. He looks very sick to me.
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ReplyDeleteyes I agree he looks very sick
ReplyDeleteLooks like , walks like Frankenstein !
ReplyDeleteHe looks bad but I never saw him as having a "classic patrician face" or as cutting a handsome figure. Lurch looks better than he does or ever has. UGH!!
ReplyDeleteThat tongue thing is kinda hideous. Reptilian?
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