Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Looking at faces

One of the things I do in my spare time is volunteer for the American Cancer Society's Look Good Feel Better program.  This is a class where I teach woman who are undergoing cancer treatment to put on makeup and educate them about wigs.  As I was teaching my class today I was observing all the women with facial assymetry. It is amazing how most of us are not symmetric, but there are varying degrees.

Facial assymetry, we are all born with it, some more than others. If the face is extremely assymetric this can cause vertical heterophoria.  One eye is physically lifted up higher than the other.  This causes the images to be on non corresponding points on the retina. The retina is like the film on the back of the eye. To make this simple, our brains just do not like this.  The way the body reacts to try to correct this problem is what causes the symptoms of headache and dizziness! It really make sense. If you suffer from headache and dizziness take a look at your bone structure. You may have vertical heterophoria.

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