How to Take Your After Photos at Home

1. Someone else takes the photo, standing 5 feet away from you. Back camera, not selfie camera. Zoom in (2x) so your head and shoulders fill the picture, like the photos below.
2. Stand in front of a plain wall. If you do not have a plain wall, use one of the backgrounds shown at the bottom of this page.
3. Face a window. Sunlight on your face, not behind you.
4. Hair back. No glasses. No heavy makeup.
5. Camera at your eye level, pointing straight at you. Not raised, not tilted.
6. Five angles, shown below. Take each one with a neutral face, then repeat each one smiling.

Front

Left three-quarter

Right three-quarter

Left profile

Right profile

Upload your photos at drarturovaldez.com/post-op-photos. The form asks for your name and surgery date.

What not to do

Left is the photo we took in the clinic. Right is the photo the patient took at home.

Taken in the clinic

Selfie camera stretched the face

Taken in the clinic

Hair down, smiling, window behind her

What to do

Left is the photo we took in the clinic. Right is the photo the patient took at home.

Taken in the clinic

Plain wall, hair back, neutral face, camera straight on

Any of these backgrounds is fine

Plain wall

Hedge

House siding

Light fence

Light wood wall