A small clinical population has been quietly accumulating in Manila dermatology practices: women whose foreheads no longer respond to Botox. There is also a second, larger population that never agreed to Botox in the first place. Dr. Jan Dipasupil, medical director of Jan Medical Group, on EMFACE Forehead, the lift designed for both. Three women walk into a Bonifacio Global City consultation room across the course of a single Wednesday morning. The first is forty-six. She h

There is a particular kind of Manila beauty conversation that has been ongoing, mostly in whispers, for the last decade. It is the conversation about the celebrity who appears on a magazine cover and looks twenty-eight when she is forty-two, and the polite agreement, in the absence of any honest disclosure, to attribute the result to good genes, good lighting, and good water. On Tuesday, Anne Curtis-Smith did something unusual. She told us what she actually does. At the BTL M

As 2026 begins, many are embarking on transformative health journeys. With the help of advanced programs like Shape Ultra and medications like Tirzepatide , achieving significant weight loss has become more accessible than ever. However, rapid fat loss often reveals an unintended aesthetic side effect: a loss of facial volume and structural support. When we lose weight systemically, we don't just lose fat from our midsections; we lose it from the protective pads in our cheek