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Face reading: judging a book by its cover is so ancient Chinese

Andrea Lo is lost for words when people assess her character and health based entirely on her physical appearance

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Andrea Lo

How you dress and present yourself tend to dictate how other people perceive you - but what if your face says it all?

I ask this question because every now and then I get weird comments from beauty therapists.

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My eyebrow specialist, for example, recently told me that the natural shape of my brows would bring "bad luck".

"They're too rounded and it looks like two knives cutting into your face," she said.

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Illustration: Bay Leung
Illustration: Bay Leung
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