Katrina is a Masters student at James Cook University studying Lifestyle Medicine, a new branch of preventative medicine specifically designed to combat non communicable chronic disease. As a Psychology Post Grad of Macquarie University Katrina is well versed in evolution and anthropology. She currently investigates the relationship between shrinking craniofacial size in modern civilizations and its relationship with disease onset.

Katrina’s objective is to bust the myth that the adult faces cannot be remodelled for greater health and beauty. She learned (firsthand) that by stimulating the upper jaw to grow (maxilla) we open up the face aesthetically, open up the airways and restore health. All successfully achieved without surgery.

Katrina explains how the emerging field of orthotropics is able to grow facial bone structure to its full genetic potential, a process she swears by, given it saved her damaged face after terrible dentistry collapsed her jaw. She has been studying this field ever since and uncovering several breakthroughs in cranio-facial science and a succession of important health benefits deriving from a larger facial structure. Particularly to brain and body cellular health.

In her new book “Beauty Is Bone Deep” Fahey details the lifestyle modifications spanning the last 100 years in developed nations, that culminate in significantly reduced jaw growth and size. Fortunately for readers she also explains the non-surgical techniques available to us to successfully remodel the face throughout the lifespan for greater health and beauty.

As a writer researcher and craniofacial health coach, Faheys key findings are:

Our faces are not 100% governed by genetics; in fact facial structure is the result of genetics expressing in accordance with lifestyle, just like every other part of the body fluctuates in response to environmental pressures.

Heavily modified supermarket foods and technological food processing interfere with the face’s ability to grow to full size.

As a population full of mouth breathers, most manifest physically below their potential, unfortunately delivering many dangerous health risks, in the form of disordered breathing, obstruct sleep apnea, oxidative stress, cognitive impairment, reduced athleticism, inflammation, anxiety and a pathway to chronic illness.

 

Katrina is accepting speaking engagements after launching into the health scene this year when she presented at the Mewing Conference 2023 in London, hosted by Dr Mike Mew and Professor John Mew.