Dibs

Saigon doctor and internationally renowned “faciotherapist” Bui Quoc Chau is outraged because a book he wrote in 1984 about treating patients based on the locations of their facial moles has recently appeared in Spanish, French and German editions with someone else’s byline instead of his. The byline is that of Le Quang Nhuan, one of Chau’s former students. Chau — an acupuncturist who invented “faciotherapy,” aka dien chan, more than twenty years ago and has allegedly taught it to 10,000 practitioners around the world — has emailed the offender asking for an explanation: “I want everything to be equitable and will claim back my rights,” he said, according to Vietnamnet. In English, the book’s title would translate to Dien chan, Treatment Methodologies Based On Facial Spots.