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Most important facial features

The features that most influence perceived facial attractiveness are the eyes (canthal tilt and hooding), midface and forward-growth balance, and nose-to-chin harmony — read together, not as any single trait.

9. Eyebrows - Can't significantly alter one's facial attractiveness if there's *at least some eyebrow contrast present across the browridge*. - Wide (visible inner and outer corners eyebrows region), thick, closet set (vertically) eyebrows.

8. Facial Angularity - IMPORTANT * *I'm talking specifically about the contour of the face here.* Not the general facial leanness, but certain facial bones spots angularity. * Angularity spots: temporal cave in, cheekbones outwards, ramus cave in, gonions outwards, mandible cave in, chin outwards (square).

7. Mouth and Lips - VERY IMPORTANT * While not the most important facial feature, if not right *can easily create a weirdly unaesthetic tone to the rest of the face*. * Mouth width 1.5 times the nose base width and 30% of the bizygomatic width. * Full lips with 1:1.6 ratio (the lower lip having slightly more volume than the upper lip).

6. Health Indicators (+ facial symmetry) - VERY IMPORTANT * Clear, homogenous (even) skin texture without wrinkles, acne scars, signs of skin aging or other skin imperfections. * Symmetrical facial features like hairline, temporal bones, eyebrows, eyes (+ eye focus (no amblyopia)), nose bridge and tip, lips, chin, cheekbones, and mandible alignment. * *Posture imbalances: "nerd neck" + significant back head tilt and slouched spine in chest region combo.* * Straight hairline without balding patterns.

5. Nose (tip and bridge parameters, NOT length) - VERY IMPORTANT * Refined nose tip with clear separation from the alar region (nostrils). * *Symmetrical.* * Nasal base width between 1/4-1/5 of the bizygomatic width. * Neutral nose tip rotation (no excessive downturn or upturn).

4. Eyes - EXTREMELY IMPORTANT * *I'm talking about the eyes morphology separately from the eyebrows appearance here.* * Great orbital bone support - deep set, compact, and wide eyes (high PFL, low PFH).

3. Facial Width (too narrow specifically) - EXTREMELY IMPORTANT * Both bizygomatic (cheekbones) and bigonial (jaw) width should be rather on the higher end of the average (but wider bizygomatic than bigonial - adds an enhanced angularity aspect = better). * *Significantly narrow facial width creates an appearance of an unhealthy, malnourished (in a crack addict type of way) and generally weird appearance.*

2. Balanced Facial Thirds Heights (especially middle (which is technically Nose + Glabella height) to lower) - EXTREMELY IMPORTANT * Balanced middle to lower facial height ratio is the essential and pretty complex one. Includes such important individual facial features as: nose height, philtrum height, and chin height. * Disproportionally long middle face height (in comparison to lower face height specifically), commonly known as "SFS" is enough to break the masculine appearance of one's face (even despite any other dimorphic feature). * Disproportionally long lower face height (in comparison to middle face height specifically) creates an unaesthetic ogre / shrek-like appearance (commonly presents itself as short nose + long philtrum combo). * *Disproportionally long and prominent upper face height (forehead) - undesirable feminine and too juvenile appearance.* * *Disproportionally short upper face height (forehead) - unaesthetic ogre / neanderthal-like appearance.*

1. Facial Leanness - THE MOST IMPORTANT * Appearance of “tight” facial skin without any visible facial fat sagging. * Shows the underlying bone structure, increases perceived facial depth via various shadows under various lighting. * *The desired appearance depends not only on the obvious total low BF% levels but on the underlying bone morphology AND certain soft tissues morphology.*