Is Your Face Symmetrical or Asymmetrical?

[Glycerine]

Here's the abstract for the article that the wiki page probably referenced. I was not willing to shell out $35 dollars for the article.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886905000541

hmm...i have no idea if mine is.

I would wager that you have high levels of facial symmetry. Technically. everyone is asymmetrical but the people with the least amount of noticeable asymmetries tend to be viewed as more attractive. However, symmetry, by itself, isn't an indicator of attractiveness. One can look bland without enough color contrast and/or at least one stand out feature.

 

[Such Irony]

Slightly assymetric here. I don't think facial symmetry is type related.

 

[Mal12345]

Slightly assymetric here. I don't think facial symmetry is type related.

Yes it is type-related, and it's a proven fact.

 

[Such Irony]

Yes it is type-related, and it's a proven fact.

Okay, show me the proof.

 

[Mal12345]

Okay, show me the proof.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facial_symmetry#Relationship_to_personality -

Fink, B., Neave, N., Manning, J. T., & Grammer, K. (2005). Facial symmetry and the “big-five” personality factors. Personality and Individual Differences, 39(3), 523–529.
Pound, N., Penton-Voak, I. S., & Brown, W. M. (2007). Facial symmetry is positively associated with self-reported extraversion. Personality and Individual Differences, 43(6), 1572–1582.
Fink, B., Neave, N., Manning, J. T., & Grammer, K. (2006). Facial symmetry and judgements of attractiveness, health and personality. Personality and Individual Differences, 41(3), 491–499.
D W,Bava S,Reis V A.2003. Relationship between facial asymmetry and judging trustworthiness in faces. University of California.8(3),225-232

 

[chickpea]

Whenever I look at a photo of my face for too long I get really freaked out by how asymmetrical it is. I also feel like I have a good side and evil side of my face.

 

[baccheion]

Very asymmetrical. Something is wrong with the left side of my face. I don't know why, but it's like it just caved in. I have to keep my body fat % decent, or it looks really bad.

 

[Falcarius]

How's a dinosaur supposed to know if his face is symmetric or asymmetric?

 

[Mal12345]

Whenever I look at a photo of my face for too long I get really freaked out by how asymmetrical it is. I also feel like I have a good side and evil side of my face.

This is a fact well-known to actors, and they use it to their advantage when their profile is being filmed.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120420123847.htm

 

[skylights]

A little asymmetric. One of my eyelids falls a little lower than the other, and my top and bottom middle-teeth lines don't match up exactly. I can't say I've ever noticed anything else, though

 

[Redbone]

It's pretty symmetrical...I think...not sure. It's hard for me to tell in a mirror. Eyebrows are not quite lined up but it's very slight. I lose my symmetry when I smile because I get a serious squint in one eye.

 

[Siúil a Rúin]

I feel like my face is wildly asymmetrical.

 

[JuneBugJay]

I think my face is very asymmetrical...