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- Title
Three-Dimensional Facial Asymmetry in Attractive and Normal People from Childhood to Young Adulthood.
- Authors
Sforza, Chiarella; Laino, Alberto; Grandi, Gaia; Pisoni, Luca; Ferrario, Virgilio Ferruccio
- Abstract
We are currently investigating measurable esthetic characteristics in persons considered "attractive" by the media. Three-dimensional soft-tissue facial asymmetry was quantified in 380 attractive (148 males, 232 females) and 669 control (397 males, 272 females) healthy persons aged 4-30 years. The coordinates of 50 facial landmarks were collected by a computerized digitizer, and asymmetry computed. Soft-tissue facial asymmetries reduced as a function of age in all cases. Attractive children were more symmetric than control children, but the reverse was true for young adults. The effect of symmetry on attractiveness seems to change as a function of age.
- Subjects
FACE; AESTHETICS research; PHYSIOLOGICAL aspects of aging; SYMMETRY (Art); YOUNG adults; CHILDREN; THREE-dimensional imaging; AGE groups
- Publication
Symmetry (20738994), 2010, Vol 2, Issue 4, p1925
- ISSN
2073-8994
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/sym2041925