thecel
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There’s a common misconception about forward growth: that forward growth and anteface are the same.
The misconception came about from popular pictures that compare recessed facial profiles to forward-projecting facial profiles. These images popularized the idea that anteface is ideal (this is generally true).
Dunning-Kruger-cels look at these pics and conclude that forward growth basically boils down to having anteface; they think forward growth is all about how far the lower third sticks out ahead of the middle third plus how far the middle third sticks out ahead of the forehead.
The aesthetics of forward maxillas and forward mandibles isn’t about having the most anteface possible. While anteface and attractiveness are positively correlated, antefaces look unattractive when upper facial and cranial bones are flat or set back:
You may say, “That’s obvious bro! Duh balance matters!”
The reason I write this post is to emphasize the fact that upper forward growth is more important than lower forward growth. So having a projecting upper third and a receding lower third is less bad than having a recessed upper third and a protrusive lower third. The former combo is a retroface, and the latter combo is an anteface.
The recessed-upper-and-projected-lower anteface examples get mogged by people with superior facial aesthetics despite having retrofaces:
Needless to say, aesthetic forward growth plus anteface, combined, is best:
The misconception came about from popular pictures that compare recessed facial profiles to forward-projecting facial profiles. These images popularized the idea that anteface is ideal (this is generally true).
Dunning-Kruger-cels look at these pics and conclude that forward growth basically boils down to having anteface; they think forward growth is all about how far the lower third sticks out ahead of the middle third plus how far the middle third sticks out ahead of the forehead.
The aesthetics of forward maxillas and forward mandibles isn’t about having the most anteface possible. While anteface and attractiveness are positively correlated, antefaces look unattractive when upper facial and cranial bones are flat or set back:
You may say, “That’s obvious bro! Duh balance matters!”
The reason I write this post is to emphasize the fact that upper forward growth is more important than lower forward growth. So having a projecting upper third and a receding lower third is less bad than having a recessed upper third and a protrusive lower third. The former combo is a retroface, and the latter combo is an anteface.
The recessed-upper-and-projected-lower anteface examples get mogged by people with superior facial aesthetics despite having retrofaces:
Needless to say, aesthetic forward growth plus anteface, combined, is best:
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