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I've been formulating this theory in my head for some time, after studying people in profile and 3/4 view. This doesn´t seem to be a very impacting element in the quality of facial aesthetics, but it seems to be a detail that does make some diference and can help one to get closer to his ideal looks in the looksmaxxing journey.
For a lack of better names, I've named it the Naso-philtrum parallel. It consists in the idea that preferably, the nasal bridge and philtrum should share a similar angle and design, while seen from profile view. It seems to add to the overall symmetry of the face, most of the time. In some cases it might add a little bit of neoteny/youthfulness, femininity and prettyboy touch, so its also something to keep in mind in case you want to try to achieve the Naso-Philtrum Parallel.
*HOW TO: fillers to the philtrum/upper lip/nose and/or rhinoplasty and/or lip-lift.
Now, a simple visual example displaying the NPP. The red lines show the areas which should ideally share a similar form and angle. As you see, in this image, the nasal bridge and philtrum do follow that concept, which creates a parallel between them:
Now I've skewed it a little bit on the exemplars to the right, breaking the naso-philtrum parallel. As you see, the face look slightly less symmetric (but also less neotenic):
Now look at this girl, her upper lip is very thin and barely has any flesh, yet she looks feminine and neotenic as a side effect of the Naso-philtrum parallel (even if you isolate that area of the face):
A guy with a strong Naso-philtrum parallel:
A female exemplar with a good Naso-philtrum parallel. Note how symmetric her midfacial profile looks:
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Now, exemplars with poor NPPs.
Note how this woman have a far less simmetric and youthful midfacial profile view, due to a very discrepant nasal bridge - philtrum format continuum.
Look at this girl, she doesn´t have any really masculine facial trait, yet her profile looks slightly like the one of a young boy due to the lack of a NPP:
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Look how in this image, the faces at the left look a little bit more eye-catching and pleasing to look at, due to a well estabilished NPP:
Now some charts:
I have never seen anyone mentioning anything about this so maybe its just a bunch of BS my mind created so bear with me.
For a lack of better names, I've named it the Naso-philtrum parallel. It consists in the idea that preferably, the nasal bridge and philtrum should share a similar angle and design, while seen from profile view. It seems to add to the overall symmetry of the face, most of the time. In some cases it might add a little bit of neoteny/youthfulness, femininity and prettyboy touch, so its also something to keep in mind in case you want to try to achieve the Naso-Philtrum Parallel.
*HOW TO: fillers to the philtrum/upper lip/nose and/or rhinoplasty and/or lip-lift.
Now, a simple visual example displaying the NPP. The red lines show the areas which should ideally share a similar form and angle. As you see, in this image, the nasal bridge and philtrum do follow that concept, which creates a parallel between them:
Now I've skewed it a little bit on the exemplars to the right, breaking the naso-philtrum parallel. As you see, the face look slightly less symmetric (but also less neotenic):
Now look at this girl, her upper lip is very thin and barely has any flesh, yet she looks feminine and neotenic as a side effect of the Naso-philtrum parallel (even if you isolate that area of the face):
A guy with a strong Naso-philtrum parallel:
A female exemplar with a good Naso-philtrum parallel. Note how symmetric her midfacial profile looks:
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Now, exemplars with poor NPPs.
Note how this woman have a far less simmetric and youthful midfacial profile view, due to a very discrepant nasal bridge - philtrum format continuum.
Look at this girl, she doesn´t have any really masculine facial trait, yet her profile looks slightly like the one of a young boy due to the lack of a NPP:
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Look how in this image, the faces at the left look a little bit more eye-catching and pleasing to look at, due to a well estabilished NPP:
Now some charts:
I have never seen anyone mentioning anything about this so maybe its just a bunch of BS my mind created so bear with me.
