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I've seen discussed here, by many people, that he is boneless and just a "prettyboy saved by harmony". Some even say he is recessed. It's time to end this massive delusion and put things into perspective, and actually understand why he looks so good.
First of all, his jaws are sagitally forward grown and his chin has adequate projection, giving him an orthognatically correct, class I bite side profile. This is ideal. What many people refers as "anteface" actually is bimaxillary protrusion and it usually comes with lip incompetence, gummy smile, mentalis strain, and anterior open bite, none of them being ideal for aesthetics.
This is the best side profile pic I could find of him, I rotated it in the frankfurt plane so we can see it in an accurate way:
This is the opposite of recessed and very close to ideal. The only thing that could be better from a forward grown perspective is more infraorbital rim and cheekbone anterior projection, and not by much.
Another common misconception I see is the term "outward gonions", which actually are a PSL nomenclature for antegonial notch. Guess what? Antegonial notch is a sign of downward growth. This is what Eppley has to say about the antegonial notch:
"The antegonial notch has been associated with certain types of facial growth patterns. It is prominently seen in numerous types of congenital growth deformities of the lower jaw and, as a result, it has been associated with underdevelopment of the bone."
"As a general rule most jawline implant designs strive to eliminate the antegonial notch and create a smooth linear line from the jaw angles to the chin."
Basically, a jaw implant with an antegonial notch is the jaw equivalent of a nosejob that leaves a hump in the nose...it could be up to your liking, but it's not ideal in general terms and shouldn't be touted as such.
Chico has a jaw that is forward grown, the lack of antegonial notch and the right gonial angle shows it perfectly. His chin height is optimal do to his gonial angle in between 120-130 degrees, which is ideal too:
Let's move up to cheekbones. He has true high set, vertical, straight shaped cheekbones. He lacks a bit of anterior projection which would be the cherry on top, but the cheekbones shape and placement are of the best kind a man can have:
His only failo per se is his alar base, which is a bit too wide and shows excessive alar flare. The rest of his nose is perfect in terms of nasofrontal angle, radix height, bridge straightness, only the alar base could be improved. An alarplasty could easily solve it and give him a perfect nose. This girl had the same aesthetic defect but to a much larger degree, Chico is a much more subtle case:
This will also improve his nose to mouth ratio, currently is around 1.5 and a properly performed alarplasty would move it to the ideal 1.6-1.65 range. That's the only thing he could do to improve his looks and it's quite a subtle detail, curiously enough, one of the details that affects facial harmony.
What he lacks is dimorphism, this is why people like Hexum look more masculine and robust than him despite having more downward grown signs such as a very pronounced antegonial notch.
This is why I dislike the word harmony, he is actually quite forward grown in all aspects, with amazing soft features included, but he just lacks the dimorphism someone like Hexum has. He even has an "harmony flaw" in his nose's alar base, which shouldn't be possible for someone that is known as the prettyboy facial "harmony king".
End of the rant
First of all, his jaws are sagitally forward grown and his chin has adequate projection, giving him an orthognatically correct, class I bite side profile. This is ideal. What many people refers as "anteface" actually is bimaxillary protrusion and it usually comes with lip incompetence, gummy smile, mentalis strain, and anterior open bite, none of them being ideal for aesthetics.
This is the best side profile pic I could find of him, I rotated it in the frankfurt plane so we can see it in an accurate way:
This is the opposite of recessed and very close to ideal. The only thing that could be better from a forward grown perspective is more infraorbital rim and cheekbone anterior projection, and not by much.
Another common misconception I see is the term "outward gonions", which actually are a PSL nomenclature for antegonial notch. Guess what? Antegonial notch is a sign of downward growth. This is what Eppley has to say about the antegonial notch:
The Significance of the Antegonial Notch in Custom Jawline Implant Designs - Explore Plastic Surgery
The antegonial notch is frequenly eliminated in custom jawline implant designs with the exception of non-linear type designs.
exploreplasticsurgery.com
"The antegonial notch has been associated with certain types of facial growth patterns. It is prominently seen in numerous types of congenital growth deformities of the lower jaw and, as a result, it has been associated with underdevelopment of the bone."
"As a general rule most jawline implant designs strive to eliminate the antegonial notch and create a smooth linear line from the jaw angles to the chin."
Basically, a jaw implant with an antegonial notch is the jaw equivalent of a nosejob that leaves a hump in the nose...it could be up to your liking, but it's not ideal in general terms and shouldn't be touted as such.
Chico has a jaw that is forward grown, the lack of antegonial notch and the right gonial angle shows it perfectly. His chin height is optimal do to his gonial angle in between 120-130 degrees, which is ideal too:
Let's move up to cheekbones. He has true high set, vertical, straight shaped cheekbones. He lacks a bit of anterior projection which would be the cherry on top, but the cheekbones shape and placement are of the best kind a man can have:
His only failo per se is his alar base, which is a bit too wide and shows excessive alar flare. The rest of his nose is perfect in terms of nasofrontal angle, radix height, bridge straightness, only the alar base could be improved. An alarplasty could easily solve it and give him a perfect nose. This girl had the same aesthetic defect but to a much larger degree, Chico is a much more subtle case:
This will also improve his nose to mouth ratio, currently is around 1.5 and a properly performed alarplasty would move it to the ideal 1.6-1.65 range. That's the only thing he could do to improve his looks and it's quite a subtle detail, curiously enough, one of the details that affects facial harmony.
What he lacks is dimorphism, this is why people like Hexum look more masculine and robust than him despite having more downward grown signs such as a very pronounced antegonial notch.
This is why I dislike the word harmony, he is actually quite forward grown in all aspects, with amazing soft features included, but he just lacks the dimorphism someone like Hexum has. He even has an "harmony flaw" in his nose's alar base, which shouldn't be possible for someone that is known as the prettyboy facial "harmony king".
End of the rant
