perfect symmetry is actually attractive

[Total Imbecile]

I was reading this article on aesthetics and it said something along the lines of "normal" asymmetry is preferred to perfect bilateral facial symmetry and I immediately recoiled back in shock. This is such a cope, I legit couldnt believe that someone would write this and be serious about it. If you google "facial symmetry" sure enough you would think how its better to have an asymmetric face than a perfectly symmetric one

The left and right symmetric faces are ugly, theres no question about it. But theres a huge problem with these:

symmetric faces were made by reflecting each hemiface about the vertical midline to create two symmetric chimeras. However, these chimeras typically display structural abnormalities in aspect ratios and the sizes of midline features. For example, if the nose bends sideways, then the nose will be abnormally wide in one chimera and abnormally narrow in the other. Slight deviations from front-on views in the original photographs result in abnormally wide or narrow chimeras and abnormal eye spacing. Attractiveness decreases with deviations from average facial configurations, so these abnormalities will offset any preference for symmetry per se. When perfectly symmetric faces are made by blending normal and mirror-reversed images (Figure 2), they are more attractive than the original, slightly asymmetric faces.

Also the lighting and shadows distort these womens faces. If you morph a face so that its symmetric and also correct its features to fit the average better you are guaranteed to get the best looking version of that individual

This girl is still a 4, but her symmetric and corrected photo is much more attractive than the original.

FACIAL ASYMMETRY IS AS FATAL AS A BULLET TO THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD

 

[St.Tropez]

Symmetry is literally life.
It is the most important face feature. It is like a foundation for even being human

 

[KValt]

No shit? What did you expect

 

[jagged0]

Either I'm blind or all these pictures look the same.

 

[BlackPillDealer]

Either I'm blind