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Area of Science:

  • Plastic Surgery
  • Facial Aesthetics
  • Anthropometry

Background:

  • Existing literature presents varied parameters for ideal lip and lower facial third aesthetics.
  • Attractiveness of facial features is subjective and influenced by multiple anatomical ratios.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine specific facial parameters contributing to lip and lower facial third attractiveness.
  • To investigate gender-related differences in the perception of attractive facial features.

Main Methods:

  • Standardized photographs of 176 patients' lip and chin regions were analyzed.
  • 250 voluntary judges evaluated images using an online Likert scaling system.

Main Results:

  • Attractive female and male perioral regions showed significantly higher upper vermillion height to mouth-nose and chin-nose distance ratios.
  • Attractive females exhibited sharper nasolabial and wider mentolabial angles compared to unattractive females.
  • Attractive females had higher lower vermillion height to chin-mouth and chin-nose distance ratios than attractive males.

Conclusions:

  • Specific anatomical parameters of the lip and lower face contribute to perceived attractiveness in both genders.
  • Significant gender-related differences exist in the ideal form and shape of the attractive lower face.