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Area of Science:

  • Facial perception research
  • Aesthetic medicine impact
  • Psychology of beauty

Background:

  • Aesthetic medicine procedures are increasingly popular, influencing beauty standards.
  • Perceptions of attractiveness are multifactorial, including sex, ethnicity, and familiarity.
  • Exposure to over-treated faces may alter aesthetic norms and treatment practices.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine how exposure to excessive aesthetic treatments affects facial perception.
  • To evaluate attractiveness, masculinity, and femininity ratings by medical and nonmedical observers.
  • To understand the influence of visual adaptation on aesthetic judgments.

Main Methods:

  • 50 Polish volunteers (medical and nonmedical) assessed 16 model faces (modified and unmodified).
  • Eye-tracking and surveys were used in two study phases.
  • Exposure to 50 images of over-treated faces preceded the second assessment phase.

Main Results:

  • No significant differences in eye-tracking metrics (fixation time, gaze patterns) between observer groups or study phases.
  • Physicians rated modified female lips as more feminine compared to nonmedical observers.
  • No differences in gaze patterns were observed between the two study phases.

Conclusions:

  • Medical professionals tend to judge modified faces more negatively than laypersons.
  • Overfilled lips were perceived as the most acceptable facial modification by physicians.
  • Visual adaptation, particularly after cumulative exposure, may explain the acceptance of certain facial modifications.