ABSTRACT

We are all unique and individual. We recognize others by their facial features. When we address our fellow humans, we focus our attention on their face. We perceive their eyes, nose, lips, eyebrows, and hair. These are only adornments on the basic facial framework. A person’s attractiveness is really determined by the shape and form of their face. Shape and form are three-dimensional representations of volume and mass. In the context of a human face, these consist of both skeletal and soft-tissue contours. These contours are judged attractive according to both their underlying bony characteristics and their overlying subcutaneous soft-tissue substance.