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Symmetry
Reflection or Mirror Analysis: Section 2
Sometimes,
symmetry is not always best. I actually think my right side is MUCH
better than my left, but the lower half of the right side my right jaw hangs lower due to my TMJ
Disorder. When I bisect my
face, my nasal columella leans to
the right. I wish my nose was more like my light mirror reflection.
This exercise will show
you what you would look like if you were completely symmetrical and will also
pinpoint where your discrepancies are. Check out my photos
below. Can I just say
I like the right mirror reflection photo and wish I looked like that
This was before the
Radiesse removal, so you can see the Radiesse looked very unnatural
on the left side of my lower lip.
Click
Photos For A Larger Image
How To Perform This Exercise:
Step 1 Open any type of "Paint" Program or
graphics program (such as Adobe Photoshop, or Microsoft Paint Pro 7)
Step 2 Go to FILE, then
OPEN and click a "straight on" photo of yourself
Step 3 You should now have a photo of yourself in view
Step 4 Click on the
CROP TOOL (the dashed box)
Step 5 Use the mouse to
bisect your face by drawing a rectangle around the right side of your face
EXACTLY through the middle of your face. Make sure that you go from the very top of the picture to the
very bottom.
Step 6 After you have placed
the triangle where it should be - click IMAGE, then click CROP.
Step 7 Save as "facialsymmetry_right"
Step 8 Make a copy of "facialsymmetry_right",
hit the "flip horizontal" button to make a *left* mirror image
of the right side of your face and save it as
"facialsymmetry_right2"
Step 9 Repeat Steps 5 through
8 for the LEFT side of your face but of course save it as "facialsymmetry_left"
and "facialsymmetry_left2"
Step 10 Place these images next
to one another in either the Paint Program and either "save as" or place it in a
document next to one another. Compare
your left and right mirror images to a "normal", unaltered
photo. Determine which image you like better and why? Notice that you
will either like one side or the other or NONE at all and only
your asymmetries will look good together as a whole.
Let's Apply This to
Some Celebrities...
Natasha Henstridge
| normal |
left
mirror reflection |
right
mirror reflection |
Angelina Jolie
| normal |
left mirror image |
right mirror image |
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UTMB, Galveston, TX - Dept of
Otolaryngology
- Facial Analysis; October 1, 1997
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