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Can you become more attractive?
Yes, within limits set by bone. Skin, hair, grooming, body fat, sleep, posture, expression and how you are photographed all change how a face reads, and several have research behind them. The skeleton does not change with exercise, mewing, chewing or any routine, so the realistic goal is to reach the top of your own range.
How the parts of a face relate to one another.
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- Skin. Even colour and texture are among the signals people respond to most consistently. Daily sunscreen is the cheapest lever with the strongest evidence; a retinoid is the next step.
- Body fat. Facial fat is read as a cue to health and weight, and losing excess fat shows the jaw and cheekbones that are already there. See body fat and the jawline.
- Sleep. Faces photographed after poor sleep are rated as more tired and less attractive.
- Hair and grooming. A cut that suits your face shape, tidy brows and, for men, a beard that adds or balances jaw definition. These are conventions, not research, but they are quick and reversible. The hairstyle by face shape guide covers the rules of thumb.
- The photo. Light, lens distance and angle move how a face reads in a picture more than many real differences between faces.
What you cannot change
Bone sets the frame: jaw width and angle, cheekbone height, eye tilt and spacing, the proportions of the face. No exercise, mewing, chewing or routine changes an adult skeleton, and claims otherwise are not supported. BecomeTen does not recommend surgery at any score. Accepting the frame is not giving up; it is what stops time and money going into things that do not work. The what mewing does not do article goes through the most common claim.
Where to start
Get an honest baseline first, from a good photo on a scale with a stated average; how attractive am I on a scale of 1 to 10 covers how. Then work on the cheapest workable area that costs you most, and re-check in the same light after a few months. The how to glow up guide sets the levers in order of payoff, and how do I know if I am attractive covers reading the result fairly.
Sources
- 1.Visible skin color distribution plays a role in the perception of age, attractiveness, and health in female faces — Evolution and Human Behavior (2006)(Opens in a new window)
- 2.Color homogeneity and visual perception of age, health, and attractiveness of female facial skin — Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (2007)(Opens in a new window)
- 3.Facial adiposity: A cue to health? — Perception (2009)(Opens in a new window)
- 4.Cues of fatigue: effects of sleep deprivation on facial appearance — Sleep (2013)(Opens in a new window)
- 5.Sunscreen and prevention of skin aging: a randomized trial — Annals of Internal Medicine (2013)(Opens in a new window)