Symmetry for permanent makeup - the opinion of experts

Man is endowed by nature with a harmonious body structure, a unique intellect, and is one of her most beautiful creations. At the same time, some human aspects are far from ideal. These include moderate facial asymmetry, observed in both women and men.

Are there perfectly symmetrical faces?

There is an opinion that the most beautiful and successful people have completely symmetrical facial features. This version is devoid of any grounds and is more like the fruit of someone's imagination. Numerous studies have confirmed the following - there is a slight asymmetry in the appearance of each representative of the human race. This phenomenon means a slight difference in the shapes, sizes of one half of the face from the other.

The average person may have:

• difference in the density and curvature of the eyebrows;
• differences in the size of the eyes, the height of their outer and inner corners;
• Mismatch in the shape of the halves of the lips.

Asymmetry of character for all types of appearance and is considered as a completely natural phenomenon. At the same time, each person has an individual character.

An established fact! Nature does not create perfectly symmetrical faces. The asymmetry of the oval of the face and some of its areas is present in everyone, including identical twins.

What is pathological asymmetry associated with?

Unhealthy facial asymmetry is the exact opposite of the natural form of this phenomenon. Such a condition is more pronounced and is considered as a pathology that requires mandatory treatment under the supervision of a doctor.

People with diseases such as stroke, Bell's palsy, motor-vegetative synkinesis tend to have a clear asymmetry, which significantly deforms the appearance. An anomaly can manifest itself against the background of a pain syndrome that develops in the face, after traumatic injuries, unsuccessful surgical interventions.

Causes of asymmetry

Symmetry for permanent makeup - the opinion of experts

A professional permanent makeup master never forgets that the human face does not have a clear symmetry. That is why the lines applied during cosmetic procedures are not made symmetrical, but primarily the same.

Important to consider! By creating completely symmetrical shapes, you can significantly degrade the final result. In this case, the risk of severe asymmetry of the entire face increases.

On a normal face, eyebrows or halves of lips that have ideally the same shape, location and length will look at least unnatural. To avoid this, the master creates them taking into account the principle of the "golden section", as well as his own eye and experience.

In some cases, clients who notice a slight asymmetry of the eyebrows or other parts of the face become upset and begin to accuse the beautician of being unprofessional. Rushing to negative conclusions is not recommended. In the vast majority of cases, this effect is not at all a mistake or flaw. On the contrary, natural asymmetry is the result of a conscious decision by the master, who strives to create the most natural make-up.

Makeup and the "golden section rule" for face correction

So, we perceive a woman's face as ideal and beautiful if all its features are located at a certain distance from each other, i.e. subject to the "rule of the golden section"; in a numerical ratio, it can be written as a ratio of numbers 1:1.618 (number F).

An attractive female eyebrow starts from a vertical line drawn through the medial corner of the eye (A). It is located above the bony edge of the orbit at a distance F from the pupil and is characterized by an upward direction of 10-20 degrees from the head to the tail (B). The bend or highest point in a place equal to the distance between the inner corners of the eyes (X) is in proportion F to the entire length of the eyebrow (the point intersected by a line drawn from the base of the wing of the nose tangentially to the lateral edge of the pupil (C). The tail of the eyebrow is located above heads. The length of the eyebrow is equal to F from the distance between the medial canthus of the eyes. The edge of the tail of the eyebrow is limited by a line drawn from the lateral part of the base of the wing of the nose through the outer corner of the eye (D). The outer part of the eyebrow is at some elevation. It is the eyebrows with pronounced asymmetry that are more noticeable, and at the first glance at a person, we intuitively always pay attention first of all to the eyebrows.

But do not forget that it is not always possible to make perfectly even eyebrows. It is permissible to talk about the eyebrows as the most symmetrical, but not perfectly even. The facial expressions of our face are created by a group of muscles that contract in different ways. For example, if the left eyebrow rises higher than the right during a conversation, then in a calm state it will fall lower. While the right one can stand still without moving at all. In such cases, we try to find a golden mean. Also, very often one half of the face is more convex, this applies, in general, to the bone skeleton, and to the superciliary arch in particular, on which the eyebrow is located. It is impossible to draw symmetrical lines on two differently convex surfaces.

Often, with age, the natural asymmetry of the face becomes more pronounced, and with the help of a tattoo, you can achieve good results. For example, to raise a lowered, drooping eyebrow: the result of the procedure can be compared with plastic surgery.

After the PM procedure on a complex face, special attention should be paid to photodocumentation, because. the client, as a rule, examines himself in the mirror more closely, appreciating the recreated symmetry of proportions, while noticing much more nuances that he did not pay attention to before.

Perfect lips

The stereotype about the attractiveness of overly enlarged and disproportionate lips has spread through the media in recent decades. The art of lip PM consists in delicate correction, ensuring the achievement of the optimal proportion of the height and width (length) of the lips, possibly recreating a white roller, and not simply lip augmentation at the whim of the client. With ideal F-proportions of the lips, the red border is limited to a vertical line drawn down from the medial edge of the iris or from the medial edge of the pupil with pronounced masticatory muscles and a wide lower part of the face. The vertical size of the red border of the lips also has the proportion F: the height of the upper lip is related to the height of the lower lip as 1:1.618. The ratio of the distance from one elevation of Cupid's bow to another and the distance from Cupid's bow to the commissure of the lips on the same side is also 1:1.618.

The distance between the upper points of Cupid's bow is equal to the F distance from the base of the columella to the middle of the upper border of the red border.

Philosopher Thomas Aquinas postulated that beauty is the embodiment of harmony, proportion and purity. The true beauty of the face awakens on an emotional level a sense of pleasure and causes a high degree of attraction in the observer.

It is very important that permanent makeup specialists have a well-developed sense of beauty, otherwise they will be quite satisfied with the achievement of low goals and standard results, instead of fully identifying and implementing the individual characteristics of each face. traits that seem to be assessed subconsciously. Three parameters from this magnificent seven are the shape of the eyebrows, eyes and lips, which can be adjusted using the PM.

To date, there is no consensus on what deviation in the proportions of the face is considered asymmetry and where is the boundary of physiological asymmetry that does not need correction and pathological, requiring our intervention, and possibly even the intervention of a maxillofacial surgeon.

So, is the asymmetry inherent in all of us beautiful or not? Of course, the desire and hope of the client to hide small defects with the help of PM and achieve a more symmetrical appearance is natural and serves as an indication for the procedure.

But aesthetic dermopigmentation as a branch of medicine constantly confronts the master with the question of the appropriateness of the PM procedure for patients, depending on the severity of facial disproportions and asymmetry, and also, importantly, on the psycho-emotional state of the client. I would like to emphasize that the client's depression, which is the cause of dissatisfaction with his own appearance, reduces the degree of client satisfaction with the results of the procedure and in more than 90% does not contribute to a decrease in dissatisfaction with his own appearance.

Of course, by smoothing out the asymmetry or disproportion of the face of adequate clients with the help of PM, we increase the client's, as well as ourselves, self-esteem and mood. But only with a competent assessment of all risks and a trusting “client-master” relationship will we be satisfied with our work, and the client will receive a more symmetrical face, albeit with the help of our little artistic and mathematical tricks. However, a slight asymmetry of the face only makes it attractive, lively and individual, and therefore you should not strive for absolute symmetry. Of course, the understanding of beauty is as individual as beauty itself, but one should never forget that the feeling of self-confidence is not directly dependent on beauty.

Back in the 15th century, the famous Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci said: “I offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the level that it could have reached.” And, despite the drawings of the master, in which he displayed the divine proportions of the human face, they are still considered the standard today. Indeed, in nature there are no absolutely symmetrical objects, in any of them there is always a struggle of symmetry and asymmetry.

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