Have you ever snapped a quick selfie, only to turn your phone around and cringe when you see a certain wonky-looking facial feature? As it turns out, there has been a surge in plastic surgery requests for nose jobsto create a more selfie-worthy nose. But before you make any drastic decisions, know that what you see in your selfie might not be what other people see when they look at you.
Facial Distortion and Selfies
Perhaps in response to the growing number of requests for plastic surgery to take a better selfie, researchers calculated levels of facial distortion that occur at different camera angles and distances. What they found was that photos taken within a very close proximity to your face can actually make your nose look up to 30 percent bigger than it really is.
It’s not until the camera moves back to about the five-foot mark that everything starts to even out. Thus, if you’ve been thinking about getting plastic surgery to up your selfie game, you might want to reevaluate your goals.Instead of looking at yourself in selfies,have someone take a picture of your face from about five feet away. You might notice that your nose suddenly looks much more balanced.
Bring more than just your worst selfie to your plastic surgery consultation.
It’s All in the Angle
Just as holding your phone the wrong way can botch your selfie, you can achieve the opposite effect when you tilt the camera to the perfect angle thataccentuates your best features while helping to downplay your not-so-favorite ones. So before you spring for plastic surgery to get a smaller nose or better contoured neck that looks fantastic in selfies,definitely try playing around with your camera angles first.
