Photographic Evaluation of Facial Proportions of Men and Women with Facial Harmony

Abstract

SUMMARY Objective: Investigate whether the divine proportion is manifested in the facial proportions of persons selected by evaluators, using, for this purpose, facial beauty criteria. Material and Methods: The initial sample was obtained from 104 persons, previously selected and separated into groups M (male) and F (female), and were taken, from each participant, two photographic records (A and B). From photographic record A two photos were obtained (frontal and lateral), which were submitted to examination by a group of evaluators. From the values attributed by the evaluators, were identified the subjects that would be part of the final sample, thus constituted: subgroups M1 and F1 (10 people with greater numeric value) and M2 and F2 (10 people with smaller numeric value), totaling a final sample of 80 photos (frontal and lateral), from photographic record B. The facial analysis was then carried out. Results: a) in the Vertical facial analysis there is the presence of a significant statistical difference for all the subgroups and in all the measurements when compared to the standard measurement; b) in the Transversal facial analysis it was observed that in the LC-LC//NL-NL proportion, in subgroups F2, M1 and M2, there was no significant statistical variation from the standard measurement; c) in the Sagittal facial analysis N-TRG//TRG-LC did not show any significant statistic difference when compared to the standard measurement only in subgroups F1 e F2. Conclusion: Divine proportion is not associated to the perception of beauty in the context of this research. DESCRIPTORS Maxillofacial Development. Beauty. Perception.