Data di Pubblicazione:
1995
Citazione:
Facial morphometry of television actresses compared with normal women / V.F. Ferrario, C. Sforza, C.E. Poggio, G. Tartaglia. - In: JOURNAL OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY. - ISSN 0278-2391. - 53:9(1995), pp. 1008-1014. [10.1016/0278-2391(95)90115-9]
Abstract:
PURPOSE:
The object of this investigation was to determine whether young women considered as beautiful differ in their three-dimensional facial characteristics from normal women of the same age and race.
METHODS:
The three-dimensional coordinates of 22 standardized soft-tissue facial landmarks were automatically collected in two groups of women using a noninvasive instrument. The first group consisted of 10 white television actresses selected only on the basis of their soft-tissue facial appearance ("beautiful" group); the second group included 40 healthy, white women selected according to criteria of dentofacial normality ("normal" group). The x, y, and z coordinates of the points collected on each woman were used to calculate several three-dimensional angles, linear distances, linear distance ratios, and facial volumes.
RESULTS:
The facial morphometric characteristics within the beautiful group were more uniform than within the normal group. On average, the beautiful women had a larger forehead, a larger middle facial third relative to the total face, a wider (left-right dimension) and less deep (anteroposterior dimension) face, a smaller nose, and a less convex face (in both the sagittal and transversal planes) than the normal women.
CONCLUSION:
The three-dimensional cutaneous facial characteristics of the beautiful women were significantly different from the characteristics of the normal women.
The object of this investigation was to determine whether young women considered as beautiful differ in their three-dimensional facial characteristics from normal women of the same age and race.
METHODS:
The three-dimensional coordinates of 22 standardized soft-tissue facial landmarks were automatically collected in two groups of women using a noninvasive instrument. The first group consisted of 10 white television actresses selected only on the basis of their soft-tissue facial appearance ("beautiful" group); the second group included 40 healthy, white women selected according to criteria of dentofacial normality ("normal" group). The x, y, and z coordinates of the points collected on each woman were used to calculate several three-dimensional angles, linear distances, linear distance ratios, and facial volumes.
RESULTS:
The facial morphometric characteristics within the beautiful group were more uniform than within the normal group. On average, the beautiful women had a larger forehead, a larger middle facial third relative to the total face, a wider (left-right dimension) and less deep (anteroposterior dimension) face, a smaller nose, and a less convex face (in both the sagittal and transversal planes) than the normal women.
CONCLUSION:
The three-dimensional cutaneous facial characteristics of the beautiful women were significantly different from the characteristics of the normal women.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Elenco autori:
V.F. Ferrario, C. Sforza, C.E. Poggio, G. Tartaglia
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