Is your left side more attractive?

**Phteven** · May 7th, 2012, 09:47 PM

I just read a blog post claiming that the left side of a person's face is more attractive than the right. With photographic evidence

Sooo...... is your left side more attractive?

Maybe it is just a trick of photography - we read left to right maybe it is something to do with that? If we were of a culture that read right to left would we read photos right to left and prefer right side portraits?

**myturn** · May 7th, 2012, 09:52 PM

my understanding is that it's to do with the symmetry of your face... a more symetrical face is identified as being more attractive.....

**Phteven** · May 7th, 2012, 10:05 PM

The left side theory isn't about being 'attractive'. The photos they used weren't all photos of people who are attractive by conventional 21st century standards. The theory is that for most people regardless of how attractive they are look more attractive when viewed/photographed from the left.

**Rouge** · May 7th, 2012, 10:12 PM

My side profile makes me look like a haggard old woman. Left and Right are the same. Just checked. And my forward is way better.

**Tinks** · May 7th, 2012, 10:17 PM

I don't have a better side either. lol

**myturn** · May 7th, 2012, 10:17 PM

The left side theory isn't about being 'attractive'. The photos they used weren't all photos of people who are attractive by conventional 21st century standards. The theory is that for most people regardless of how attractive they are look more attractive when viewed/photographed from the left.

doh... I totally missed the point

... oops....

will just crawl into a hole now....

.... popping back out to say..... I like my left eyebrow better.... if that counts...

**Bumperstump Cummerbund** · May 7th, 2012, 10:36 PM

My left or your left?

**Phteven** · May 7th, 2012, 10:38 PM

Your left.

**PumpkinZulu** · May 7th, 2012, 10:54 PM

I near always angle my face for self pics not full on portrait, but yeah, I do angle...to my left! And it looks better that way! Never even considered it before, do that's kind of cool!

**peanutter** · May 8th, 2012, 12:58 AM

Definitely a leftey here ... to the point that my mum used to get annoyed with me, saying that I'd get a crink in my neck from favouring that side in photos etc so much ...

Can I be really trite and say my insides are prettier, though?

**meow** · May 8th, 2012, 01:29 AM

100%. I always tilt my face to the right to show the leftish side of my face for photos. I've noticed this in the mirror for years. Don't like the way the right side of my face looks.

**Nai** · May 8th, 2012, 07:09 AM

Yes I always try to get the left side in with photos. Right side always get deleted as they look nowhere near as good.

**myturn** · May 8th, 2012, 07:42 AM

I wonder if it is different for those that are left handed???

**sepata** · May 8th, 2012, 08:02 AM

Juts took a few selfies to test te theory, and it's true on me. I think It might be because my hair parts on my left, so it's not all hair doing the same thing on that side, itms.

Excuse my sucky spelling, I'm on my iPhone