Dex·Volto inferiore
[en] Chin height
Canon community
[en] Looksmax forums penalize chins below 20 percent of the lower face or above 50 percent. A balanced chin neither shortens the face into a child read nor stretches it into the long-face syndrome that the community calls vertical maxxing gone wrong. The classical canon places chin at one third of the lower face.
Canon clinico
[en] The neoclassical canons divide the face into equal vertical thirds and the lower third into thirds itself, placing the chin from the lower lip to the menton at roughly 33 percent. Sex-typical variation is broad: women average shorter chins, men slightly longer.
- Ideale
- ~33.3% of lower face height
- Accettabile
- 30–50% depending on sex
Come si misura
[en] Frontal photo. Measure from the stomion (lip junction) to the menton, then compare to the distance from subnasale to stomion. The lower segment is typically twice the upper.
Effetto percettivo
[en] Short chins read younger and softer. Long chins masculinize but risk the horse-face read. Chin height interacts with hairline position to set total face height.
Vettori di miglioramento
[en] Vertical reduction or augmentation through genioplasty is the only meaningful change. Beard length and jawline contouring can mask up to a few millimeters.
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