Dex·Midface
Cheekbone flare
Community canon
How wide the cheekbones project laterally relative to the rest of the face. The community treats flare as the dimorphic switch: narrow midface plus narrow jaw reads soft, wide midface plus narrow jaw reads model-tier. The bigonial-to-bizygomatic ratio became forum vocabulary in the late 2010s.
Clinical canon
The bigonial (jaw width) to bizygomatic (cheek width) ratio falls around 0.85 in attractive males and 0.80 in attractive females. The zygomatic arch should peak roughly aligned with the lateral canthus on the frontal view.
- Ideal
- arch peak aligned with lateral canthus
- Acceptable
- bigonial-to-zygomatic 88.75–100%
Live target from metrics config
bigonial_bizygomatic · ratio
- Ideal · Male
- 0.75 – 0.85
- Acceptable · Male
- 0.65 – 0.9
- Ideal · Female
- 0.65 – 0.75
- Acceptable · Female
- 0.55 – 0.85
How it's measured
Frontal photo. Measure jaw width at the gonion and cheek width at the widest point of the zygomatic arch. Ratio below 0.85 indicates good flare.
Perceptual effect
Strong flare narrows the perceived jaw, lifts the midface and produces the so-called hunter-eye support from below. It also shortens the apparent face vertically.
Improvement paths
Malar filler or implants laterally project the arch. Buccal fat removal hollows below the arch and increases the visual flare without changing bone.
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