The Average Korean Attractive Face

Abstract

As previously reported, there are significant differences between the average face and what is considered an attractive face [1–4]. The author believes that an aesthetic facial consultation should be conducted based on the scales of attractiveness rather than on average values. This consultation should consider the differences between genders, racial and ethnic groups, generations, and times. However, cephalometric analysis uses the average values, which do not necessarily reflect the attractive soft tissue characteristics of a human face. Recently, several trials aimed to produce a computer-generated average or attractive composite face [5–7] This study also constructed an example of a composite face (Fig. 1) using facial morphing computer software (FantaMorph, Abrosoft Co., Beijing, China). Although no set rule exists for facial analysis, it is believed that the described approach is an alternative method for acquiring the relative soft tissue configurations, balance, harmony, and photogrammetric norms of standard attractive faces. The concept of facial beauty is not fixed and changes constantly with time [8]. Therefore, aesthetic plastic surgeons need to keep up with the aesthetic facial trends or preferences of the public at large. References