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[quote=Anonymous]I figured out why I hate my face.

I’ve always thought of myself as a “butter face” - I’ve got a great body, I dress well, I have nice tan skin and long hair, and I’m happy with everything that I have any control over. And yet I am just simply not pretty. My face has always been blah, plain, and even a bit “off” or “unfortunate looking” in my own opinion. People often tell me to the face that I’m “cute”, but I’d never be described as beautiful or striking in any way. I always figured it was my lack of prominent cheekbones. I have a thin, oval, flat face that no amount of contouring can convincingly fix, and that is probably not going to age well.  I can kind of see my eyes starting to get that “hooded” look (Nancy Pelosi comes to mind as an example) Some might say it’s my nose, but I actually kind of like the shape and prominence of my nose, it’s the one thing that adds character to my face. My ethnicity is Portuguese and Sephardic Jewish, for whatever it is, if any of these traits is genetic.

But really, the problem is my eyes. I found out this is called negative canthal tilt - when your outer corners of your eyes are lower than the inner corners. Kind of downturned and droopy like. I’d even say mine are slightly downturned and somewhat asymmetrical, creating this lazy eye effect. This is also why I hate forward facing photos of me, whereas slightly tilted and off centered photos don’t show this droopiness. I hate it, because I like most other things about my appearance, but if the eyes are the window to the soul, then my soul is plain, droopy, and dull.

What are some potential fixes to offset this? I’m NOT interested in surgery. Winged eyeliner also looks silly on me, or I’m not doing it right. Any makeup tips? Or haircuts to deflect the eye downturn? Or maybe even glasses frames (I wear contact lenses)? I also have naturally long eyelashes, but they don’t do enough to offset the ugliness.

Or do I need to cut my losses and accept that I’m the reason why other people’s beautiful eyes are appreciated? [/quote]

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