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"All They Know is the Selfie": Selfies Increase Perceived Nose Size by 30%

posted by martyb on Friday March 02 2018, @02:23PM   Printer-friendly
from the Jimmy-Durante-approved dept.

takyon writes:

Does this selfie make my nose look big? Yes:

Taking selfies at a distance of about 12 inches from the face increases perceived nose size by nearly 30%, according to a report published Thursday in the journal JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery [DOI: 10.1001/jamafacial.2018.0009] [DX].

Researchers now are cautioning that patients interested in cosmetic procedures should not turn to self-photographs as guidance when considering making changes to their faces. "Patients, people, even my family have to be aware that if you're taking a selfie, it's not really how you look," said Dr. Boris Paskhover, a facial plastics and reconstructive surgeon at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and a leading author on the study. "Selfies make your nose look wider and thicker when it really isn't, and people like a smaller nose," Paskhover added. "My fear is that the generation out there now doesn't know. All they know is the selfie."

Also at EurekAlert and The Verge.

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  • (Score: 2) by zocalo on Friday March 02 2018, @03:37PM

    by zocalo (302) on Friday March 02 2018, @03:37PM (#646420)
    I was going to make much the same comment, but you beat me to it. :) A better option for a multiple-lens camera phone solution though would be to put something equivalent to 85mm or so on there as that can help to produce a more flattering portrait (most portraiture is shot in the 85-135mm range, which is why most lens vendors have very fast lenses at those focal lengths). Camera phone sensors are tiny, so the reduced depth of field isn't going to be much of a problem, and it would also make for much better shots of some of the subjects that the selfie taking crowd also seem to like, such as cats and what they have to eat.
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