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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.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by VLM on Friday March 02 2018, @03:45PM (3 children)
I googled around, because I don't do portraits and this was interesting to me, and apparently this topic is "old news" for the pros using pro gear and pro software.
http://www.lightroomfocuspointsplugin.com/ [lightroomfocuspointsplugin.com]
is a very small scale example of analyzing the embedded focus data to use for whatever purpose, and there's plenty of stuff out there to flatten lens distortions and things.
Of course that technology is for real cameras, not iphones, but someday who knows.
(Score: 2) by frojack on Friday March 02 2018, @06:08PM (2 children)
Its also old news for every 14 year old girl taking here first selfie and comparing it to what she sees in the mirror.
Seriously, why is this an article in JAMA? How can actual surgeons be so stupid that they need to be told this by a scholarly (snort) article?
(I assume it appears here merely to mock the paper's author).
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday March 02 2018, @07:06PM (1 child)
> why is this an article in JAMA?
Just read it as "be careful [wink, wink], the people who take selfies may be tempted to give more business to plastic surgeons [oh!], so you should really [cough cough] warn them that their self-perception is distorted"
Just expect the next "are you perfect enough?" app, sponsored by some anonymous well-off group, to recommend a selfie taken from 6 inches.
(Score: 2) by VLM on Friday March 02 2018, @09:19PM
Undoubtedly financially sponsored by nose hair removal gadget company.