Asymmetric (uneven) Face

As a young, tall, thin teen girl I always had people telling me I should be a model. So at 14 I got involved in that world and made money. I didn't realize my uneven features until I was 22ish doing a photoshoot and the photographer said he say two different people on each side of me. Stunned I went home and did what many of you did the dreaded 3 way (which I stay away from now...why torment myself). Sure enough I looked freakish. Since then I haven't worked became a mom and life went on. I was afraid to point the unevenness to anyone because why point out my flaws!! Deep down I was very insecure about it and a bit OCD (ok, I still am). After years of oddly deep sadness over it I broke down and mentioned it to my favorite family member. She assured me that when people look at me that is NOT what they see. Over the years I have noticed my grandpa has it, my cousin and my oldest child. It's so true when I look at them I DON"T see it. I have to constantly tell myself as I do the tilt head trick for photos and side profiles only or when someone is talking to me straight on that there is so much more to me than my face and what my family member said "people don't see that when they look at 'me'"!!

I have looked at everyones pictures some are more obvious than others, yes. Truly I can say that is not what I saw when I first looked at you all and that was my original intention to find flaws!! I am preaching to myself here as well it's hard to tell myself that sometimes as well.

On another front I recently went to a modeling agency in the nearest large city and sure enough I guess the head tilt fooled them cause they signed me. I just need to make some extra money for college cause mama got to pay for it somehow!!

One more thing, due to the 3 other people on my dad's side of the family including my oldest child I believe it's some genetic issue in my case.

I am new to this whole forum thing. Have always tried to stay away from them but just had to with this. Hope my last lenghty post made it through!!

can you post photo examples? A photo tells a thousand words.

What do you think of my assymetrical nose in the above photos?

Hey everyone!

zlist: I hope you can show us a pic of you, kirra is right, a photo tells a thousand words. I was reluctant to post pics, but it does help everyone to give you feedback and an honest opinion about if it's noticeable or not.

Kirra: About your pictures, on the one you're facing front, your chin looks SLIGHTLY to your right. I drew some lines on your face, and it does deviate a little. I had forgotten i had already pointed this out... all your last pictures have been 3/4 and such, and on those this chin thing isn't noticeable at all. So i guess i have to say the best pics are the ones in which you're not facing totally front... although you look good in that one too. As i said, the deviation is very very SLIGHT.

could be the angle ofthe photo? maybe not hah...notice anything about the nose? That's where I see the asymmetry really.

hey kirra

With your permission i'll upload your pic with the lines i tell you about, so you can see for yourself that what's actually a little off is your chin. I'll do this tomorrow... right now i have to go. But really, i see nothing wrong with your nose.

ok, i have the pic, but am having trouble with photobucket... every time i try log in it closes my browser window. Sooo, if you want i could e-mail it to you or something. Pm me if you want.

Yea go for it...yea I do think my left side is slightly lower than the right side (mouth, chin, and jaw)....posting photos for me is therapeutic...=)













There's got to be a way that I can be satisfied within myself with having a couple features that might be SLIGHTLY asymmetrical....

the last two photos are what I consider my "bad side"...if we haven't already figured this out after a thousand and one postings lol...

I did fracture my jaw when I was 8 years old on my left side right near the temple area...maybe that plays a part?

hey! well, i can't access photobucket, which is where i upload my pics... so if you're interested in seeing those lines drawn on your face, tell me where i can send it to you. Or wait until i figure out what's wrong with my computer that makes the browser close everytime i open certain web-pages!! lol

So you fractured your jaw, huh? well maybe that's why your chin deviates a little. Do you know if that deviation is recent or if you had it since then? Do you have any pics facing front from when you were a lot younger? That could help to determine if it had something to do with the fracture or not. My guess is it does, but who knows?

I never noticed any asymmetry in my nose til last November, and I first noticed a potential asymmetry with my face in 2003. Hmm, I'm sure I have photos when I was younger but they're at home and physically in photo albums. It might have something to do with it. Let's say it does. Is it even worth doing anything to correct it or what? I know my medical insurance would pay for fixing my nose (if I wanted it) b/c it was a deviated septum and that could present breathing problems.

And on a scale of 1 to 100, 1 being perfectly symmetrical and 100 being VERY ASKEW, what would you rank my nose and chin, honestly? ANd is my chin asymmetrical b/c it's off center or b/c one side is lower than the other?

what do you all think of the symmetry in the above pics? Especially the last two compared to the 3rd and 4th ones??

i think you are fine, no worries at all, everyone is different, and everything you are pointing out like your chin and stuff, i can't even tell, and i'm sure no one else does....we all have self insecurities though, most of them only you will notice, and when you point them out to other people that leads them to start analyzing you harder and harder. i think you are handsome and there is no reason you shouldnt think so. : )

Haha thanks =)

So you don't notice anything different about the last two photos from the prior two? How come I do, and A LOT!?

hey! well, i just e-mailed you your pic with all these lines... let me know what you think of it.
I really don't think you should do anything to correct it, it isn't noticeable!!! As Melachlydaye said, you do look handsome, and as i've mentioned before, you can only tell if you have a pic facing front and you take it and draw lines on your face. On a scale to 1 to 100, i would rate you an 8... You're not PERFECTLY symmetrical, but close enough to normal symmetry in people. And really, i just CAN'T find anything wrong with your nose!! and i am looking soooo hard to find what you're talking about when you say that it scrunches, and that from one side it looks bad, etc... i just DON'T see it!! Your nose looks perfectly fine to me.

About your chin, it just seems to be off center, i don't notice one side of your face being longer or shorter, it just looks a little to one side.

And sorry, i don't notice any substancial difference between the pics you're asking about. If you were to flip them i wouldn't be able to tell your right side from your left side.

If you look at the very tip of my nose, it is slightly to my left. You can tell if you look at that little thing above the center of the mouth.

I'll go ahead and check my email when I'm out of class!

Does anyone ever see those people who seem to be clenching their jaw muscles all the time? It's fairly obvious that their muscles are moving. Brad Pitt does this I know...