Edit: to clarify, I know that many short hair styles don’t have a part at all. Mostly talking about people with hair long enough to have one. I find it interesting that many studies conclude that beauty is tightly correlated with how symmetrical someone’s face is. However, many haircuts and hair styles are asymmetrical, including any style with the part off-center (very common for both male and female hair styles). Not just that, but we really like the way these haircuts and styles look too. It makes me wonder why one’s perception of beauty might not take into account the symmetry of one’s hair. I don’t have an opinion on what looks better, symmetrical vs not symmetrical as I think it depends on the person and what suits them. I am wondering if anyone else has thought about this.
I don’t think “tightly” is the right word here. Some studies seem to show that symmetry is not linked with attractiveness so much as asymmetry is linked with unattractiveness. For example:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7644543/
“In this experiment, the authors performed a manipulation that altered asymmetry within a face without altering the mean size of facial features. These faces were then rated on attractiveness. Contrary to what was predicted, faces that were made more symmetrical were perceived as being less attractive”
As for hair, it seems that humans don’t really link hair to the face in terms of attractiveness in the sense we would expect. For example:
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00377/full
The study found that the attractiveness of a person’s hair can influence how attractive their face is perceived to be, but only if the person evaluating the attractiveness of the face has not previously evaluated the attractiveness of the hair.
Your hair is not your face
This is the kind of insight we need
Short and to the point.
Then your symmetric hairline would draw attention to the lack of symmetry on your face. (Royal you)
A symmetrical face with asymmetrical elements is still attractive.
I mean, you’re not talking about the face, per se, when you’re talking about haircuts. No one thinks Cindy Crawford looks less beautiful because she has a mole on her face.
The face is still symmetrical, it’s just adorned by asymmetry in other elements. And, I for one, love asymmetrical elements.
It’s possible that having certain asymmetrical elements ENHANCE the symmetry of your face.
If everything is symmetrical, then any little imperfection or flaw will stand out like a sore thumb.
Asymmetry can be hot. Observe:
Any mention of asymmetric beauty needs to include Natalie Dormer:
She looks symmetrical to me though…
No kidding. She’s perfectly symmetrical when she’s not smiling. She just has a cute little crooked smile and everyone shouts “asymmetrical!!”
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Here’s Matpat’s recent video on this.
Mirror symmetry is just one kind of symmertry.
i like this question
It has less to do with hair and more to do with facial features
Not everyone puts being beautiful and attractive to others above their own desires and needs.
I don’t have any more hair lol
I have a cowlick near my natural centre part, so I end up having a huge forehead. Parting my hair slightly off-centre fixes that problem.
Because only a few people have a truly symmetrical face. Your hair acts as a sort of frame and so a middle part can end up emphasizing the imbalances that exist and thus make you look more lopsided. There are also additional considerations to a beautiful face. Symmetry is one, proportion is the other. You can have a very symmetrical face but if your features are smaller or larger in relation to it as a whole, then that can ding off a few points on the “beauty” meter.
That’s why asymmetrical hairstyles can work so much better. It can shape your face in accordance to its symmetry and proportion and thus make it appear more balanced.
Because…
If you part it to the Left, it’s Not Right.
If you part it to the Right, it’s Wrong.
Not Right = Wrong
So, Left must = Right.
