Golden ratio (facial proportions)

The gol­den ratio is a mathe­ma­ti­cal pro­por­ti­on of rough­ly 1 to 1.618 that has been asso­cia­ted with harm­o­ny and beau­ty sin­ce anti­qui­ty. In aes­the­tic medi­ci­ne it ser­ves as a tool for describ­ing facial proportions.

Appli­ca­ti­on

Com­pa­ri­sons include the distances bet­ween hair­line, eye­brows, nasal tip and chin, the ratio of upper to lower lip, or the width of the nose and mouth. Such mea­su­re­ments can help iden­ti­fy imba­lan­ces and plan tre­at­ments such as fil­lers or nose and chin cor­rec­tions. Con­cepts like the ogee cur­ve or MD Codes com­ple­ment this analysis.

Good to know

Whe­ther the gol­den ratio tru­ly deter­mi­nes what is per­cei­ved as beau­tiful is sci­en­ti­fi­cal­ly dis­pu­ted. Attrac­ti­ve faces often devia­te from it con­sider­a­b­ly, and beau­ty ide­als vary with cul­tu­re, eth­nic back­ground and sex. It is the­r­e­fo­re useful as a point of refe­rence, not as a tem­p­la­te to be impo­sed on every face.

Matching tre­at­ment at Swiss Der­ma Cli­nic: Facial com­po­si­ti­on