title: Centralization or decentralization of facial structures in Korean young adults.
abstract: It is well known that facial beauty is dictated by facial type, and harmony between the eyes, nose, and mouth. Furthermore, facial impression is judged according to the overall facial contour and the relationship between the facial structures. The aims of the present study were to determine the optimal criteria for the assessment of gathering or separation of the facial structures and to define standardized ratios for centralization or decentralization of the facial structures.Four different lengths were measured, and 2 indexes were calculated from standardized photographs of 551 volunteers. Centralization and decentralization were assessed using the width index (interpupillary distance / facial width) and height index (eyes-mouth distance / facial height). The mean ranges of the width index and height index were 42.0 to 45.0 and 36.0 to 39.0, respectively. The width index did not differ with sex, but males had more decentralized faces, and females had more centralized faces, vertically. The incidence rate of decentralized faces among the men was 30.3%, and that of centralized faces among the women was 25.2%.The mean ranges in width and height indexes have been determined in a Korean population. Faces with width and height index scores under and over the median ranges are determined to be "centralized" and "decentralized," respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Research Institute of Medical Science, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Ja-Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Jeong-Nam
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kang-Jae
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Soon-Heum
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyun-Gon
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Hyun-Soo
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Jeon
authors.forename: Ki-Seok
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Koh
authors.forename: Wu-Chul
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People; D001504:Beauty; D005145:Face / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D055815:Young Adult