title: Eyes of beautiful women and femme fatales depicted in Western portraits.
abstract: This study aimed to compare the eyes of beautiful women and femme fatales depicted in Western portraits. A total of 37 samples were collected; 19 beautiful women and 18 femme fatales. Nine aspects were measured in reference to the corneal horizontal diameter. The estimated corneal vertical diameter was calculated by a corneal horizontal diameter multiply constant, 1.11.The double-fold was observed in 89% (17 of 19) of the beautiful women and 83% (15 of 18) of the femme fatales. The eye-width ratio was 2.42 (SD, 0.28) in the beautiful women and 2.31 (SD, 0.34) in the femme fatales. The eye-height ratio was 0.91 (SD, 0.18) in the beautiful women and 0.84 (SD, 0.10) in the femme fatales. Eyebrow-to-upper lid distance was 0.92 (SD, 0.35) in the beautiful women and 0.89 (SD, 0.23) in the femme fatales. The interpupillary distance was 5.00 (SD, 0.46) in the beautiful women and 5.00 (SD, 0.71) in the femme fatales. The intercanthal distance was 2.72 (SD, 0.42) in the beautiful women and 2.78 (SD, 0.73) in the femme fatales The outer canthal distance was 7.32 (SD, 0.64) in the beautiful women and 7.20 (SD, 1.01) in the femme fatales. The ptosis amount was -0.01 (SD, 0.18) in the beautiful women and 0.06 (SD, 0.01) in the femme fatales. For the above 7 measurements, there were no significant differences between the 2 groups (P > 0.05, t test).It is noteworthy that the beautiful women and femme fatales have the same interpupillary distance (5.00). Also, the ptosis ratio was almost zero in both groups (-0.01 [SD, 0.18] in the beautiful women and 0.06 [SD, 0.01] in the femme fatales). The results of this study might be of some reference in performing eyelid surgeries especially in brow lifts or canthoplasties.
authors.affiliation: *Department of Plastic Surgery †Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon, Korea ‡Peninsula Medical School, Exeter, United Kingdom; and Inha Research Institute for Medical Science, Incheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Kun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Jung Ui
authors.initials: JU
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Sung Jun
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Se Won
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Hwang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001504:Beauty; D002508:Cephalometry; D003315:Cornea / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005123:Eye / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D011173:Portraits as Topic; D019529:Sexuality; D019366:Western World