title: Soft-tissue facial characteristics of attractive Chinese men compared to normal men.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the facial characteristics of attractive Chinese men with those of reference men.
  
  
  METHODS
  The three-dimensional coordinates of 50 facial landmarks were collected in 40 healthy reference men and in 40 "attractive" men, soft tissue facial angles, distances, areas, and volumes were computed and compared using analysis of variance.
  
  
  RESULTS
  When compared with reference men, attractive men shared several similar facial characteristics: relatively large forehead, reduced mandible, and rounded face. They had a more acute soft tissue profile, an increased upper facial width and middle facial depth, larger mouth, and more voluminous lips than reference men.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Attractive men had several facial characteristics suggesting babyness. Nonetheless, each group of men was characterized by a different development of these features. Esthetic reference values can be a useful tool for clinicians, but should always consider the characteristics of individual faces.
authors.affiliation: The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei-MOST) & Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education (KLOBM), School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University Wuhan 430079, Hubei, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Huizhou Hospital of Stomatology, Jinan University Huizhou 516001, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Junfang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei-MOST) & Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education (KLOBM), School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University Wuhan 430079, Hubei, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: Huizhou Hospital of Stomatology, Jinan University Huizhou 516001, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Na
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Huizhou Hospital of Stomatology, Jinan University Huizhou 516001, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Youchao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: Huizhou Hospital of Stomatology, Jinan University Huizhou 516001, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yuanqing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
keywords: Laser scan; attractiveness; soft tissues