Our asymmetric faces

In nature, as in the material world in general, there are no absolutely symmetrical or absolutely
asymmetric objects. This principle of the structure of matter concerns all its constituents: space,
energy, physics, chemistry, biology, cell, atom, electron, quantum. In any object, there is always a
unity of symmetry and asymmetry.

People are so much accustomed to this phenomenon that it may even seem slightly unnatural to them
to have an absolutely symmetrical face of another person if they had such a thing. In view of such a
great habit of ours to the asymmetry of the faces of all our acquaintances and not familiar people, we
do not even notice this difference between the left and right sides of human faces, or rather do not
attach importance to it.

But this phenomenon still manifests itself in a very interesting way. The fact is that people most often
see themselves in a mirror, where their face is reflected from left to right, and they get used to this
mirror appearance. But all other people and cameras see people for real, without a mirror image.

Due to the asymmetry of the face, the picture that people see in the mirror is different from what other
people and cameras see. Thus, in a photograph, a person sees himself as real, and in a mirror, reflected
from left to right. The appearance of a person in the mirror is more familiar to him, therefore, looking
at their photograph, almost all people unconsciously notice “something is wrong”, and perceive it as
“ugly”.

Therefore, most people do not like their images in the photo. Although in reality this is only a matter
of habit, because in reality the people in the photo, in reality and in the mirror are equally beautiful.
Indeed, there are no objective or even subjective reasons to consider, for example, the image of
Lincoln in the first photo, more beautiful than in the second. The mirror image of any painting does
not change its beauty.

In addition, for other people, the image of some familiar person in the photo seems familiar, which
means it is as beautiful as the person actually is, because other people and cameras see a real person
equally correctly.

For strangers, it makes no difference at all what they see in the photo of another person, because they
are not yet used to his appearance. As for example, for us reading these lines, the first and second
photos of Lincoln are the same from an aesthetic point of view, although he himself got used to his
mirror reflection, apparently perceived his true photos (first photo) as very "ugly" their images.

But what if you still want to start liking yourself in the photo? There are two recipes here:

Firstly,flip your photos from left to right. You will see yourself as familiar and you will like your
photo. But this method has a very big drawback:only you will like this photo, because the rest of your
friends will suddenly see you reflected for them, and they, in turn, will think “something is wrong”
and “ugly”, they are used to seeing you in the photo and in reality the same and real. Therefore, it is
better to keep these photos for yourself, and post the original versions of the photos on social
networks.
Secondly,don't look in the mirror, take selfies instead. In this case, you will constantly see yourself as
real and gradually get used to your real image, and you will start to like your photos in which you are
again depicted as real.