“Facial harmony” has fueled a pursuit of facial symmetry. And it’s not without its risks.
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Social media platforms like TikTok have a way of making users feel like they’re never quite enough, between viral trends like morning shed routines and the quest for glass skin to beauty filters and AI-generated enhancements.
And because beauty trends move fast, what’s considered desirable today might be outdated by tomorrow, leaving people chasing an ever-moving target. One of the latest obsessions? “Facial harmony” — which has fueled the pursuit of facial symmetry. And it’s not without its risks.
Here’swhatitreallymeanstoachieve“facialharmony.”Withover225.5millionpostsaboutfacialharmonyonTikTok,usersaredissectingtheirlooksbyisolatingindividualfacialfeaturesandzoominginontheirnose,lips,foreheadandjawlinebeforepullingbacktorevealtheirfullface.Somelabelthemselveswithcaptionslike“goodfeatures,badfacialharmony”whileothersthereverse,“badfeatures,goodfacialharmony.”Thecommentsectionbecomesafree-for-all,invitingp
