AND one in the morning, you are in bed a Scroll Tiktok And you appear a video that says: “Always sleep on the same side can make one half of the face different from the other”. If you also fell into the trap of the “Facial symmetry”you will be wondered if your favorite side really be sabing your beauty without you knowing. Online the symmetry of the face has become an obsession. But reality is very different: Symmetrical perfection does not exist according to experts, Not even Bella Hadid, Gigi Hadid or Kendall Jenner have mirror faces. The question arises spontaneously: Can sleep somehow influence the well -being of our face? And why was this myth on social networks born?
Sleep does not really influence the symmetry of the face
These content work more like entertainment that as a scientific information. The truth, confirmed by the experts, is that sleep on the side does not alter the bone structure. Any differences visible on the face derive from soft fabrics, from gravity, posture and daily habitsnot from the position we sleep. Dr. Yash Mehtafounder and main surgeon of ACCS, explains on Vogue:
«The face is made of bones, muscles, ligaments, fat and skin bearings. In adults, bones are merged and cannot be moved due to the position of sleep “.
Like the side on which you sleep can shape face fabrics
Sleeping on the side does not change the bone structure, but it can have effects on soft fabrics and on the skin. There constant pressure on one side of the face can contribute to Thin lines, folds and light compressions of the fat bearingssimilar to the signs that glasses leave on the nose after years of use. These changes are generally mild and gradualand add up to other daily factors: Always chew on the same side, place your hand on the cheek or bring heavy bags to a shoulder. Gravity and postural habits also play a role: the face tends to “give” slightly towards the highest pressure side, influencing the overall harmony of the face without altering their bone symmetry.
Sleeping on the back: Tiktok’s remedy or myth?
Many suggest sleeping on the back as a solution, but everything depends on the cause of asymmetry. “If the asymmetry derives from the bone structure, the position of sleep does not correct it”clarifies Dr. Mehta. “Sleeping on the back can reduce new skin compression lines, but does not cancel the differences already present”. Mild imbalances can improve with correction of posture, massages or facial yogawhile more obvious differences require the intervention of an expert.
The goal is not perfection
The key is not to reach a mirror image, but to obtain harmony and naturalness. The face should appear rested, balanced and consistentnot forcibly “correct” according to unreal standards. The truth is that the asymmetrical face does not exist and symmetry has become more a phenomenon linked to Filters, social media and digital illusions that a real biological question. Tiktok, Instagram and other platforms sell us the idea that the face can be calibrated and perfected as a retouched image, but the really perfectly symmetrical faces there are only on faceapp or digital filters, not in reality.
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