Facial Analysis
Proportion frameworks are a shared vocabulary between you and a surgeon — a way to locate a concern precisely. They are descriptive tools, never targets, and they are not a diagnosis.
Facial thirds
The face is conventionally divided into three vertical segments: trichion to glabella, glabella to subnasale, and subnasale to menton. Deviation localises a concern — a long lower third may be skeletal vertical maxillary excess, a long philtrum, or chin height, and each implies a different operation.
What analysis is good for
Turning 'I don't like my side profile' into 'my chin is deficient sagittally and my lower third is vertically long' — a statement a surgeon can act on.
What it cannot do
It cannot tell you whether you are attractive, predict a surgical result, or substitute for cephalometric and CBCT imaging interpreted by a clinician.
How measurements are actually taken
In clinic, with standardised photography, a natural head position, calibrated radiographs and, for skeletal work, 3D imaging with virtual surgical planning.
Facial analysis is for educational and planning purposes only and does not constitute medical advice or a diagnosis.