Title: Medial canthal tilt and attractiveness
Headings: Medial canthal tilt and attractiveness
Medial canthal tilt and attractiveness
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Content: Whereas above average femininity is a powerful correlate of beauty in women, neoteny isn’t even though many researchers continue to point this out. Elsewhere within this site, it has been shown that neoteny, which is the retention in the adult of the features of the juvenile stages of the ancestral species, does not apply to the shape of the human face. The authors were trying to imply pedomorphy as a correlate of beauty but incorrectly used the term neoteny. Pedomorphy refers to the retention in the adult of more child-like features. Whereas it is true that the faces of women are closer to those of children, sexual maturity makes both males and females move away from the face shape of children, and the central tendency of adults is to prefer sexually mature individuals. Therefore, it is incorrect to describe pedomorphy as a correlate of beauty when more attractive features that appear to be pedomorphic are either somewhat more feminine than average features (e.g., less prominent noses and broader faces, controlling for other factors) and thereby more attractive in women or somewhat more gracile than average features and thereby more attractive in both men and women. The authors addressed whether the medical canthal tilt can be surgically altered. So far no surgical procedure has been developed to achieve this, but the palpebral fissure inclination can be altered via a procedure known as lateral tarsal strip canthal fixation. The authors also provided three illustrations of celebrities with noticeable medial canthal tilt and attractive eyes: Claire Forlani, Jennifer Connelly and Shalom Harlow.