Art or science? An evidence-based approach to human facial beauty. A quantitative analysis towards an informed clinical aesthetic practice

Harrar, H; Myers, S; Ghanem, A. M.
Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, February 2018, Volume 42, Issue 1, pp 137–146

Patients often seek guidance from the aesthetic practitioners regarding treatments to enhance their ‘beauty’. Is there a science behind the art of assessment and if so is it measurable? Through the centuries, this question has challenged scholars, artists and surgeons.
This study aims to undertake a review of the evidence behind quantitative facial measurements in assessing beauty to help the practitioner in everyday aesthetic practice.