Perception of Age, Attractiveness, and Tiredness After Isolated and Combined Facial Subunit Aging

Forte, Antonio J.; Andrew, Tom W.; Colasante, Cesar; Persing, John A.

doi:10.1007/s00266-015-0553-1

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“…The eye‐region accounted for pretarsal skin show and wrinkles/lines around the eye‐region including the skin above the nose (i.e. glabella) and lower forehead, and crows‐feet as these features have previously been associated with tiredness (Forte et al ., ; Knoll et al ., ; Sundelin et al ., ).…”

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Preferential attention towards the eye‐region amongst individuals with insomnia

Akram

Ellis

Myachykov

et al. 2016

Journal of Sleep Research

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SUMMARYPeople with insomnia often perceive their own facial appearance as more tired compared with the appearance of others. Evidence also highlights the eye-region in projecting tiredness cues to perceivers, and tiredness judgements often rely on preferential attention towards this region. Using a novel eye-tracking paradigm, this study examined: (i) whether individuals with insomnia display preferential attention towards the eyeregion, relative to nose and mouth regions, whilst observing faces compared with normal-sleepers; and (ii) whether an attentional bias towards the eye-region amongst individuals with insomnia is self-specific or general in nature. Twenty individuals with DSM-5 Insomnia Disorder and 20 normal-sleepers viewed 48 neutral facial photographs (24 of themselves, 24 of other people) for periods of 4000 ms. Eye movements were recorded using eye-tracking, and first fixation onset, first fixation duration and total gaze duration were examined for three interest-regions (eyes, nose, mouth). Significant group 9 interest-region interactions indicated that, regardless of the face presented, participants with insomnia were quicker to attend to, and spent more time observing, the eye-region relative to the nose and mouth regions compared with normal-sleepers. However, no group 9 face 9 interest-region interactions were established. Thus, whilst individuals with insomnia displayed preferential attention towards the eye-region in general, this effect was not accentuated during self-perception. Insomnia appears to be characterized by a general, rather than self-specific, attentional bias towards the eye-region. These findings contribute to our understanding of face perception in insomnia, and provide tentative support for cognitive models of insomnia demonstrating that individuals with insomnia monitor faces in general, with a specific focus around the eye-region, for cues associated with tiredness. IN TROD UCTI ONCognitive models of insomnia highlight the role of attentional biases towards sleep-related cues as a factor in the maintenance of the disorder Harvey, 2002). It is postulated that sleep-specific anxiety is generated, and maintained, by a combination of heightened arousal, distress, negative thoughts concerning sleep and belief that sleep difficulties during the night contribute to impaired functioning during the day. Further, attentional resources allocated to the processing of sleep-related threat cues relating to ones internal (i.e. bodily sensations) and external (i.e. outside noises) environment are consequently increased as a result of this anxious state Harvey, 2002). Upon the detection of a threat cue, an individual with insomnia may interpret it in a disorder-consistent manner. Indeed, attentional resources drawn to ones' immediate environment to assess for sleep-related threat may increase the probability of noticing and subsequently interpreting ambiguous or meaningless cues as threat. Thus, attentional and interpretive biases are likely to be more prevalent amongst individuals with in...

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Preferential attention towards the eye‐region amongst individuals with insomnia

Akram

Ellis

Myachykov

et al. 2016

Journal of Sleep Research

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“…Older female subjects’ greatest fear at baseline was an increase in wrinkles, which is a widespread dread of older women [ 27 ]. Various studies support the rapid effectiveness of facial creams to reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles [ 28 , 29 ].…”

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Skin Recovery After Discontinuation of Long-Term Moisturizer Application: A Split-Face Comparison Pilot Study

Maul

Kägi

et al. 2020

Dermatol Ther (Heidelb)

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Introduction: Facial moisturizers are commonly used by healthy women and increasingly men of all age groups. This study aimed to investigate the effects of moisturizer discontinuation and the subsequent evolution of symptoms. Methods: Two prospective observational splitface comparison pilot studies were performed in Switzerland and enrolled (I) 20 healthy women aged 17-25 years in winter and (II) 36 female subjects 15-20 and 40-55 years of age in summer. Moisturizers were stopped on the investigational half of the face. On the control side, the usual skin care regimen was continued. Daily subjective (I/II) and objective (I) skin assessments for the occurrence of typical symptoms of dry skin (dryness, itching, scales, redness, wrinkles) were collected. Results: In the winter study (cohort I) in both the subjective and objective assessment, all skin changes increased significantly within 1 day after discontinuation. On day 7, dryness (p \ 0.001), itching (p \ 0.025), redness (p \ 0.001) and scales (p \ 0.049) were significantly different in the subjective assessment and redness (p \ 0.004) and scales (p \ 0.001) in the objective assessment. Skin dryness reverted to baseline levels after 6 days in the objective assessment and 10 days in the subjective assessment. The control side's condition was reached after 6 days. In the summer study (II), only among the 15-20-year-olds was dryness significantly higher on the intervention side from day 1 (p \ 0.028) to day 14 (p \ 0.009). Their recovery time was 11 days until dryness intensity scores comparable to baseline were reached, and 21 days until the control side's values were matched. Over a 7-day period, the overall mean dryness score was significantly different between the interventional and control sides for both young and old participants. Julia-Tatjana Maul and Lara Valeska Maul contributed equally to this work.

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“…The assessment may require an isolated and comprehensive evaluation of "aesthetic units." For example, the analysis of anatomically defined parts of the face (subunits) helps to isolate different components of beauty (or loss of it) and provides the surgeon data which can be utilized for the development of software to image and morph imaginary outcomes to determine how the patient perceives his or her beauty features and propose changes [13].…”

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A Plastic Surgeon’s Perspective on Stereotyping and the Perception of Beauty

D’Agostino¹,

Dobke²

2017

Perception of Beauty

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In the world of plastic surgery, misconceptions may lead to irrational requests or outcomes not appreciated by patients. Those who manage aesthetics should always listen and recognize the variability of cultural identities, desires, attitudes, anxieties and uncertainties of the patient. Emerging from a diversity of cultures and its transforming trends, the scope of cosmetic surgery and its practice reflect not only the individual's personality, but also the culture as a whole. When counseling an individual, one has to recognize that even in groups of seemingly identical social or cultural standards; there are subtle differences in expectations. To illustrate the potential for inaccuracy of ethnic profiling in the field of plastic surgery authors quote their own work on Asian subjects and facial beauty and resort to experience of others. To reaffirm their opinion and to exemplify how sometimes "fine" differences in the perception of beauty exist, an original study that evaluates the preferences among selected groups of Latina women in respect to buttock aesthetics has been included. This dissertation will focus on how cultural factors influence beauty perception; strengthen the fact that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and how variable differences exist even between small subgroups.

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Perception of Age, Attractiveness, and Tiredness After Isolated and Combined Facial Subunit Aging

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Cited by 30 publications

References 34 publications

Preferential attention towards the eye‐region amongst individuals with insomnia

Preferential attention towards the eye‐region amongst individuals with insomnia

Skin Recovery After Discontinuation of Long-Term Moisturizer Application: A Split-Face Comparison Pilot Study

A Plastic Surgeon’s Perspective on Stereotyping and the Perception of Beauty

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