Am I the only one who doesn't understand the Reddit obsesseion with philtrum lengths?

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I mean Alexa Demie has a longish phitrum and she got hate on Reddit for that? I mean what is unattractive about this philtrum? : This woman is cute af and i dont think a short philtrum would suit her. Why are people rating her a 7 just because of this so called "failio" ? And why is it a failio in the first place? I mean why is short phitrum so glorified? Like these girls? : Philtrum by the way is the thing between your nose and upper lip: WHAT is your opinion on this crap?

MuddyMole · Accepted Answer

I've not really heard of it as a thing before, but I would actually agree with them. It's not so much the length of the philtrum itself, but the resulting shape of the mouth - a short philtrum results in a kind of upturned mouth, slightly open at rest, which is extremely attractive. I remember thinking about it years ago, and coming to the conclusion that a small, upturned mouth, and a small, upturned nose, are the two factors that contribute the most to a woman's face being attractive (people make a lot of fuss about eyes, but they matter far less).

The evolutionary reasoning is probably that it exposes more of the inside of the top lip, making it appear fuller - the opposite of thinning lips, which are a sign of ageing and therefore reduced fertility (the same reason botox and lip fillers are also a thing). A long, undefined philtrum and thin upper lip can also be symptomatic of development abnormalities such as fetal alcohol syndrome, and again those tend to be considered unattractive for evolutionary reasons (they don't suggest a healthy, fertile mate).

That's not to say someone can't be attractive without it - it's just that people on the internet like to talk about their idea of absolute perfection.

Am I the only one who doesn't understand the Reddit obsesseion with philtrum lengths?

RingusUrDingus · Accepted Answer

Do yourself a favor and avoid reddit. Its full of smart dumb people. didn't even know what this phlimflam thing was until I read it (lol reddit) hereand will probably forget.

This is a stupid beauty standards setup by artists who have nothing better to do than measure the centimeters of someone's skulls and catogorize them and then creating their own artists standard of beauty.

wheresmrcunnunglis · Accepted Answer

Thank you for adding the visually and written definition of what a Philtrum is because I was so lost haha.

To answer, I would say that full lips have always been lusted after and desired in media and outside of it. The Philtrum just helps accentuate full lips which is why I feel some people see it as more attractive the more pronounced it is. Just my theory though.

As someone who has a short philtrum based on the definition of the second picture. Its a weird thing to focus on but hey we live in a society where the emphasis on physical presentation has been magnified more than ever.

Red-Blaze · Accepted Answer

Its all about the over all balnce of how it all come out
I will not really count ratings all that much regardless

I assume in the over all face shape it may be effecting the symatrical of it all (Is that the right word?)

Sonorous · Answer

I understand it. People like to openly hate & harshly judge those who they feel are superior/inferior to either themselves or a certain standard they prefer. Which causes them to latch onto anything they feel highlights a negative characteristic about a person. In this case, it's a minor detail about her face that doesn't even make or break it since it's not on any of the extreme's ends. But by hyper-focusing on the little detail (they see as a flaw) they can feel better about themselves while keeping things simple enough to feel like they're right.

And it's probably glorified to them because they have a very linear interpretation of what would make someone objectively attractive. They'd probably be the types to use the same measurements of attraction for all humans. Not taking into account different skull & facial feature shapes, types, dimensions, etc.

Ευδεμονια · Answer

I think honestly this is real crap, the only important matter is harmony. If a face is harmonic with long or short philtrum, it is nice. I think honestly sometimes people on Reddit have too much free time and nothing to think about so the full the time with this crap.

WhiteSteve · Answer

You ladies should take a page from the men’s book and stop having such an eye for detail. I legit would never even break down a woman’s face like that. The whole package is what I’m looking at, in totality, I wouldn’t notice the distance between the nose and top lip in five lifetimes of staring, lmao. File this one away with the “thigh gap”, if you’re looking to impress the fellas, I can assure we aren’t going to notice either way😂

RavVid · Answer

Hi Marianna,

I have no idea why. I know a guy who criticized a girl's big toe when i pointed out how beautiful she was. My thought at the time was 'omg I didn't realize she was so perfect all you could criticize was her big toe and I didn't realize, omg, you were so stupid'.
I despair at times.

FreyaRed · Answer

It's reddit and those guys are weirdos. I have good face proportions and symmetry, my philtrum isn't especially long because I have naturally voluminous upper lip. With a thin upper lip someone will have long philtrum.

Th3ft · Answer

I have never heard that word before this and I don’t think that it changes anything one way or the other. But Reddit is it’s own animal. I have never cared to get on because they always have the weirdest conversations.

fonduegirl · Answer

She looks like she can grow a moustache patch over there. But you're mostly right, let's not give her a hard time because one of her body parts isn't idealistic.

Whatever2929292 · Answer

Some people are just into what they are into. But reddit is a strange place and I don't understand LOTS of things on there lol

NamerOfStars · Answer

Some people just have too much time on their hands. I've seen a number of VERY attractive women, who I thought were gorgeous, criticized for having foreheads that were too big. I mean, I know I'm not the pickiest guy out there, but come ON.

Guy__ · Answer

I can assume that there is an indication of poor health.
A lot of issues cause face deformities, like poor lifestyles, including mouth breathing. Nose breathing is like a real health hack, but only because mouth breathing is so damaging in comparison.

Search it up yourself, mouth breathing elongates philtrum.

Snsl153 · Answer

I wouldn't have even noticed it if you hadn't pointed it out, and I'd never heard that word before.

driven159 · Answer

The world spends too much wasting time on bullshit who cares there are way more important things to worry about or do people have too much time on their hands?

Aurora1010 · Answer

Are people really that annoying these days? I never even notice philtrums. Societal beauty standards are already pretty high, but that is taking it too far, I think it's ridiculous.

Joker_ · Answer

she's unattractive because of her philtrum length? that's just a joke. she's unattractive for other reasons

joeldalton · Answer

I love when women make up things to feel insecure about.

LimitedBenefits101 · Answer

No clue who she is but there goes another chick with mad makeup they at least gave her 7 she's 6/10 to to me

TommyMountainFigure · Answer

Thank you for explaining to me what that was.. I thought it was the thing you use to strum a guitar! I agree with the VERY last word you said!

CT_CD · Answer

Her philtrum length was the first thing I noticed. 2/10

Blackcosmo · Answer

Why does philtrum even matter? Honestly I never notice it.

FilmGuy93 · Answer

Seeing as how this is the first time I'm hearing about the controversy, I think you're probably not the only person

worldscolide · Answer

Your first mistake is going on reddit, seriously thst place is a dumpster fire. Most men do not care about that.

Jamie05rhs · Answer

I had never even heard the word "philtrum" before leading this post. Does this mean Tom Selleck has a long philtrum?

RobEurope · Answer

Its different for every person. Different proportions.

crmoore · Answer

I agree with you. A short one would fit some and a long one would fit others. And overall it's a fairly insignificant aspect of beauty.

VV3ZZY · Answer

Never heard of it. The Philtrum is not a big deal for me. Unless they look like a cartoon face or something.

ArtemisSilver · Answer

I have no idea, some people need to go outside and touch grass.

Juxtapose · Answer

I never even once thought about this until now and most guys are the same.

Andres77 · Answer

Don't let others tell you what is attractive. Simple

IsoUser · Answer

To be perfectly honest you're not, you're just a very intelligent beautiful girl with an open mind, I admire that in any girl I am with.

OfDeath · Answer

It's more of a masculine trait anyway. Reddit is just full of closet homosexuals.

007kingifrit · Answer

reddit is a damaged site of mob mentality for sick people. pay it no mind

Zolly99999 · Answer

On the internet there is a lot of "keyboard warriors"

NathanDavis · Answer

is my philtrum long enough?

ZenoZoldyck · Answer

Being slut in euphoria sweet her well, she look bad in real life

Jamesshinobi · Answer

i dont even know what that is.

slatyb · Answer

No, you aren’t the only one.

Frio33 · Answer

I don't understand at all

Aakash_Hangargi · Answer

Most strangest post ever quit reddit lol 😆

msc545 · Answer

I understand it and it is really sort of ignorant.

JohnK123 · Answer

Nope not only one

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