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Just imagine…
You've spent the last three months improving your appearance.
Buying skincare products.
Changing your hairstyle.
and so on..
Yet when you look in the mirror, you still feel like you haven't made much progress.
What's going wrong?
You might be improving the wrong variables - but what does this mean?
Here's what I’m talking about:
Attractiveness isn't determined by one isolated facial feature.
Research on facial attractiveness has repeatedly examined characteristics such as facial symmetry, averageness and sexual dimorphism.
But the important distinction is this:
Not every improvement will have the same impact on your appearance.
Imagine two men.
The first spends months experimenting with different hairstyles while neglecting persistent acne.
The second establishes a consistent skincare routine that gradually improves his skin.
Depending on their starting points, the second man's changes might be more noticeable.
The lesson?
Your starting point matters.
Before investing time and money into improving your looks, identify first what's actually worth addressing.
Here's a simple way to start.
Step 1: Separate your features into categories.
Look at your skin, hair, facial proportions, facial fat distribution and grooming separately.
Step 2: Identify specific, changeable issues.
Instead of saying your face looks bad, identify something concrete.
Persistent acne?
An unsuitable hairstyle?
Eyebrows that would benefit from basic grooming?
Specific problems are easier to address than vague dissatisfaction.
Step 3: Prioritise by potential impact.
Consider three things:
How noticeable is the issue?
How realistically can you improve it?
How much time, money and effort will the improvement require?
Start with changes that offer a reasonable return on your effort.
And remember: you cannot optimise every facial characteristic, nor does every perceived flaw need fixing.
The objective is to make informed improvements, not obsess over every millimetre of yourself.
That's the difference between randomly trying to improve and approaching your appearance systematically.
Over the next few emails, I'll break down the science behind facial attractiveness and explain which improvements are worth understanding first.
If you want to take this further,
keep your eyes peeled as we will be introducing a surprise soon to help you guys out a ton with your self-improvement journey.
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Speak soon,
Ascend Protocol.