21-year old student and model has the most well-proportioned face in the Philippines

Over 200 women aimed to represent the Philippines in the search for the most well-proportioned face

Merz, the company known for the U.S. FDA-cleared noninvasive lifting procedure Ultherapy® recently revealed that 21-year old student and model Trisha May Duncan has the most well-proportioned face among the 246 entries from the Philippines. Merz also announced the launch of a new medical guidelines, the first such medical guidelines, to help aesthetic doctors achieve wellproportioned faces in Asians during the 38th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Dermatological Surgery (ISDS) 2017.

The most well-proportioned faces were discovered through the MAAT Golden Ratio Search, the first region-wide program which sought to empower women to understand facial proportions relative to attractiveness. The search was conducted across 10 countries in Asia to prove that wellproportioned facial types transcend ethnicities and geographical borders and was also an integral part of the launch of the first medical guidelines1 that provide a holistic approach to achieving well-proportioned faces in Asians.

“The MAAT Golden Ratio Search used the science of measurements to create awareness on facial symmetry relative to beauty. By being knowledgeable about facial proportions, women can have more positive control over their facial appearances, and ultimately life,” said Trisha Duncan, the most wellproportioned face in the Philippines.

After an extensive threemonth search, it was found that the most common facial shapes among the 246 Filipino women entrants between ages 21 to 40 years old were oval (67%), followed by square (11%), round (6%), inverted triangle and oblong (4%).

Among the 3,000 submissions from women in Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand, the ten most well- proportioned faces were oval shaped. The most common facial shapes among Asian women between 21 to 64 years old were oval (67%), square (13%), round (9%), inverted triangle (7%) and oblong (5%), respectively. But it was the oval face shape which closely fits the measurements of the Golden Ratio (facial height to width ratio), Horizontal facial proportion and Facial symmetry.

Aesthetic doctors agreed oval is the most ideal facial shape among Asians1, and the new medical guidelines provides recommendations on the customization and combination use of aesthetic procedures and strategies to modify different facial shapes to the oval shape in Asians as well as strategies for early enhancement, restoration and beautification of Asian faces.1

“In order for physicians to efficiently deliver optimal patient outcomes, aesthetic medicine now requires the harmonious combination of multiple aesthetic therapies. Current guidelines on the application of combination treatments focus predominantly on Caucasian patients. Few guidelines are available for Asian patients, particularly on combination treatment strategies for different facial shapes, or the modification of facial shapes to the oval ideal. Therefore, physicians must apply recommendations optimized for Caucasian anatomies and aesthetic goals to Asian patients,” said Dr. Jennie Francisco-Diaz of Skin 101 Clinics, a member of the local panel for the MAAT2 Golden Ratio Search.

According to the new and first medical guidelines1 to achieve well-proportioned faces in Asians, the ideal oval facial shape can be created using different interventions depending on the individual's baseline characteristics. It takes roughly two weeks from the first treatment to change a facial shape to oval, and is expected to last for a year on average.

“In Asia, patients seek aesthetic intervention at a younger age, and their requests focus on early intervention, enhancement, beautification and the correction of facial deficits. In comparison, Caucasian patients typically seek restorative interventions for more severe, age-related problems. Physicians are inevitably faced with the challenge of adapting nonoptimal treatment recommendations to Asian patients with very different physical presentations, issues and expectations. It is timely to introduce Guidelines on aesthetic intervention and combination treatments specifically applicable to Asian patients,” said Dr. FranciscoDiaz.

The new medical guidelines are available to more than 1,000 aesthetic doctors in the region.