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Published online 26 May 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030519-12
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Perfect eyebrows calculated
Image analysis reveals today's ideal arch.
Women striving to meet supermodel standards have yet another correction to make, say cosmetic doctors - their eyebrows peak too early.
Plastic surgeon Stephen Metzinger of Louisiana State University in New Orleans has calculated the point at which eyebrows crest for 100 Caucasian glamour-magazine models, and for 100 women on the street, by digitally analysing their face shots.
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