For those of you who have one side of your face bigger than the other, I used to have the exact same problem. I'm not exactly sure what caused it, but my face used to be perfectly symmetrical. Then, after two and a half years of braces, my mom started noticing that my left side, namely the cheek along the jawline, was larger than my right side. I rarely noticed it, but it's a lot more pronounced in pictures. This went on for several years, and I began to worry whether this was going to be permanent. My mom's theory was because I always rested my face on my right hand when listening to lectures in class and over time this caused an indentation. So, I tried sleeping on my left side all the time and also resting my face on my left hand. It didn't seem to work. What was interesting was sometimes my mom would notice the asymmetry getting better, but then it would go back to the way it was. I was starting to think about cosmetic surgery, when one day I decided to start chewing on my right side. I'm right handed, and all my life I have favored chewing on the left side. Over time, it progressed to me chewing only on my left side and never on my right. Immediately afterwards, my mom noticed a difference that would not revert back to the original asymmetry. After about 3-4 months of chewing solely on my right side, my face went back to being symmetrical again (it's still not 100%, but it's no longer noticeable). I was so happy, and I couldn't believe the solution was as simple as developing the right jaw muscle by exercising it. All those years of neglecting the right masseter caused it to shrivel from disuse. Now, I make sure to alternately chew on both sides. For those of you who also chew heavily on one side, I strongly encourage you to try what I did. You never know, a possible solution to the asymmetry could just be a couple months away. Another idea asking a doctor what sort of exercises you could do to develop the muscle on the side of the face that is smaller. Good luck.
*See a dentist - tell him/her you want perfect teeth, have your teeth examined, most of the time it's the teeth that cause the asymmetry. Usually if your lower jaw is tilted to one side even for 1 or 2mm then when you chew, the muscle on two sides of your face will develop differently => facial asymmetry.
My dentist was able to point out that the teeth on the left side of my lower jaw tend to lean toward my tongue while my right side is standing straight up, so when I grind my teeth, the base of my lower left jaw is closer to the upper jaw than the base of my lower right jaw, which leads to my lower jaw get tilted to the left approx 1mm.
I had my wisdom tooth removed and the swollen side's size reduced quite a bit after a couple of months. I'm planning to get my remaining teeth fix up, "abrase" them to get them symmetrical on both sides then wear braces. once my teeth are all lined up, my jaw can take a more proper position while chewing and balance out muscle development. This will take years, but it's safer and is more a "healthy, natural" fix than doing cosmetic surgery.
A british half asian.
I never noticed it till i lost a lot of weight cause i used to be obese and didn't care a poop in the world on how i looked.
Since i found out my face was asymmetrical it bothered me so much!...
When i looked down into a mirror you can see my chin is more out one side...
I was very depressive about it. All my effort to get thin and be beautiful sigh~
But my mother helped me along the way she explained to me lots of people in the world are the same. "Thinking i was the only one in the world"
I still think of jaw surgery and a nose job to correct it all.
Makeup helps if you couture the worst part it helps.
One thing i think to myself to forget it is i'm still very lucky that i am normal and not born deformed . "some people get it a lot worse"
Some of my idols are the same so that helps me get over it and not feel like i used to.
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My advice is to think how pretty /handsome you are and lucky that your normal not like some unfortunate people in this world who
have to go under alot of pain just to look normal.
There are lots of famous actors / actresses out in the world that are the same but are very popular and idolized.
As lady Gaga's song BORN THIS WAY be happy the way you are.