Side Profile Rating

A side profile rating scores how balanced your face looks from the side, out of 10, from one true side photo. It looks at the line from your forehead down to your neck — forehead slope, nose, lips, chin, jaw and the angle under your chin — and names your profile type, for example "straight profile, strong chin".

A front photo cannot show any of this. Nose projection, chin projection and the jaw-to-neck angle only appear in profile, which is why this tool asks for a side view.

A good side profile is one where the forehead, nose, lips and chin sit in balance with each other, with a clearly defined jaw and neck. In practice that usually means:

• A straight or slightly convex profile: when you draw a line from forehead to nose base to chin, the line is fairly straight rather than sharply angled in or out.
• Lips near the E-line: the E-line runs from the tip of the nose to the tip of the chin; lips sitting on or just behind it read balanced.
• A projected chin that is not set far back from the lips.
• A defined jaw-to-neck angle, so the jaw and neck read as separate lines.
• A nose in proportion to the chin and lips, rather than any one feature dominating.

There is no single "perfect side profile". Plenty of striking profiles break one of these rules, and the result explains which parts are strengths for you.

Side profiles are usually described as straight, convex or concave, depending on how the forehead, the base of the nose and the chin line up. In a straight profile they sit close to one line. In a convex profile the middle of the face sits forward and the chin further back, giving a curved-out shape; a mild curve is very common. In a concave profile the chin sits forward of the midface, giving a curved-in shape.

No type is "wrong". The result names yours and rates profile convexity as one of its eight measures, so you can see how much it affects the overall rating.

An AI vision model reads your side photo and rates eight measures: forehead slope, nose projection, lip position against the E-line, chin projection, jawline definition, neck-chin angle, profile convexity and posture. Each gets a short value and a note.

The photo must be a side view, turned roughly 70–90 degrees from the camera. If it is a front or three-quarter view, the tool says so and gives no rating, rather than guessing. Like every tool here, it only analyses adults.

The free result shows your rating, profile type, a summary and half of the measures. The full details add the rest, plus your profile strengths, what lowers the rating in this photo, grooming and hair to balance your profile, posture and neck advice, and how to take a better side photo.

Usually because of the photo, not your face. Side photos are rarely taken well, and a few things make almost anyone's profile look worse:

• Front camera, held close: wide-angle phone lenses distort features nearest the lens, which makes the nose look bigger and the chin smaller.
• Head tipped down: even a little folds skin under the jaw and softens the neck angle.
• Forward head posture: pushing the head forward, as most of us do at a screen, blurs the line between jaw and neck.
• Flat or overhead light: without a little shadow under the jaw, the jawline disappears.
• Seeing it rarely: we are used to our face from the front, in a mirror, so our own profile often looks unfamiliar and strange.

A better photo often moves the rating noticeably, which is why "how to take a better side photo" is part of the details.

1. Ask someone else to take it with the rear camera, or use a timer, not the front camera at arm's length.
2. Stand about two metres away and zoom in a little, with the camera at face height.
3. Turn your body and head fully to the side, about 90 degrees from the camera.
4. Look straight ahead at something at eye level; do not tip your chin up or down.
5. Stand tall with your neck long, lips relaxed and closed, and hair pulled back from your face and jaw.
6. Use soft side or front light against a plain background.

Posture, grooming, hair and photo technique change a side profile more than most people think. The details tailor these to your photo; the general levers are:

• Posture: bringing the head back over the shoulders sharpens the neck-chin angle straight away.
• Facial hair: a beard shaped to sit along the jawline can add definition and visually extend a soft chin.
• Hairstyle: volume at the back or top can balance a strong nose or a sloping forehead.
• Overall body fat: a leaner face shows more jaw definition.

The tool does not give advice on surgery, fillers or other procedures.

The jaw also matters from the front. Rate it with the jawline rating, and estimate the angle at the corner of your jaw with the gonial angle test.

Yes. Your rating, profile type, summary and half of the measures are free. The full details cost 20 credits, one time; credits never expire and there is no subscription. Free analyses are limited per device per day.

Your photo is uploaded only after you tap Analyze, read by an AI vision model, deleted within 24 hours and never used for training. Running the same photo again shows the stored result, so the rating does not change by re-rolling. Take a new photo to compare.