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A man's apparent face shape is built by the beard line and the hairline as much as by bone. This guide covers cuts, beard styles, frames and maintenance lines for all seven shapes.
Well-known faces make the seven shape categories legible in a way that diagrams cannot. Use these commonly cited examples to calibrate your eye, then measure your own outline instead of matching a lookalike.
A complete hair guide organized by face shape, from the geometry that governs every cut to named styles for all seven shapes. Includes fringe matching, texture adjustments and exactly what to tell your stylist.
Frames work by contrast, and frame width should match the widest part of your face. This guide covers the right styles for all seven face shapes, plus color and fit.
A face shape detector is a short pipeline of well-understood vision components, not magic. Here is how 468 landmark points become normalized ratios and a confidence score.
Four readings and two ratios are all it takes to name your face shape without guesswork. This guide covers the protocol, the thresholds, and a worked example.
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