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FWHR calculator. See how wide the middle of your face is for its height.

Put four dots on your face to see if it's wide or narrow for its height, and the haircuts and glasses that suit it.

Free, and your photo never leaves this device.

Front photo of a generated model, used to measure cheekbone width and the height from between the eyes to the upper lip

Drag any dot to fine-tune it. The result updates as you go.

The middle of this face is

Wide and short

The cheekbones are wide for the height from the eyes to the lip.

Drag the dots, or use your own photo.

  • FWHRAbout 2.1

What suits this face

Haircuts
Beard
Glasses

This box is one part of your face. The free scan reads all of it.

Free from one selfie: your face shape, your strengths and your first tips.

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What your result means

  • One box in the middle of your faceCheekbone width divided by the height from between the eyes to the upper lip. Forehead and chin don't count.
  • A styling guide, not a scoreThere's no right FWHR. Your number picks one of three groups and its styles.
  • The photo mattersA phone held close lowers the number. Shoot from about 1.5 m (5 ft), at eye level.

What you can change

Hair changes how wide your face looks. Changes that suit the result above come first.

  • Before
    Chinese woman, about 29, at home before a styling change
    After
    Chinese woman, about 29, after a styling change: long side-parted layers, soft makeup, white linen shirt; smiling at home

    From a bob to long side-parted layers

    Hair past the jaw and a side part lengthen the face. Suits wide and short.

  • Before
    Japanese man, about 26, at home before a styling change
    After
    Japanese man, about 26, after a styling change: two-block middle part; smiling at home

    Short sides, parted top, no heavy fringe

    Close sides and an open forehead add length. Suits medium or wide faces.

  • Before
    Colombian woman, about 44, at home before a styling change
    After
    Colombian woman, about 44, after a styling change: soft layers with caramel balayage, groomed brows, soft makeup, sage knit; smiling at home

    Collarbone-length layers with caramel highlights

    Layers to the collarbone keep the balance. Brows and makeup changed too. Suits medium.

  • Before
    Vietnamese man, about 31, at home before a styling change
    After
    Vietnamese man, about 31, after a styling change: textured crop, clean-shaven; smiling at home

    A textured crop, clean-shaven

    Short textured top, even sides. Suits medium.

  • Before
    Brazilian woman, about 35, at home before a styling change
    After
    Brazilian woman, about 35, after a styling change: curly bob; smiling at home

    A curly bob

    Fullness at the sides adds width. Suits long and narrow.

Three kinds of FWHR

Tap one to see what suits it.

The face above

Wide and short

The cheekbones are wide for the height from the eyes to the lip.

Haircuts
Keep the sides close to the face and add height on top. A textured quiff with a mid taper.
Glasses
Taller frames, rectangular or slightly cat-eye, a touch narrower than your face, to add height.

How the free scan works

  1. white British woman, about 22, looking straight at the camera at home

    1 Take a selfie

    Prop your phone at eye level, about 1.5 m away. Too close, and CEVO asks for another photo.

  2. The same woman's photo with the outline of her face traced in thin lines

    2 See your face shape and what suits you

    Free: your face shape, your strengths and your first tips, in plain words.

  3. Pakistani woman, about 27, after a styling change: sleek low bun with face-framing pieces; smiling at home

    3 Decide if you want more

    See how many more tips are waiting for you. Unlock them only if you want them.

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What CEVO gives you. From one selfie.

  • A front photo with the 478 face points CEVO maps drawn as small dotsA side photo of the same woman for the profile analysis

    A 478-point face scan

    Every point of your face mapped from one selfie, plus a side photo for your profile.

  • Close-up of the eye areaClose-up of the nose and cheeksClose-up of the brows and foreheadClose-up of the jaw and chin

    169 tests, region by region

    Twelve regions of your face measured, from brows to jawline, plus the age your face reads as.

  • Nigerian woman, about 41, at home before a styling changeNigerian woman, about 41, after a styling change: short tapered natural cut; smiling at home

    A natural glow-up on your own face

    Hair, brows and skin changed on your photo. Your bone structure stays as it is.

  • Korean woman, about 29, after a styling change: butterfly cut, warm brown; smiling at homeKorean woman, about 29, after a styling change: glossy dark-brown glass-hair bob; smiling at homeKorean woman, about 29, after a styling change: long layers with curtain bangs, warm brown; smiling at home

    Hairstyles on your own face

    The cuts that suit your face shape, side by side.

  • Moroccan man, about 33, after a styling change: tapered curly cut, groomed beard; smiling at homeFilipina woman, about 42, after a styling change: curtain-layer blowout, groomed brows, soft makeup; smiling at home

    Brows, beard and makeup

    Brow shape, beard length and makeup picked for your features.

  • Vietnamese man, about 31, after a styling change: textured crop, clean-shaven; smiling at home

    A 90-day routine

    Hair, skin and grooming steps to follow for 90 days, made for your face.

  • $29

    Basic Readout

    • Up to 10 front-view tests
    • Your facial balance breakdown, feature by feature

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    Complete Clinical Dossier

    • Front and side: all 169 tests
    • Glow-up and up to 3 hairstyles on your own face
    • 90-day routine and your facial age

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    • Surgical simulation with a millimetre change map
    • Surgeon-ready PDF and up to 10 hairstyles
    • 4 re-scans over a year

One payment, no subscription. Every report is checked by our team and ready within 24 hours.

Questions

How do I work out my FWHR?

Put the four dots on your photo above, or divide your cheekbone width by the height from between your eyes to your upper lip.

What's a normal FWHR?

There's no single normal number, because studies measure from different points. This page sorts it into three styling groups.

Why is my FWHR lower in selfies?

A phone held close stretches the middle of your face and hides the outer edge of your cheekbones, so the width shrinks.

Which haircut suits a low or high FWHR?

At 1.7 or less, keep volume at the sides and add a fringe. At 2.1 or more, keep the sides close and add height on top. In between, most cuts work.

Does losing weight change my FWHR?

A little. The dots sit on skin over bone, so a big weight change can nudge the number.

How the FWHR calculator measures your face

How the FWHR calculator measures your face The two lengths behind your number, how the three groups are set, and the studies behind them.

We measure two lengths: across the cheekbones, and from between the eyes, at the top of the nose, to the top of the upper lip. Below: where each dot goes, how the three groups are set with the four example faces measured, why selfies lower the number, and our sources.

How to measure FWHR correctly

Many people measure their whole head, hairline to chin, when they work out FWHR with a ruler. Leave out your forehead and lower jaw: that full-head measurement is the Facial Index. FWHR only measures the middle box of your face (originally standardized on human skulls by Weston et al. 2007 and living photographs by Carré & McCormick 2008).

Colombian woman, about 44, with the cheekbone width line, the eye-to-lip height line and the midface box marked
  • Outer cheekbone width (bizygomatic breadth)Find the widest point of your face on each side, just below the eye, where the cheek meets the side of the head.
  • Eye-to-upper-lip height (upper facial height)Measure straight down from between your eyes, at the top of your nose, to the top border of your upper lip (just below your philtrum).
  • No ruler neededFWHR is one length divided by another on the same photo, so the size of the photo cancels out.

FWHR = cheekbone width ÷ eye-to-lip height

Measured by hand with a rulerExample
Cheekbone to cheekbone140 mm
Between the eyes to the top of the upper lip75 mm
FWHR, the first divided by the secondabout 1.9

How the three groups are set, with the example faces measured

This calculator doesn't rank you against other people. Studies measure FWHR from slightly different points, on skulls in Weston et al. (2007) and on photos in Carré & McCormick (2008), so their numbers can't be compared directly with each other or with the dots on this page. Kramer (2017) pooled many of these studies to compare men and women, and Farkas et al. (2005) found clear differences in face proportions between ethnic groups: two more reasons a single "normal" number can mislead.

Instead, the page sorts your number into three styling groups we set ourselves: 1.7 or less is long and narrow, about 1.9 is medium, and 2.1 or more is wide and short. At 1.8 or 2.0 you sit on the line between two groups, and the page shows the styles of both, because moving one dot a little can tip the number either way. The groups only decide which haircuts and glasses the page suggests; they are not medical categories. Men and women share the same groups, and the Men and Women switch only changes the style ideas. Here are the four example faces, measured with the dots this page starts on:

Example face FWHR Group
Example face 1 (woman) 2.1 Wide and short
Example face 2 (man) 1.9 Medium
Example face 3 (woman) 2.0 Between medium and wide
Example face 4 (man) 2.0 Between medium and wide

Why close-up phone selfies make your face look narrower than it really is

A front-camera selfie usually reads a lower FWHR than your face measures in person. At arm's length, your nose and lip are much closer to the lens than the outer edges of your cheekbones. The phone's wide lens stretches the middle of your face and tucks the edges of your cheekbones out of view, so the width shrinks next to the height.

For a fair reading, ask someone to take your photo from about 1.5 m (5 ft) away at eye level, using the phone's 2x or 3x lens, or run CEVO's free scan. CEVO's scan reads your iris size to tell how close the camera was, and asks for a retake if the photo was taken too close. Our selfie distortion study explains the optics.

Sources

  1. Weston EM, Friday AE, Liò P (2007). Biometric Evidence that Sexual Selection Has Shaped the Hominin Face. PLoS ONE, 2(8), e710.

    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000710

  2. Carré JM, McCormick CM (2008). In your face: facial metrics predict aggressive behaviour in the laboratory and in varsity and professional hockey players. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 275(1651), 2651–2656.

    DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0873

  3. Kramer RSS (2017). Sexual dimorphism of facial width-to-height ratio in human skulls and faces: A meta-analytical approach. Evolution and Human Behavior, 38(3), 414–420.

    DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2016.12.002

  4. Farkas LG, Katic MJ, Forrest CR (2005). International anthropometric study of facial morphology in various ethnic groups/races. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, 16(4), 615–646.

    DOI: 10.1097/01.scs.0000171847.58031.9e

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