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title: "PSL Scale Calculator: How Common Your Proportions Are | CEVO"
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publisher: CEVO (cevolab.com)
method: 478-point MediaPipe face map · 11.7 mm iris ruler · too-close photos are retaken, never edited
last_verified: 2026-10-27
ai_summary: "A free PSL scale calculator that skips the forum rating: add a front photo to see how common your eye tilt, face width and jaw are among real adults. The photo stays in your browser. 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."
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# PSL scale calculator. See how common your proportions are.

> **AI & Retrieval Summary (`ai-summary`):** A free PSL scale calculator that skips the forum rating: add a front photo to see how common your eye tilt, face width and jaw are among real adults. The photo stays in your browser. 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.

- **Canonical HTML Route:** [https://cevolab.com/tools/psl-scale-calculator](https://cevolab.com/tools/psl-scale-calculator)
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- **Free scan from one front photo:** [https://cevolab.com/start](https://cevolab.com/start?utm_source=seo&utm_medium=markdown&utm_campaign=psl-scale-calculator)
- **Meta Description:** A free PSL scale calculator that skips the forum rating: add a front photo to see how common your eye tilt, face width and jaw are among real adults.

Pick a face or add your photo to see how your eye tilt, face width and jaw compare with real adults. The dots find your face; drag any that are off.

Free, and your photo never leaves this device. Glasses off, hair off your cheeks, phone at eye level.

## What your result means

- **Typical isn't low** Forums put most people near the bottom. Here, typical means where most adults measure.
- **Each measure stands alone** Nothing adds up into one number. Standing out on one is common.
- **The photo matters** A close phone narrows the face and shrinks the jaw. Shoot from about 1.5 m (5 ft).

## What you can change

Your bone structure stays the same. Hair, a beard and makeup change how your face width and jaw read.

- Before After **A textured crop, clean-shaven:** Height on top and short sides make a face read longer.
- Before After **A curly bob:** Curls at jaw level add width to the lower face.
- Before After **Tapered curls:** Short sides with curls on top make the face read a little longer. The groomed beard follows the jaw.
- Before After **A butterfly cut in warm brown:** Layers that start below the cheekbones make a face read longer.

CEVO's 169-test reports show this on your own face.

## How the free scan works

1. **Take a selfie:** Prop your phone at eye level, about 1.5 m away. Too close, and CEVO asks for another photo.
2. **See your face shape and what suits you:** Free: your face shape, your strengths and your first tips, in plain words.
3. **Decide if you want more:** See how many more tips are waiting for you. Unlock them only if you want them.

Your face shape and what suits you, free.

## What CEVO gives you. From one selfie.

- **A 478-point face scan:** Every point of your face mapped from one selfie, plus a side photo for your profile.
- **169 tests, region by region:** Twelve regions of your face measured, from brows to jawline, plus the age your face reads as.
- **A natural glow-up on your own face:** Hair, brows and skin changed on your photo. Your bone structure stays as it is.
- **Hairstyles on your own face:** The cuts that suit your face shape, side by side.
- **Brows, beard and makeup:** Brow shape, beard length and makeup picked for your features.
- **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
- $59 Recommended **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
- $119 **Master Suite, the surgery pack:**
  - 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

### What is the PSL scale?

A rating scale from looks forums. Its top was set by a few fashion models, so ordinary faces land low on it.

### Why doesn't this calculator give me a PSL number?

Forum scales rank you against fashion models, and the number changes with every photo. Here you see how common each of three measurements is among men or women.

### Why do my cheekbones and jaw look narrower in a selfie?

A phone at arm's length sits much closer to your nose than to your jaw, so the sides of your face shrink. From 1.5 m (5 ft) you see the full width.

### How is CEVO's scan different?

From one front photo, the free scan tells you your face shape, your strengths and first styling tips, plus how many more tips are waiting. A photo taken too close is retaken.

## How the calculator measures your face

### How the calculator measures your face How forum numbers line up with the real population, the averages we compare you with, what a close selfie does, and the studies behind them.

We measure eye tilt (levelled to the line between your inner eye corners), face width edge to edge at the cheekbones over the height from the top of the eyelids to the upper lip (FWHR), and jaw width against that face width from 10 points; the jaw angle needs a side photo, so this calculator leaves it out. Below: where your face width sits next to other adults, how forum numbers line up with the real population, the averages, and our sources.

### **Where your face width sits next to other adults:**

Most men: 1.8 to 2.1 · the averages raised by 0.1 for front photos; typical range: mean ± 1 SD (16th–84th percentile)

### **Where the PSL scale came from:**

Where did the letters "PSL" come from? Users on looksmaxxing forums made up their own rating shorthand and set its top tiers by a few fashion models photographed under studio lighting with long telephoto lenses. Stretching a tiny slice of people across the upper half of the scale crushed everyone else downward. This calculator skips the scale and says how common each measurement is among ordinary adults.

### **What real population averages look like (and why close selfies skew them):**

Forum threads frequently claim that you need a `+6°` to `+8°` "hunter eye" tilt, an FWHR of `2.0` or higher, and a `110°–115°` jaw angle. When you check actual medical anthropometry datasets ([Farkas et al. 2005](https://doi.org/10.1097/01.scs.0000171847.58031.9e); [Kramer 2017](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2016.12.002); [Mommaerts 2016](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcms.2015.12.012)), a `+8°` tilt and a `110°–115°` jaw angle sit outside where most adults measure, while an FWHR of `2.0` is ordinary (mid-range for men, the top of the range for women) and a `+6°` tilt is the top of the usual range, not a minimum. Here are the averages:

Eye tilt +4° · Face width (FWHR) 2.0 · Jaw width 80% of face width

Eye tilt +8° · Face width (FWHR) 2.0 · Jaw width 77% of face width

Eye tilt +8° · Face width (FWHR) 1.9 · Jaw width 76% of face width

| Facial measurement | Exaggerated forum claim | Real male norm (mean ± SD) | Real female norm (mean ± SD) | Typical range (16th–84th percentile) | What a close selfie does |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Canthal Tilt (Eye Angle)** Inner to outer eye corner | "You need +6° to +8° tilt" | +3.1° ± 1.9° | +4.2° ± 2.0° | +1.2°–+5.0° (M) · +2.2°–+6.2° (W); the calculator rounds to whole degrees: +1° to +5° (M), +2° to +6° (W) | Holding the phone below eye level makes the eyes look less tilted. |
| **Face width (FWHR)** Face width edge to edge at the cheekbones ÷ height from the top of the eyelids to the upper lip. Measured this way, front photos read about 0.1 wider than these averages, so the calculator adds 0.1 to them before comparing (men 1.94, women 1.89). | "Anything under 2.0 is narrow" | 1.84 ± 0.13 | 1.79 ± 0.12 | 1.71–1.97 (M) · 1.67–1.91 (W) | A close selfie shrinks the outer cheekbone width, so FWHR reads lower. |
| **Jaw angle** Ear to jaw corner to chin | "Must be 110°–115° square" | 122.4° ± 5.2° | 125.8° ± 5.4° | 117.2°–127.6° (M) · 120.4°–131.2° (W) | Turning the head or bending the neck changes a jaw angle read from a photo. |
| **Jaw width** Jaw width ÷ face width. 3D-scan averages, taken at the jaw corners. On a front photo the calculator reads the jaw edge level with the mouth, which comes out a little narrower, so it compares you with front-photo averages: men 78.5% ± 4.8% (typical 73.7%–83.3%), women 74.2% ± 4.5% (typical 69.7%–78.7%). | "Jaw must equal cheekbone width (95%+)" | 82.5% ± 4.8% | 76.2% ± 4.5% | 77.7%–87.3% (M) · 71.7%–80.7% (W) | The jaw corners sit further back than the cheekbones, so a close selfie makes the jaw look narrower. |

### **Why comparing your phone selfie with a long-lens model photo isn't fair:**

The biggest mistake people make on lookism or rating forums is taking an arm's-length smartphone selfie in bathroom overhead lighting and comparing it side-by-side with a professional fashion photograph shot from much further away with a long telephoto lens ([Třebický et al. 2016](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0149313); [Ward et al. 2018](https://doi.org/10.1001/jamafacial.2018.0009)). Here is how the camera and everyday styling change what you see, without touching bone:

#### **A 30 cm selfie vs. a 1.5 m portrait:**

At arm's length your nose tip is much closer to the lens than your cheekbones and jaw corners, so the nose looks about 4% wider and the jaw about 3% narrower at `30 cm` than at `1.5 m` ([CEVO's selfie study](https://cevolab.com/research/24mm-selfie-distortion-study); measured against the cheekbones, [Ward et al. 2018](https://doi.org/10.1001/jamafacial.2018.0009) put the nose at about 30%), and the jaw corners hide behind the cheeks. Stepping back to `1.5 m` shows your true jaw and cheekbone width. 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.

#### **Height on top or fuller sides:**

Instead of chasing a forum number, use your face width (FWHR) to pick your haircut. If the calculator says your face is wider than most, add textured height on top with a clean taper on the sides. If it is narrower than most, keep scissor-cut fullness at the sides and a forehead fringe rather than a high skin fade.

#### **Stubble at a narrow jaw:**

If your jaw is narrow next to your cheekbones, keeping squared stubble at the jaw corners and trimming a crisp line just above the neck crease makes the lower face read wider.

#### **Why losing face fat shows the bone you already have:**

Most people whose cheekbones look narrow on a selfie have normal bone width under soft fullness in the lower cheeks. Losing body fat thins that soft tissue and the padding under the jaw while the bone stays the same width, so the cheekbones and jaw corners stand out more.

### **Sources:**

1. Farkas LG, Katic MJ, Forrest CR, et al. (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](https://doi.org/10.1097/01.scs.0000171847.58031.9e)PMID: 16096529
2. Mommaerts MY (2016). *The ideal male jaw angle – An Internet survey.* Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery, 44(4), 381–391. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2015.12.012](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcms.2015.12.012)
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](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2016.12.002)
4. Upadhyay RB, Upadhyay J, Agrawal P, Rao NN (2012). *Evaluation of gonial angle in relation to age and gender on lateral cephalograms.* Journal of Forensic Dental Sciences, 4(1), 29–33. [DOI: 10.4103/0975-1475.99160](https://doi.org/10.4103/0975-1475.99160)
5. Třebický V, Fialová J, Stella D, et al. (2016). *Focal Length Affects Depicted Shape and Perception of Facial Images.* PLoS ONE, 11(2), e0149313. [DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149313](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0149313)
6. Ward B, Ward M, Fried O, Paskhover B (2018). *Nasal Distortion in Short-Distance Photographs: The Selfie Effect.* JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery, 20(4), 333–335. [DOI: 10.1001/jamafacial.2018.0009](https://doi.org/10.1001/jamafacial.2018.0009)PMID: 29494735

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| Tier | Price | Delivery | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Free scan | $0 | A few minutes | One front photo: your face shape, your strengths and your first tips in plain words, plus a count of the tips your report unlocks ([cevolab.com/start](https://cevolab.com/start)) |
| Basic Readout | $29 | Within 24 hours after the photo is accepted | Up to 10 front tests and a facial balance breakdown, feature by feature (front photo only) |
| Complete Clinical Dossier | $59 | Within 24 hours after the photos are accepted | A side photo and the 169-test analysis, your facial age, a natural glow-up on your own face, up to 3 hairstyle renders, brow, makeup or beard previews and a 90-day routine |
| Master Suite (the surgery pack) | $119 | Within 24 hours after the photos are accepted | Everything in the $59 report plus the surgical simulation, up to 10 hairstyle renders, a surgeon PDF and quarterly re-scans |

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