RA Week 3 facial profiles: concave, convex, and vertical

convex nasal profile

(roman aquiline) nasal profile which exhibits a hump in its linear form

concave profile

basic facial profile in which the forehead protrudes beyond the eyebrows while the chin protrudes beyond the plane of the upper lip (infantine, retrousse)

convex profile

basic profile form in which the forehead recedes from the eyebrows while the chin recedes from the plane of the upper lip MOST COMMON

convex

curved evenly; resembling a segment of the outer edge of a sphere

concave nasal profile

depressed profile form which may dip concavely from root to tip

concave

exhibiting a depressed or hollow surface; a concavity

concave-convex profile

facial profile variation in which the forehead protrudes beyond the eyebrows while the chin recedes from the upper lip

concave-vertical profile

facial profile variation in which the forehead protrudes beyond the eyebrows while the upper lip and chin project equally to an imaginary vertical line

vertical-concave profile

one in which the forehead and the eyebrows project equally to a vertical line and the chin protrudes more than the upper lip

vertical-convex profile

one in which the forehead and the eyebrows project equally to a vertical line and the chin recedes from the projection of the upper lip

vertical profile

one in which the forehead, upper lip, and chin project equally to an imaginary vertical line

vertical

perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; balanced

convex-vertical profile

profile variation in which the forehead recedes from the eyebrows while the chin and upper project equally to an imaginary vertical line

convex-concave profile

profile variation in which the forehead recedes from the eyebrows while the chin protrudes beyond the plane of the upper lip