What do you LIKE about your appearance?

I am compelled to post because of this quoted response. i offer no advice; only thoughts as they apply to me. maybe it will resonate with others.

yikes, where to begin? i do believe there is not a face on the planet that is symetrical. i know mine is way way off and has gotten more so over the years. (i'm 71 btw).

They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but it is also in the face of the transmitter. people transmit their deepest feelings. with feelings that are sad, the beholder sees the sadness then loves that person or hates that person accordingly. convey any other feeling, one extreme or another or anywhere in between and whatever that degree is, is how that person will convey something and that will greatly influence that they look to others. same goes for compassion and curelty. every feeling inside and the physical assymetry just makes the person more real and shining whatever it is that is going on in that person's 100%.

my mother looked sad. i guess she was sad inside. my father was most likely a narcissist yet he looked sad too. something more was obviously going on.

i had an uncle who had broken his jaw in the early 1900s. in those days it was not easy to get proper medical treatment and as a result he had to live with a deformed jaw for the rest of his life. it was only after his death that i found that out. but being a child born into an existing family, and he being so kind, i only ever knew him as looking nice. he was the relative i actually enjoyed seeing the most. i never even knew or saw his sadness. you knew what he wanted to convey and he did.

i only just recently realized that i had been brought up in a family that never used the word "love" toward those we loved. i am sure that that lack showed. now with this discovery i am trying to change that. i'm hoping that the love will show in my face. now that i know the importance of using the word, i can still make the change.

i also discovered that when i share what is going on in me, as something that i believe might resonate with someone else, half that time (at least), it is rejected as some kind of hostility. i'm hoping that now with my discovery that i actually can love, that the love will begin to shine through my otherwise cold exterior.

that is my take on how a person looks, as percieved by others as perceived by the self and as influence by facial assymetry. i have a feeling that a person can make their own appearance. as for one special physical attribute, i already posted it here i think. it is my grey naturally curling long hair! 👽

I had grown up in a family that never used the word love either. Later in life when I had my son they started saying those words. I really like your post, you are very wise.. and I'm going to ponder on my sad face and hope I can show love with a better feeling when I look at others. thanks again for posting this!

Been reading some threads here, and though it seems to express itself differently in every person, I also know what it feels like to not like the way I look. Kinda sucks. But I also figure that for most, you have to have at least one physical feature that you like. So here’s a place to remind yourself of that. Don’t be modest, tell us what it is.

One rule: any and all negative comments about yourself are strictly forbidden, and will earn you a stern look of disapproval.

I like my hair. I've always dyed it since turning grey in my 30s but my hairdresser pushed me to stop. It's actually gone a really lovely shade of silver now. I've also had it cut short - a style my ex husband hated but I always loved