Ren Yeung already knew she had a longer face — it was the realization that she had a long midface that surprised her. “I didn’t realize the section of your face matters, whether you have a long chin, long forehead, or long midface,” she says. That is, until TikToks about “facial harmony” crossed her feed. At first, the 28-year-old figured the trend was harmless, just another filter fad .

“Everyone has been talking about how to shorten your midface because apparently having a long midface is ugly,” says one woman on the app. “Long midface, that’s not what you want,” warns another . Naturally, there are filters available to diagnose yourself with a “long” or “short” midface. There are also workarounds: “If you’re someone with a longer midface, here are style tips to increase you

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