What a negative canthal tilt means

The line runs from the inner corner to the outer corner. It is compared with the line joining the two inner corners, not with the edge of the photo. When the outer corner is the lower end of that line, the angle is negative. When the average is under 0°, you have a negative canthal tilt.

One eye can dip while the other does not. The band follows the average, so a low left eye is not automatically a negative canthal tilt. If the other eye holds the mean at 0° or above, the average is not a negative canthal tilt. The reverse happens too. A mild dip on both eyes can make a negative canthal tilt even when neither eye looks dramatic in the mirror. Read all three numbers. The label is only the average.

0° is not a negative canthal tilt. The negative band is strictly under 0°. From 0° through 4° the average is neutral, so that range is not a negative canthal tilt. Above 4° is positive, and that is not a negative canthal tilt either. Those cuts match the measuring page.

Head tilt is already subtracted. A cocked head is not, by itself, a negative canthal tilt. Roll, the side-to-side tilt of the whole head, comes out before the number is shown. If you tipped your head for the selfie, that tip is not the negative canthal tilt on the screen.

Use the canthal tilt tool. Upload a front-facing photo, or take one. The browser finds the eye corners and reports left, right and the average, in degrees. The photo never leaves your device. The tool does not build a new face, and it does not retouch the one you added.

A negative canthal tilt on that tool is an average under 0°. Mirrors flip the picture, and a quick look is a poor way to call a negative canthal tilt. Degrees are less dramatic than a hunch. That is why the tool exists.

Shoot it so the negative canthal tilt has a chance of describing a resting face. Face the camera, both eyes visible, nose toward the lens. Keep a level gaze, with the lens about at eye height, not down by your chest. Use a natural expression, not a squint and not a posed smile. Use even light from the front, so both outer corners are easy to see.

A negative canthal tilt from a photo that ignored those points is a reading of that photo. If you care about the resting angle, shoot again and compare. Same file, same device, the calculated negative canthal tilt should match on a second run. A new photo is allowed to disagree, because a negative canthal tilt depends on where the corners land.

Several ordinary things pull the outer corner down in the frame, or hide it so the marked point sits low. Any of them can produce a negative canthal tilt, or make a real negative canthal tilt look steeper, without the resting face having changed.

You hold the lens below your eyes and look down into it. A negative canthal tilt from that setup is a suspect number. Raise the phone to about eye height, look into the lens, and measure the negative canthal tilt again.

You squint, frown, or tighten the lower lid. Those pull the outer corner down. A negative canthal tilt shot mid-squint is the squint. Let the face rest and measure again if you want the resting negative canthal tilt, not the expression.

Hard light from one side cuts a shadow through the outer corner. Even light, a window you are facing, clears this kind of fake negative canthal tilt more often than people expect. If you cannot see the outer corner, the negative canthal tilt is not ready to read.

The head is turned, not merely tilted. Roll is subtracted. A turn toward one shoulder is not. One side can show a negative canthal tilt that a straight-on photo does not.

The camera is very close. A front lens almost on the nose stretches the middle of the face and can shift the corners. A negative canthal tilt that appears only at that distance is worth retesting from arm's length. If the negative canthal tilt disappears, it was the lens. If it remains, the close shot was not the whole story.

Hair, a glasses frame, or a beauty filter covers or redraws the outer corner. The measurement uses the picture, filter included. A negative canthal tilt that vanishes when you turn the filter off belonged to the filter. Move hair and frames off the corner for the same reason.

None of this is a way to change your eyes. A retake can move the number on a negative canthal tilt. That is not the same as removing a negative canthal tilt from your face. It means the first picture was a bad witness.

This page will not tell you how to remove a negative canthal tilt, train it out, or tape it. It does not recommend surgery for a negative canthal tilt. It does not recommend a treatment, an exercise, or a product. A negative canthal tilt is a normal difference in appearance.

If the worry is medical, this article cannot take it. Pain, a sudden change, a new droop, trouble seeing: ask a licensed professional. Do not treat a negative canthal tilt from a selfie as a medical finding, and do not treat these paragraphs as care advice.

A flattering angle can change how a negative canthal tilt looks in a photo. It does not change the eye. A negative canthal tilt that is still there on a straight, level, evenly lit photo is a normal difference in that picture of your face.

A negative canthal tilt is one angle. A psl rating is a separate estimate: twelve ratios from one photo, a score from 0 to 8, a band, and four category scores, measured in the browser, photo staying on the device. There is a men's version and a women's version. On the same device, the same photo gives the same score. Neither number is a verdict on a person. A negative canthal tilt does not settle what you are like.

If you only needed the eye angle, measure it and stop. The canthal tilt tool returns the degrees. Come back if the average is under 0°. A negative canthal tilt is a low outer corner on that measurement, often exaggerated by the photo, and a normal difference when the careful shot still shows it.