The Upgrade of Sasangin Classification Systemby the Morphologic Study of Head and Face:Facial Differences on Sex and Age
Seok Jae-Hwa, Yoon Jong-Hyun, Lee Jun-Hee, Hwang Min-Woo, Cho Yong-Jin*, Kho Byung-Hee, Lee Eui-Ju, Song Il-Byung
Dept. of Sasang Constitutional Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung-hee Univ.*Cho Yong-Jin's Facial Laboratory
1. Objectives
Facial features are the important personal characteristics. As a study of all the standardization research about the morphology of face and head, this study was carried out to find the differences according to sex, age.
2. Methods
We have collected 1140 cases of patients of the Sasang Constitutional Department of Kyung-Hee Medical Center and Kangnam Kyung-Hee Oriental Hospital. we took pictures their frontal view, lateral view of face and measured height, breaths and projected length of face with Face Features Measurement Program(FFMP) and analyzed shape differences of face according to sex, age.
3. Results
We got the morphologic characteristics of face according to sex, age. And we will upgrade the Sasangin Classification System by this Morphologic study of Head and Face.
4. Conclusions
1) The morphologic characteristics of face according to sex
① A man's head is longer and wider than a woman's in most measurement.
② A woman's eye is bigger in height than man's.
③ A woman's face is looked full-filled than man's.
④ A man's polion is higher than pupil but a woman's polion is lower than pupil.
2) The morphologic characteristics of face according to age
① Young age's forehead is longer and higher than old age's.
② Young age's eyebrow is wider than old age's
③ Young age's eye is bigger in height than old age's
④ Old age's nose is longer, wider and lower than young age's
⑤ Old age's ear is longer than young age's
⑥ Old age's bigonial breath is wider than young age's
⑦ Old age's low face is extinguished than you age's