Background and Objective: The golden proportion or phi is 1.618. The Golden Ratio is believed to be a blueprint for facial features that conform to beauty. Our study aims at finding the ratio between the length of the face and the width of the face and correlate it with the golden ratio. Materials and Methods: One hundred students studying first phase of MBBS at Navodaya Medical College, Raichur were included in this study, belonging to the age group of 17 to 19 years. The length and width of the face were calculated from their black and white profile photographs using vernier calipers. Results: In the male group, the mean vertical length of the face was 16.44 cms (+1.31), the mean width of the face was 11.40 cms (+1.09) and the mean ratio of length to width of face was 1.45 (+0.17). In the female group, the mean vertical length of the face was 15.67 cms (+2.16), the mean width of the face was 10.58 cms (+0.71) and the mean ratio of length to width of face was 1.50 (+0.26). None of the 100 participants had the length to breadth ratio equal to golden ratio (1.61). Conclusion: The human face follows the golden ratio. The nearer the face size is to the golden ratio, the more attractive is the face of that person. In our study, we found that the size of the face was more close to the golden ratio in the female group than the male group. The golden ratio has been considered useful for maxilla-facial and facial plastic surgeries.

Keywords: Face; Beauty; Human; Photographs; Golden Ratio