My nose only looks the same in pics/mirror as real life w/ hard-lighting/shadows - Can drs. account for this in their pics?

April 3, 2016
Asked By:Sim47 in Orange County, CA

Whenever I photograph/look in mirror at my nose, esp tip, under full light, like sunlight or room light, my nose looks significantly aesthetically dif. in mirror/pics than in real life. If I use hard light/shadowed light, where one half of my face is illuminated, & the other part isn't, & I take a pic/look in mirror on the shadowed side, then I'm able to see how my nose/tip really looks. I don't see this really in dr. pics online. (My nose/tip - mid eastern - has lot of irregularities btw)

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