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Is my chin/jaw too big for my face? (Photos)

lucianabiJan 20, 2022
Hello! For the past year or so I started noticing that my chin looked particularly big compared to people from anywhere else. I didn’t particularly see that before, i just thought my face as a whole was ugly but then I realized what made my face look bad was my chin/jaw (and nose). My face shape is an oval and usually oval faces have a wider chin (wider than forehead). Regardless, I feel like I don’t look feminine enough with the way I look.

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