The VergeвЂ™s James Bareham and Sean OвЂ™Kane discuss which phones have the best portrait modes.ДЇor photography pros, the results make sense. They found that close-ups distort the nose, making it appear about 30 percent wider for men and 29 percent wider for women, according to a paper published today in the journal JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery. The team calculated how much bigger the nose would appear in a photo taken at selfie distance 12 inches away, or regular portrait distance five feet away. So he teamed up with a computer scientist to create a model of the average human head. вЂњI went out to prove why selfies donвЂ™t look like the real person, why theyвЂ™re distorted.вЂќ вЂњThey take out their phone and they say, вЂLook at this picture, look how big my nose looks,вЂ™вЂќ he says. But selfies donвЂ™t actually reflect what people look like in the flesh, says Paskhover, who works at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. Last year, more than half of plastic surgeons were approached by patients who wanted to look better in selfies, according to a survey by the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. So maybe hold off on that nose job - at least, until youвЂ™ve seen a decent portrait photo of yourself. Your nose isnвЂ™t actually as big as it looks in selfies, says facial plastic surgeon Boris Paskhover.

Selfie camera lens distortion