Can a smile really make you look better ?

@ronnyb (6113)
Jamaica
December 19, 2008 8:28am CST
I am always hearing persons say "you look better when you smile " but to what extent is this true and what exactly are they talking about .It could be a physical "looking better" as a smile couldn’t rearrange a physically unattractive face or is it just a case of looking better and not necessarily classically pretty ?.Maybe its a metaphorical situation which really means you look easier on the eyes or you look approachable....I don’t know . Please analyze this statement for me and tell me what it means ?
7 responses
@regal_aeros (2605)
• Singapore
20 Dec 08
you're right. did you know a happy person actually can look younger than a grouchy person! My mum has been complaining i always have a bitter gourd face and that's it's such a pity cause i look good when i smile. she says whenever i pull a long face i look very arrogant (and more than one person has told me this) but when i smile, i look so much more fun and approachable. but honestly, i can't go round smiling at everybody i see that crosses my path can i. they might think i'm some psycho.
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• Singapore
20 Dec 08
yup. so be sure to smile more, for the more you smile, the younger you look. (or what some say) but there is also the worrying factor of wrinkle lines eh. you know those creases that appear when you smile. yea.
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@ronnyb (6113)
• Jamaica
20 Dec 08
oh my lol, another thing I didnt think about ,where do you get these ideas lol
@ronnyb (6113)
• Jamaica
20 Dec 08
I knew about the approachability aspect of it but i didnt think about the age component and yes youare right also.Than you for your response
@rvangeld (334)
• United States
19 Dec 08
I think that it means that the person looks more approachable and easier to talk to, making the person look better. It does not mean that the face looks rearranged, it is more of an approachability factor.
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@ronnyb (6113)
• Jamaica
19 Dec 08
yes thats what I thought too
@rvangeld (334)
• United States
19 Dec 08
It is mostly about perception and how people look at things.
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@ronnyb (6113)
• Jamaica
19 Dec 08
I agree with once again,sometimes someone may seem agressive and ugly at first but then they smile and you see an inner beauty you didn see at first.Thanks foryour response as always
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@mae1216 (658)
• Philippines
20 Dec 08
I must say YES! But I never experienced to be happy full..
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@ronnyb (6113)
• Jamaica
20 Dec 08
So sorry you have never experienced full happiness but I doubt anyone has and that is why we have to relish those moments when we are happy and smile.Just smile and let our happiness show
@MizzLadyB08 (1174)
• United States
19 Dec 08
I guess it can and you better hope there isn't anything in your teeth, now that is very unattractive.
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@ronnyb (6113)
• Jamaica
20 Dec 08
lol you are right ,I never thought about that but if there is nothing in your teeth ,what do you think lol. Thank you for your comment
@suzzy3 (8341)
19 Dec 08
It depends on the state of your teeth,but on the whole yes,it makes you look cheerful and more approachable,if you walk around miserable you depress others around you.Smiling does make you show your feelings and I love it when people smile it shows that they are happy.xx
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@ronnyb (6113)
• Jamaica
19 Dec 08
lol,I can see how smiling might not improve your looks when yousmile ,never thought of that .Yes everyone loves a happy person ,a moper just kills the day for you
• China
19 Dec 08
Yes, I must say. Tell you a true story, when I in my middle school, the first day, the teacher told me and the other girl on duty, I am a shy girl and for the first time I met that girl, so I didn't know how to communicaite with her, at that time she smiled to me, at that moment I suddent found smile to the stranger was such a magical thing, from that time on, I learnt to smile when I saw someone who I meet the first time.
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@ronnyb (6113)
• Jamaica
19 Dec 08
I get the point you are making and I never doubt the value of a smile in making someone approachable
• Qatar
20 Dec 08
Smile has a lots of meaning. Smile can make a difference. A smile can bring joy to others. A sincere smile well bring the positive message that we are willing to lend a hand and willing to be friends wd anybody. Some people says that you look good when you are smiling. What about when you are not smiling, so it means that you dont look good as when you smiles? Always remember to be happy because you never know who's falling in love with your smile.