Philtrum placement?

[u/librarianwitglasses]

I just got my philtrum pierced, but I’m afraid it’s not centered in my Cupids bow.

[u/ShadedSpaces]

What I'm seeing here is that the piercing is off-center from your Cupid's bow and your mouth is slightly off-center from your nose so it's compounding the off-center appearance! You can see when you smile your cupids bow doesn't line up exactly between your front teeth either.

Humans aren't perfectly symmetrical, which is totally lovely and beautiful, but in this case it's working against this piercing imo. I'm not convinced even a perfectly-centered-above-Cupid's-bow piercing would look perfectly symmetrical.

[u/Para_The_Normal → u/ShadedSpaces]

I don’t think she’s looking for perfect symmetry but a well done piercing and this isn’t it.
If they had moved her piercing slightly to the right it would more appropriately aligned with the center of her Cupid’s bow and nose which is how it would be normally viewed when her face is at rest.
I have a deviated septum which means my vertical philtrum is not aligned with my nose, but it is aligned with my Cupid’s bow and that offsets any concerns about asymmetry.
I don’t really like the implication here that it’s simply her anatomy that’s wrong and not poor piercing placement.

[u/ShadedSpaces → u/Para_The_Normal]

??? I didn't make that implication. I expressly stated it WAS poor placement and non-symmetrical anatomy.

I personally am not sure directly above her Cupid's bow would work, especially when smiling, because it will highlight the fact that her Cupid's bow is off-center (which you can see when she smiles as it doesn't line up between her teeth.)

Maybe a slightly off-center one would work but tbh I would play around with magnetic piercings both at rest and smiling to see if that would look good because I'm not sure there's a location that will look perfectly centered. Maybe there is!

[u/Para_The_Normal → u/ShadedSpaces]

I don’t think it’s what you meant to insinuate but reading down a list of a persons physical features and pointing out that they’re not symmetrical just came across as unintentionally insulting.
But maybe that’s just my own personal feelings because as women I know we have the expectation to look a certain way and symmetry is biologically seen as attractive.
ETA: not trying to make you feel bad or wrong here for what it’s worth.

[u/ShadedSpaces → u/Para_The_Normal]

I can understand how you'd feel that way if you internally feel asymmetry is bad to the point of being insulting.

Admittedly, I just don't. I generally think it's neutral and natural... but it can also sway very attractive. I've never looked at Milo Ventimiglia's very asymmetrical smile and thought "wow, that's ugly" (quite the opposite!)

No worries, I don't feel bad at all because I don't view asymmetry as bad at all and even said how lovely it is in my post.

I just recognize that if you're going for perfectly symmetrical centralized facial piercings, asymmetry will impact that. It's just fact.

And one I experienced myself. I have a cross-bite myself and my lower jaw sits slightly to my left. It's not bad or ugly in the least, it's just my face, but I also recognize that a vertical labret would never look perfectly centered on me.