Captain Horatio Hornblower
Captain Horatio Hornblower
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Topics: 6 / Replies: 46
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RE: is their a connection between muscle mass and facial developmend

My broscientific guess: more muscle mass -> more prenatal testosterone and better development -> better bones, FWHR , etc

3 years ago
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RE: Male-pattern baldness and CFD

Funny, I noticed the same with me. I have an overly sloped forehead and unfortunately I suffer from premature hair loss.

3 years ago
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RE: I want to believe in mewing but I am losing faith

But how are we supposed to "stimulate" it and how is hormonal profile linked to it?

3 years ago
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RE: I want to believe in mewing but I am losing faith

I don't want to call helmut a scammer because I appreciated the fact that he tried to help the community on top of being kind to everyone, etc, and ca...

3 years ago
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RE: Does a big hooked nose always mean recessed maxilla?

@elwynn That's obviously true but if a nose is so big that it proportionally doesn't fit into your face then how is it possible to have good forward g...

3 years ago
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RE: Mewing Effect on Nose

I can attest to the same experience some people here have described. The bump on my nose has decreased. I can still remember how my nose used to look ...

3 years ago
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RE: Does a big hooked nose always mean recessed maxilla?

Out of proportion nose = always CFD because a big and hooked nose can hardly allow good forward growth and don't mention Gandy because his nose is not...

3 years ago
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RE: I want to believe in mewing but I am losing faith

@azrael I'm 20. I started chin tucking, perfectioning my lip seal and mewing harder 5 months ago, before that only mewed . I don't hard mew constantly...

3 years ago
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RE: I want to believe in mewing but I am losing faith

@eddiemoney I don't know if my palate has expanded, I didn't measure it but I am sure my face has expanded a bit. I definitely gained some widht but m...

3 years ago
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RE: Show me good forward growth

I also want to point out that she looks worse in the after picture because her chin looks recessed, her jaw weak and her maxilla looks vertically grow...

3 years ago
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RE: Show me good forward growth

@eddiemoney Now this is getting laughable. Her eye shape is top tier, maybe not super rare or cat like but still top tier. Eye color is absolutely not...

3 years ago
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RE: Show me good forward growth

Her development is exceptional, I don't know how you could even consider her having average development. Also if she hadn't good development she would...

3 years ago
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RE: Show me good forward growth

@eddiemoney My opinion is a bit different. My conception of good bone developments consists of the three dimensions: broadness, lenght and definition....

3 years ago
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RE: Show me good forward growth

@eddiemoney I absolutely agree that women don't need as much bone mass as men to look good but they still need some. Look up Hilary Rhonda. She has pr...

3 years ago
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RE: Show me good forward growth

@silver If that's only "decent" then I must be deformed lol. Obviously I'm comparing to modern standard and not to the prehistoric ideal. Also that mo...

3 years ago
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RE: Show me good forward growth

I know I shouldn't bump old threads but I had to post this guy (Mike Gioia). Textbook example of optimal forward growth: low gonial angle, good maxill...

3 years ago
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RE: Received advice for my vertical maxillary excess but unsure what to think

So you mean you have a vertically long nose (sorry didn't see your pic because my browser won't open it)? How to correct it, that's the one million do...

3 years ago
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RE: Jaws: Masseter pattern vs Temporal pattern

@eddiemoney Look up Andreas Eriksen for example. He is well known for having 'big' cheekbones but his temples are still wider.

3 years ago
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RE: Jaws: Masseter pattern vs Temporal pattern

@progress It feels forced , like I have to engage the muscles of my mouth area to keep the molars apart. When the molars are in contact these muscles ...

3 years ago
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RE: Jaws: Masseter pattern vs Temporal pattern

@eddiemoney I don't know how I could take a pic of this because my mouth would be closed but I feel like my molars "attract" each other while doing th...

3 years ago
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RE: "Mike you genius!!!! Thanks, another stone in the wall that we are building here. #mikemew" Sleeping on the floor.

I don't know if sleeping on the back is the natural sleeping position. Maybe it was common in prehistoric times where CFD didn't exist but now it's al...

3 years ago
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RE: Jaws: Masseter pattern vs Temporal pattern

Also, am I the only one whose molars automatically approach each other when I do the lip seal? Maybe molars should really be in contact.

3 years ago
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RE: Jaws: Masseter pattern vs Temporal pattern

@eddiemoney Ideally, the upper half of the head should be only somewhat larger than the zygos, at least that's what many people with good craniofacial...

3 years ago
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RE: Jaws: Masseter pattern vs Temporal pattern

...a large temporalis proportion is associated with a relatively antero-posteriorly elongated neurocranium and mandibular ramus, wider upper face and ...

3 years ago
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RE: Short faces: weak projection, minimal growth

This reminds me of a guy I saw once. He had a very short face, his nose was very short but straight, his chin projected noticeably as if he had an Hab...

3 years ago
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RE: Under eye support

@fanaticmind Gotta agree with you. If there's a feature of my face that is found in classically handsome men that's high and decently protruding cheek...

3 years ago
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RE: The maxilla doesn't drop down and back, pushing up doesn't do anything, and "downswung" jaws are just a lack of forward growth.

@sinned To your original post: The thing is that my mandible and ramus are actually decently long, still my gonial angle is quite high (about 135 degr...

3 years ago
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RE: The maxilla doesn't drop down and back, pushing up doesn't do anything, and "downswung" jaws are just a lack of forward growth.

I can understand your scepticism. I've never seen anyone who managed to move his maxilla up and forward thanks to mewing. On the other hand, I can att...

3 years ago
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RE: Why mewing doesn't work

@eddiemoney Eddie, I know you are a supporter of the 'expansion before upswing' theory but let me argue that upswing is as important as expansion. A l...

3 years ago
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RE: Male vs Female- Who has the most counter clockwise maxilla?

@eddiemoney I think it has to do with the fact that males naturally have bigger and overall more massive rami. Women have smaller and shorter rami , s...

3 years ago
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RE: Mewing doesn't work, chewing doesn't work, chin tucking doesn't work, face pulling doesnt work.

@oatmeal Yeah, well, I think many of us have been there. We knew something was wrong when we saw our side profile for the first time in late puberty. ...

3 years ago
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RE: Male vs Female- Who has the most counter clockwise maxilla?

Pertinent to the thread, both are supermodels but look at the difference in their maxillae...

3 years ago
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RE: Mewing doesn't work, chewing doesn't work, chin tucking doesn't work, face pulling doesnt work.

@facegettingworseandworse This. Mewing was introduced years ago, in 2019 we should have already reached the point where the initial sceptical phase is...

3 years ago
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RE: Mewing doesn't work, chewing doesn't work, chin tucking doesn't work, face pulling doesnt work.

So mouthbreathing, having a forward head posture, crowded teeth, blocked nasal airways are the natural ways of life?

3 years ago
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RE: Ramus Length

@eddiemoney I would say you have changed your point of view since then

3 years ago
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RE: Example of excellent facial development with a 'kind of long' midface

@eddiemoney They probably were trying to say that his phenotype would fit more in Northern/ Central Europe than in Turkey. And yeah, you said it yours...

4 years ago
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RE: Be honest, has mewing really worked for you?

@kyte I'm on the same boat. High gonial angle, protruding lower lip area (due to chin recession). Honestly, I've seen cases where the mandible untuck...

4 years ago
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RE: Nasal Airway Blockage While Mewing

@mewcultist When I started mewing my nasal airways were extremely bad. I could barely breathe through my nose, it felt obstructed. So, I would say I p...

4 years ago
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RE: Male vs Female- Who has the most counter clockwise maxilla?

A very forward grown maxilla is actually a feminine trait and also more ideal in women. Men have longer lower thirds due to larger jaw size and teeth....

4 years ago
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RE: Is there such a thing as a phenotypically long midface?

@eddiemoney Yes, I see your point. That's probably why someone like George Clooney is never mistaken for a Southern European despite his dark colourin...

4 years ago
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RE: Is there such a thing as a phenotypically long midface?

@eddiemoney On average, correct, but it's kind of a common belief that Caucasians have a longer nose the further south you go. The stereotypical nordi...

4 years ago
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RE: Nasal Airway Blockage While Mewing

It took me almost one year of mewing to completely liberate my nasal airways. I know because I used to meditate from time to time and I remember being...

4 years ago
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RE: My experience with mewing

@eddiemoney Yes, my teeth are always in contact in a slight overbite position

4 years ago
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RE: My experience with mewing

@elwynn 1. Honestly, not even now does the posterior part of my tongue touch the palate.. 2. I didn't know of IMW back then so I didn't take any measu...

4 years ago
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RE: My experience with mewing

@oatmeal Well, it's a normal feature in men but my forehead is excessively sloping

4 years ago
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