Although it is normally imagined that women seek out cosmetic surgery simply to be more beautiful, other effects can be achieved by surgery. And despite the sense many have that cosmetic surgery is frivolous, it can give an appearance of great seriousness. If we look at the Academy Awards nominees for actresses and supporting actresses, we can see what makes a woman’s face look serious. In particular, nominees Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton are not only consistently chosen for serious, ground-breaking roles, but they have received numerous nominations and awards.
What gives these women their dramatic presence? A fair part of it is of course their acting ability, their ability to convey real, deep, and varied emotion, such as Cate Blanchett’s conflicted romance in Notes on a Scandal, where she held her own against superb actress Dame Judy Dench, or Tilda Swinton’s screen-stealing dissolution under stress in Michael Clayton. But these women also have serious faces that immediately establish their significance in any scene. The secret to the gravitas of these women’s faces is their high cheeks and the overall narrowness of their physiognomies. Traditionally, the ideal is for women’s faces to be rounded, while men’s faces are more vertical. By partaking of this masculine character, these women are better able to visually compete with men on a level playing field, and are even able to take masculine or androgynous roles, such as Blanchett’s nominated role as a facet of Bob Dylan in I’m Not There or Swinton’s role as the angel Gabriel in Constantine.
If you think a more serious face might be able to help you stand your ground in a field dominated by men, cosmetic surgery can help you. Cheek implants can give your face a more vertical appearance by accentuating your cheekbones over the soft flesh of your cheeks.
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