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These are the most desirable pair of lips in the world, according to science… so do YOU agree with the results?

Big boobs, a big butt and big lips. Exaggerated features have been ‘in’ for the best part of a decade.

But several studies covered by DailyMail.com in recent years have shown that bigger is not always better when it comes to breasts and buttocks.

And now research has shown that lips can be added to the list of features that are better in moderation – in a blow to Kylie Jenner and the millions of women who use high doses of lip filler.

Researchers asked men and women to rate five pairs of lips, of varying sizes, that were superimposed on the same woman’s face. They found moderation was key — not too large and not too thin.

The above lips were ranked the most attractive

The above lips were ranked the second most attractive

The above lips were ranked the third most attractive

ADDING RANKS: The lips were ranked from first place to last place based on their overall score, with 1 being the most desirable and 5 the least desirable. The percentage number at the bottom of the images indicates the lip size relative to the stock image – with 100 percent indicating no change

The above lips were ranked fourth out of the five lips in the study

The above lips were ranked the least attractive

ADDING RANKS: The above shows the lips that came fourth (left) and the lips that were ranked the least attractive (right). Researchers said people preferred more natural appearing lips

Dr Sebastian Cotofana, an anatomist formerly at the Mayo Clinic who was involved in the study, said: ‘Everything is about proportion. 

‘If you take large lips and put them on a slimmer face… it might not look beautiful.’

For the study, researchers in Germany recruited 59 men and women — mostly with no medical backgrounds and from white backgrounds who were in their 30s.

Participants were shown five digitally-altered images of a woman ‘in her 20s’ — each with different sized lips.

They rated the images from one to five based on how attractive they were, where one was the least attractive and five was the most attractiveness.

Kylie Jenner pictured in 2010

Kylie Jenner pictured in 2023

Kylie Jenner is pictured above in 2010, left, and in 2023, right. She is famous for using a large amount of lip filler

Their answers were then averaged to reveal which lips were the most appealing.

The winner was the woman’s natural lips, which received an average score of 4.56 out of five.

Second place were the lips that were 15 percent larger than her natural size, with a score of 4.48.

And third place were the lips that were 15 percent smaller than her natural size, with a score of 2.52.

In last place were the largest lips — a third bigger than normal — with a score of 1.56. 

The study also tracked participants eyes to try to determine which they found most appealing.

This revealed people stared for longer at larger lips — but Dr Cotofana said this could actually suggest they found them less appealing.

He suggested people have an ‘inward ideal’ of beauty and when something doesn’t match this they need to collect more ‘visual information’ — stare at it for longer — in order to understand the ‘mismatch’.

A number of celebrities are famous for packing their lips with filler to give them a much plumper and fuller look such as Kylie Jenner and Ariana Grande.

And their star power is prompting others to get the injections — with nearly 1.4million American women getting the injections in their lips last year alone according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons annual report.

There is no age breakdown of patients available — but the fillers are not just a hit with youngsters.

Ariana Grande shown above in 2010

And again in 2018 after having 'tons' of lip filler

Ariana Grande, pictured left in 2010 and right in 2018, has previously tearfully admitted to having tons of lip filler

Jessica Simpson pictured above

And again this year with much fuller looking lips

Jessica Simpson pictured above in th early 2000s and again this year with a much fuller set of lips

The student before: Andrea has been warned against having any more filler injected in her lips, as it could be fatal

The former philosophy student began her transformation in 2018, and says she is not afraid of her lips ever bursting

Andrea Ivanova from Sofia, Bulgaria, and a former philosophy student began her transformation in 2018, and says she is not afraid of her lips ever bursting 

Doctors say older women are increasingly coming forward to get the fillers in order to make their face appear younger.

The latest study has many limitations. 

For one, all the lips shown in the study had a ratio of 1:1.6 — meaning the bottom lip is about 60 percent larger than the top lip — which is considered to be the ‘golden’, or most attractive, ratio among Caucasian women.

The fact the example woman already had a perfect ration may have skewed the findings, the researchers admit. 

Dr Cotofana told DailyMail.com the scientists used the stock image of a woman who appeared to be in her 20s for the study.

‘We just set it as our standard that the lips that belong to the face are 100 percent,’ he said, ‘we went from 100 percent and decreased down to 70 percent or up’.

‘But we didn’t change any of the facial proportions. We just changed the lip volume.’

In the paper, led by scientists at Ludwig-Maximilian University in Germany, they wrote: ‘Our results could potentially indicate that the metrics of attention might not be associated with the “beauty” or “aesthetic appeal” of the content presented.

‘Rather, it could be reflective of the cognitive processing of the observers [time needed to adjust].

‘Less attractive content captures the observer’s attention more quickly yet needs more time to be processed.

‘On the same note, receiving substantial attention in real life after an aesthetic intervention might not be reflective of a “beautiful” outcome.’

The study was published in the journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery


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