Do Mirrors Make You Look Thinner

This happens when the mirror isn t properly flat.

Do mirrors make you look thinner.

In gyms the top of the mirror is made to lean forward slightly making your upper body closer to the mirror which in turn will make you look bigger. With patent pending technology the mirror whittles your. Although you left the house looking like a 10 those awkward group selfies make you feel more like a 5 prompting you to wonder why do i look different in pictures it s a weird phenomenon that thanks to selfies is making people question their own mirrors. To make you look thin your image needs to be compressed horizontally or extended vertically.

The skinny mirror promises to make your reflection appear ten pounds slimmer. Slight curvature along only one axis can make a person look fat or skinny. If seen from the side there is a slight curvature in the edge. When the mirror isn t perfectly flat it will deform the image.

This is very common for large mirrors because they are very thin compared to their size. When curved vertically you either look taller or shorter. A mirror that is tilted even slightly forward will tend to make you look shorter and wider she said. When not curved horizontally you look wider or narrower.

The top and bottom edges are usually straight. Most mirrors bend over time top to bottom. Now a new product is trying to capture that same deceit. In clothing stores the top of the mirrors lean away from the viewer so that the women who shop there look slimmer when trying on the clothes.

Maybe i m just an optimist. Slight curvature along only one axis can make a person look fat or skinny. To make you look thin your image needs to be compressed horizontally or extended vertically over time most mirrors. I m the reverse i look better in the mirror pictures are always a disappointment.

According to the daily mail graphic designer and entrepreneur belinda jasmine founded a company called the skinny mirror which sells full length mirrors that use curved glass technology to make.