Face looks awful in car wing mirrors - is it showing reality or a distorted version?

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I had the windows down the other day and caught a reflection of my face in the driver side wing mirror when adjusting it - I looked incredibly bloated, puffy and generally much much worse than how I look in the internal rear view mirror.

Is the wing mirror likely to be reality or is it skewed as it's kinda convex or something (as things do look closer than they area) when looking at my face?

I know it's a very stupid insecure question but any answers would be great :)

No answers OP but had to reply as I always notice how shit I look in ours . A real confidence killer after I've thought I look ok in the house then catch a glimpse .

Tbh I had just assumed it was the fact it's natural light and lots of it plus a magnification so it's a clearer closer image, rather than any distortion as such. Re: 'reality' they're mirrors so all will be an approximation of the reflection, though I suppose its possible theres some level of distortion for some sciencey reason.

I try to avoid it

Thanks for your reply @dontgobaconmyheart - glad to see I'm not the only one who noticed this. The only reason I think there's a distortion is because it's not a flat angle mirror i.e. directly ahead of you, which is why when driving, stuff that looks really close in your right wing mirror are actually quite far away if I look over my shoulder (I guess that could be magnification but I think it's a sort of distortion as well like those house of mirrors type things but really not sure either way!)

Any more replies appreciated :)

Yeah, wing mirrors are curved. That's why "objects in mirror are closer than they appear".

I thought so - this would likely distort true facial appearance, right?

I'm glad I don't drive!

lol...

Even worse is the mirror in the fold down sun things (what are they called?)

Dear god, I have a full mustache when I look in ours!

I was last in the queue when looks were given out and I usually appear slightly better in wing mirrors than normal mirrors, so I'd say they definitely distort the face!

I was behind ScreamingValenta in the queue and they make me look even more shit than I usually do. Which is a great achievement tbf.