to ask whether slightly uneven facial features may be a result of birth?

[TiesThatBindMe]

I'm just wondering really whether the way the skull compresses or something could leave you with uneven features? Similarly would ventouse or forceps have a long lasting effect on a baby's head?

Baby's heads are not fully formed at birth so they are flexible, Things like ventouses should not cause long lasting damage.

No it wouldn't have any bearing on facial features. Faces are generally not symmetrical anyway.

Sometimes babies can have a bit of a cone head or bruising for a couple of days after birth but it's not permanent.

It's not beyond the realms of possibility.

But I'd think uneven features were more likely to be genetic.

It depends what you mean by 'uneven'. Putting babies to sleep on their backs is undoubtedly safest but often they lie with their head slightly turned. This can lead to the base of the skull flattening slightly on one side and the brow bone on the same side protruding. This can persist into adulthood but wouldn't usually be noticeable to many people.

What are you asking? DD had a huge dent on one side of her forehead at birth (normal delivery), it was gone by a year old.

One side of my face seems bigger than the other. I guess I'm wondering whether I was squashed out!

I actually don't know any details of my birth. As far as I know it was straightforward. It wasn't a section, that much I know.

Designforlife, my question is actually in the title of the thread.

I know someone (adult) with asymmetric eye lids probably due to a forceps birth injuring a nerve on one side - does that count?

I must ask my mother whether there was any intervention. She tends to mix us up though so probably won't know lol.

Not as if she had 20 of us either. 3 of us.

Middle child, so probably a mental block.

My Dd has quite uneven eyes, especially when she is a bit tired. It was worrying her a bit so I used to point out to her people on the telly with asymmetrical eyes, there are a lot. Dd was EmCS. My GMa had one pointy ear, she said it was due to being 'dragged out' with forceps by the ear. We all knew it was because she was a witch.

More likely an issue somewhere in growth. I've always had one side of my lower jaw big enough for all my adult teeth and one side really not. never been an issue for me (apart from the dental treatment) until the sag of middle age emphasised it.

Birth intervention is often unavoidable, so not worth the fretting. DS1 (and probably me) wouldn't be here without forceps.

I tend to cock my head to one side naturally too. I reckon I am just a little bit strange lol.

Faces aren't symmetrical.

ExH had an ever so slightly wonky mouth/top lip which he said was because he was a forceps delivery
Not sure if it was true but him and his parents thought it was

It just seems like one side of my head is bigger than the other (from photos - it doesn't actually feel like one side is bigger). Jesus Christ I sound like some sort of weird human.
It just made sense to me that maybe they dragged my head out with a forceps or something, thus permanently distorting my beautiful features lol

Then again my right foot is bigger than my left foot. It's just odd. From photos, the disparity is very obvious to me.

I take two different shoe sizes in the same bloody shoe!

If faces were completely symmetrical they would look odd. Try it with a mirror. Two of my (very handsome) DS have one eye noticeably bigger than the other. But you'd only notice if it was pointed out.
Don't worry.

Most people have one foot slightly bigger than the other (so I was reliably informed by Clarkes)

Most people are wonky... I saw a thing once where someone had made faces symmetrical by taking a picture and flipping it.. They looked weird. They'd used the queen as an example and I remember the symmetrical version had one tooth right in the middle!

I suppose I'm just wonkier than most.