I was sat at the computer nak early this morning, having a quick scroll through mn with a cuppa. ds was in the kitchen getting breakfast, and when he walked past my desk I noticed his jaw line looked completely off balance. His left jawbone suddenly looked far more pronounced than the right. I immediately had a siob moment. My own face is very asymmetrical, so imo it could just be a genetic trait passed down from me. otoh, he recently turned 19, so I was wondering if he has been spending too much time online doing this "bonesmashing" or "looksmaxxing" nonsense young lads talk about atm.
tbh, yabu if you think a teenager wouldn't try something daft like that just to fix their pov on their appearance. stbxh used to say I was yabos about health stuff, but fwiw, ikwyim when you start spotting changes in your dc and start worrying. iirc, ds was always nt, but his habit of sleeping on one side of his face might not help either. wwyd in this situation? I don't want to bring it up and make him self-conscious if it's just normal bone structure, but wtaf if he is actually hitting his cheekbones with something heavy? tmi, but mmti just thinking about him hurting his own face for an online trend.
fyi, I checked rl photos of him from last year to compare. iyswim, it is tricky to tell without looking like a proper freak staring at your own kid. aibu to ask him outright over dinner, or should I just leave it alone? hth if anyone else has dealt with a teenager doing these weird internet aesthetics. tia for any advice, brb while I go sort out the washing.