Pillar · 5 min
Angularity
Definition — how sharply the underlying structure reads through the surface. The pillar most affected by things that are not your face.
Angularity is not about how good your bones are. It is about how visible they are.
That distinction is the whole pillar. Two people with identical skeletons and different body fat percentages score differently here, and both scores are correct — one of those faces reads sharp and the other does not.
| Read | What it is looking for |
|---|---|
Jaw definition | A clean line from gonion to chin, distinct from the neck |
Cheek leanness | Buccal hollow and the absence of soft fullness at the midface |
Cheekbone prominence | How far the zygomatic reads forward and laterally |
Chin definition | A distinct, projecting mental region rather than a soft merge |
Submental definition | The line under the jaw, and the angle into the neck |
What genuinely moves it
More than any other pillar, and that is the good news.
Body composition is the dominant lever. Facial fat comes off with overall fat, and the jawline and buccal region are among the more responsive areas for most people.
Water and sodium change this pillar week to week, which is also why it is the one most likely to look like it is swinging randomly if you scan on an inconsistent schedule.
Posture and neck affect the submental read directly — some of what people read as a weak jaw is a forward head position.
What does not move it: chewing gum, mewing, or anything promising bone change in an adult. Those are in Cope or Not for a reason.