Ever looked in the mirror and pondered your attractiveness? I’m sure the answer is something like “Every Single Day!” but you would never admit that.

Well a new study by Dr.Spiegel, Professor of Facial Plastic Surgery at Boston University, gives some interesting incite into the world of attractiveness.

Dr.Spiegel has been studying attractiveness for some time now and has introduced some very interesting information. The attractiveness studies are based off of first impressions and what the opposite sex notices first to identify males vs. females and what the traits are that are noticed and thought to be “attractive.” He describes his studies as:

“Breaking down what we find to attractive and why, for example if you see a pearson that’s very beautiful, you say they’re really beautiful. But how much would I have to change that to them not beautiful, if her nose was 2 mm larger, would that make all the difference? At what point do we feel that someone is beautiful and why.”

One of Dr.Spiegel’s recent studies tried to break down which part of the face is most significant in making a face attractive, and you’ll never guess what he found.

“The background is that if you take a woman’s face and accentuate the feminine features- like everywoman does with makeup- it turns out that the eyebrows are the number one most important way that we judge attractiveness,” said Dr.Speigel.

He went on to reveal that eyebrows are so important also in recognizing someone.

“Think about it, masks cover your eyebrows more than your eyes,” he said.”Like the Lone Ranger, remember him, or a masquerade ball, no one could recognize them because of the masks, that covered their eyebrows. If you cover your eyebrows you reduce recognition from 50%.” He added that ” If u adjust the eyebrows you can greatly improve your attractiveness.”

If you think about it actress, Angelina Jolie has some pretty fine brows, along with everything else on her face. Her brows are pretty noticeable and even though they compete with her beautiful lips and striking eyes, if you cover up her face and just left her brows, I bet you all would still be able to tell its her.

Who would have guessed eyebrows are so important to attractiveness? Not me! You know it’s funny but when he told me about the eyebrow importance, I recalled a few times that people that had complimented by eyebrows. My first thought was: That’s what you’re looking at? I pounded on the makeup, curled my hair, I’m even wearing a bright pink bra and you’re looking at my eyebrows, WTF! Man if I had known they were so important I would have been gelling, combing and tweezing them in the time I spent doing everything else.

Unfortunately, for me and my beautiful -so they say- eyebrows, they aren’t the deciding factor. “You can’t just change the eyebrows. It’s less the consistancy of the eyebrows and more the position relative to your skull,” Dr.Spiegel said. He went on to explain how a man’s forehead will come forward at the browridge and the same thing is present on females. If the ridge is to prominent it causes an unattractive appearance.

“It’s not talked about in beauty magazines but it turns out how ur eyebrows sit on that bone dramatically effects your look,” he said.

During this study, Dr.Spiegel took faces and with computer simulation, softened the bone. This resulted in a more feminine face and ultimately proved the face became more attractive. Thirty modified faces were shown to 100 subjects, in each set, modifications to the forehead and eyebrows were considered by the majority of subjects to most reflect an attractive female appearance.

Right now, Dr.Spiegel is looking at eyelids and their effect on beauty. ”We studied how much fullness of the uppereyelid is considered attractive and at what point in the aging process, do u become unattractive because of it,” he said.

Enough about eyebrows, here’s some more advice from Dr. Spiegel:

1. If you’re thinking of getting a little nip or tuck in the future, how to know what would make you more attractive- look in the mirror critically and ask what is hte most masculine part of your face? Do you have a big forehead, is your jaw is too low, or is your brow ridge is to big. It could be features you wouldn’t even think of changing and one without plastic surgery, for example, one major fix is when you open your mouth and relax your face, you should be able to see your upper teeth in the mirror. If you can’t, by simply lifting ur upper lip, it will dramatically effect on your attractiveness.

2. Another tip that’s definitely going to come in handy for Facebook- tilt your chin down and look up toward the person you’re speaking to or when you are taking a picture. This will make your features look smaller and more feminine, while making your eyes look bigger. For your body, by rotating and positioning your body not perfectly square but turned a little bit , it will create a slimmer profile and more visual interest. Think of a statute, it’s created to look poised and beautiful.

3. Smiling is so important! Don’t worry about anything else.  Men want to meet friendly, approachable women.  Smiling signals that your OK to speak with.  It says that even though you’re showing your teeth, you are not likely to “bite”!

4. Focus on the lips.  Many women come to me to have their lips made fuller.  We can quickly do this with any number of injectable fillers.  But, why do filler lips make you attractive?  When people get sexually aroused, their lips get larger.  Larger still if they’ve been kissing.  For obvious reasons, this is seen as very attractive.  However, don’t over do it…  Too large, and you may look like you were stung by a bee rather than by cupid’s arrow.

5. Make eye contact.  Ever notice the women in anime cartoons?  They’re gorgeous, thin, with perfect hair and clothes.  But, most importantly, they’ve got large eyes.  Look at the person you want to meet with open eyes.  You’ll automatically look more attractive.

“Unfortunately, it’s not fair but we evolved to appreciate beauty. We appreciate it because its programmed into our brains to know that beautiful people are better mates, healthier mates. It may not be the case in 2011 but in a time when people didn’t survive quite as well it was,” said Dr.Spiegel.