At a glance
- Term
- Thumb pulling
- Area
- Looksmaxxing
- Measurable from a selfie
- No
- Evidence
- Harmful
- Related
- Face pulling, Mewing, Maxilla
What can move under thumb pressure
A change in where a tooth sits is different from a change in where the upper jaw sits. The thumb-pulling claim depends on the whole bone moving upward and forward. Pressing on the roof of an adult mouth doesn't produce that movement.
Evidence: harmful. The claim that you can reshape your upper jaw this way is bunk. Teeth can shift or come loose, and the practice can strain your jaw joint. If a tooth feels loose afterward, stop and contact a dentist.
How to read a thumb-pulling result
Imagine a forum post with a pair of selfies and the caption “my maxilla moved up.” You can see the photos and read the writer's account. The missing piece is a measurement showing that the upper jaw changed position relative to the rest of the face.
Measurable from a selfie: No. Even if you see a difference between the pictures, the caption can't tell you which part of the face accounts for it. Taking the caption as a finding gives the word “maxilla” more weight than the photos can support.
What a symmetry reading measures
The free face-symmetry scan reads distances between facial landmarks in one selfie and names what it measured. It reports left-right differences and basic ratios.
Even a close match between the left and right sides leaves the thumb-pulling claim untested. Neither value tells you where the upper jaw was before the photo. A symmetry reading also can't tell you whether a tooth has come loose.
Questions people ask
- How does thumb pulling relate to face pulling?
- Thumb pulling is a form of face pulling. The broader term also covers devices, while thumb pulling names the practice that uses pressure from a thumb.
- Does seeing thumb pulling listed with mewing give the claim any weight?
- No. Those labels tell you how a forum groups its topics. Neither label establishes that anyone measured a change in the position of the upper jaw.
Written from the measurements and ingredient facts on this site, then checked for the usual mistakes. Not medical advice.
Related pages
The closest pages in this section, picked by topic rather than by date.
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- Maxilla meaning: what your upper jaw doesMaxilla meaning explained: what the upper jaw does, why a selfie can't measure it, and how to read claims about forward growth without overr
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