Hunter Eyes.

What hunter eyes are in 30 seconds

“Hunter eyes” is the looksmaxxing community’s name for an eye shape that combines four things:

1. Positive canthal tilt — outer corner sits higher than the inner corner
2. Deep-set eyes — the eyeball is recessed under a prominent brow ridge
3. Low brow position — the brow sits close to the upper lash line, with little gap
4. Minimal upper eyelid exposure — the lid is mostly hidden, no “puppy dog” sclera show

Put together, the eye reads as narrow, focused, and slightly menacing. Think of the classic male-model glare — the look that says “predator,” not “prey.” Hunter eyes are the opposite of “prey eyes,” which are large, rounded, with high brow gap and lots of upper-lid show.

Why hunter eyes score so well

Eye geometry is the single biggest input to any face rating, including Fazly’s. People look at eyes first and longest in any face, so eye shape carries outsized weight in attractiveness scoring. Hunter eyes hit three rewarded signals at once:

• Masculine dimorphism — low brows and deep-set sockets are male-typical traits driven by testosterone during puberty (see sexual dimorphism)
• Maturity without aging — the deep-set look signals a developed brow ridge, which is a young-adult-male marker
• Implied dominance — narrow, downcast-looking eyes correlate with perceived dominance, which scales with fWHR in attractiveness research

Female-attractive eye geometry usually goes the other direction — larger, rounder, higher brow gap, slightly positive tilt. Hunter eyes are firmly a male aesthetic.

How they’re scored

There’s no single “hunter eye” measurement. What gets scored:

• Canthal tilt angle in degrees (positive 5–10° is the sweet spot)
• Brow-to-lash distance (lower is more hunter)
• Upper-eyelid exposure as a fraction of visible eye height
• Orbital depth estimated from the shadow under the brow ridge

Fazly’s eye sub-score blends these into a single number and flags which one is dragging down a “prey eye” result. Most people score worst on brow-to-lash distance — fixable with brow grooming — and on canthal tilt, which is fixable with surgery only.

How to get closer to hunter eyes without surgery

Bone structure is fixed past about age 21, but apparent eye geometry is very malleable:

• Lose facial body fat — periorbital fat blunts the deep-set look. Single biggest free lever.
• Brow grooming — slightly trimmed lower brow line drops the brow-to-lash gap by 1–2 mm and makes the eye read deeper-set.
• Sleep + hydration — under-eye puffiness pushes the lower lash line up, shrinking visible sclera and faking depth.
• Camera angle — slight chin-down, camera-up adds 2–3° of apparent positive canthal tilt and reads more hunter.
• Sun exposure (carefully) — light tan deepens the orbital shadow.

What does not work: eyelid tape, “hunter eye exercises,” sleeping on your back to “lower your brow.” These are looksmaxxing forum mythology with no anatomical basis.

Surgical options (the deep end)

The looksmaxxing community discusses three procedures that move the needle:

1. Lateral canthoplasty — surgically raises the outer eye corner to add positive tilt
2. Brow bone reduction or shaving — rare, usually done for FFM transitions
3. Orbital decompression / fat removal — recesses the eyeball to fake deep-set

These are not minor. Most users get 70% of the visual win from sleep, leaning out, and brow shape — only consider surgery when you’ve maxed out the free stuff.

What Fazly does

Run a scan and your eye sub-score breaks out by component — tilt, depth, brow gap, sclera show — so you can see which one is actually below average. The app flags whether a “prey eye” result is bone-driven or fat- and grooming-driven, which decides whether the fix is months of sleep and gym or a one-way trip to Istanbul.

Take baseline scans at the same time of day, same lighting, same camera angle for the cleanest tracking — apparent hunter-eye score swings 5–10 points between morning and evening just from puffiness.