Face masks are two words that are hotly debated during the Coronavirus epidemic and will continue to be so for a long time to come.
But now a study has found a surprising benefit of using a face mask.
In fact, people who wear face masks to help avoid codes look more attractive.
The claim was made in a medical study in the UK.
A study by Cardiff University, involving 40 men, looked at how different types of face masks changed their attractiveness.
Research has found that blue surgical face masks enhance facial attractiveness more than other types of masks.
Researchers also say that pre-Corona epidemiological research has shown that medical face masks reduce facial attractiveness, so we want to know if the use of face masks has changed in recent times. Yes or no, while also wanting to know if the types of masks have any effect.
He added that the results of the research indicate that faces look more attractive when they are covered with a blue surgical mask.
"Probably a factor as to why they're doing so poorly," he said.
"Perhaps when we feel weak, the use of face masks creates a more positive impression about the wearer as well as reassurance," he said.
The study asked 43 women to score 1 to 10 without men's face masks, wearing cloth masks, with blue surgical masks and showing faces hidden by the plain black cover of the book.
The study was conducted in February 2021, when the use of face masks was banned in the UK for more than seven months.
According to the researchers, the findings contradicted pre-epidemic research, when it was thought that masks made people think about a disease and therefore should not be worn.
"We also discovered that a face covered with a cloth mask was considered more attractive than a non-masked one. This effect was seen in both the less attractive and more attractive groups," he said.
"The Corona epidemic has changed our psyche regarding the use of face masks. Now when we see a person wearing a mask, we don't think he is sick and we should stay away from it," he said.
Researchers will now expand the same study on men as well as women to see if the same results are found in both sexes.
The findings were published in the medical journal Cognitive Research: Principles and Applications.
