Do iPhone cameras distort your face?

I think I look incredibly ugly whenever I take a close-up photo of myself with my iPhone 5. I think I look better when I use an actual camera. Do iPhone cameras distort your face or am I just ugly?

The iPhone as a wide angle lens.

Wide angle lenses are notorious for distorting facial features

This is why portrait photographers use medium telephoto lenses

I have the same problem! I reckon the lens is ever so slightly curved or something

Sometimes its just the angle you're taking it at. It should distort your face too much, but photography is still life and there's a fine line between looking good and looking horrible. Try different angles but if worst comes to worst, there are a TON of things you can do with photoshop apps that could change almost any feature.
you're not ugly, blame the camera.

Camera phones use a wide angle lens.

If you use a wide angle lens too close to the subject, you get distortion.

It's the laws of physics.

No… You're just really ugly.

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