Does the camera really make you look bigger?
READ> okay we'll I have an iPhone 4S my front facing camera I don't look bad at all or that chubby but my back one I tried useing it and I just looked awful. Same when I try to use a typical camera. I can look the the bathroom mirror and not look bad at all then look on a full length mirror an just look beyond fat. I'm not skinny but I'm not fat either. I'm 5'7 and lets just say I'm a very insecure person one trait I can't Stand about myself. And I was just wondering which one is more accurate?
The camera makes you look skinnier
A camera doesn't make you look bigger, incorrect usage of lenses, lighting and posing make you look bigger.
The camera on the back of phones, as well as the entry-mid level point and shoot cameras used by most amateurs have wide angle lenses.
Wide angle lenses, especially the poor quality ones used on cell phones or point and shoot cameras, are subject to barrel distortion, which looks something like this: 
That's a pretty extreme example, but if you test your phone and camera on something that you know is straight (like a door frame or wall), you'll notice that straight lines, especially when near the edges of the frame, appear slightly curved. Unfortunately, the front cameras usually have very quality and resolution.
In short, yes, this can make you look different/rounder/bigger.
From what you said, I would guess the front camera is a more normal lens, such as 50mm, that produces less distortion. I can't confirm, as I don't have an iPhone (too trophy wife-y for me).
The best way to get good looking pictures of you is to have someone who understands photography and the principles at work here. If you want to take better looking pictures of yourself, I'd suggest using your "typical camera", but zoom in instead of using it at a wider setting - possibly using a tripod or setting it down.
Depends on lighting and focal length.
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