Why do I look different in pictures taken in the mirror?

Compared to pictures taken of me or on my iPhone(front facing camera)? I find when I'm in front of a mirror taking a pic I look different. Is it because of the refection? And which one looks more like me? I'm guessing the one taken in front on the mirror?

Mirrors can be made to make you look different as in The House of Mirrors at an amusement park. Sometimes it is not obvious. Some may make you look thinner or fatter. Lighting also may make you look different. You have to decide which one looks like you, or those who can see you.

Well.ppl say i look prettier for real then in pics. But yea, it's all has to do with how a person looks at u.

My enemies call me a blind idiot

<---my son. Ain't he cute?

If the mirror is more wide then it will make you look wider, if the mirror is thinner it will make you look thinner and it depends how the lighting is too. Where with a camera it will show you how you look in a fraction of a second. The one that looks more like you would be the one that's taken from a still camera not facing into the mirror.

I look the same in pictures n in the mirror

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