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Flat face is a facial feature in which a person appears to have a flatter face than the average, normal person of the same ethnic/racial group.

Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this

16 year experience in family medicine

How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

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