while it is true that people across all culture tend to admire symmetrical features, standards of beauty do vary from one culture to another and from one time period to another for example each of the following were considered beautiful at a certain time and place, but would not be considered so today
During the Elizabethan era in England, women thought that high foreheads were beautiful. So they plucked inches of their front hair to achieve this book.
Also during the Elizabethan era,women brushed egg white over their faces in order to have a glazed look.
In ancient China, the belief that it was desirable for women to have tiny feet led to foot binding.
From 14 to 19 centuries in Europe ,women would bind their waists with corsets to make them look tiny. the corsets
were so tight that often women could not breathe properly and sometimes fainted