The answer is yes, the phone cameras do distort the way our face looks. ... Our nose, for example, usually looks a lot bigger when we take selfies because the camera is placed too close to our face. That is more due to the position in which we hold our phone while we are taking photos.

Why does my face look weird on back camera?

One major factor is that photos generally show us the reverse of what we see in the mirror. When you take a photo of yourself using some (but not all) apps or the front-facing camera on an iPhone, the resulting image captures your face as others see it. The same is true for non-phone cameras.

Is front or back camera more accurate?

I found the front camera gives more pleasing pictures than the back one, for example, the pictures taken by the back one often shows my eyes are proportionally smaller. Also the front camera seems to produce completely dark pictures when the lighting isn't good, while the back camera can still produce clearer pictures.