COVID-19: Face masks make people look more attractive, study suggests

Researchers say women found images of men wearing blue medical masks most attractive and believe this is because "we may find the wearing of medical masks reassuring and so feel more positive towards the wearer".

Face masks may have been among the more divisive issues of the COVID-19 pandemic but those reluctant to wear one may change their minds now that academics have discovered that people actually look more attractive when wearing one.

Yes, we know they cover up half of your face but a team of experts at Cardiff University has found that wearing a mask, in particular a blue medical mask, increases your facial attractiveness.

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-face-masks-make-people-look-more-attractive-study-suggests-12515676