Nobody sees your pores from across the table. Magnifying mirrors are for eyebrows, not for self-esteem.

Scale is doing most of the work here. A magnifying mirror shows you a face nobody will ever meet, since conversations happen at two feet rather than two inches, and what you find at close range is invisible from where people actually stand. Tools built for precision make terrible judges. The problem is the lens, not the face.

Keep the close mirror for the tasks that need it and use a normal one for everything else. When you catch yourself inspecting, step back to arm’s length and see what is left.