Most Predominating Pattern of Lip Prints In North Indian Population

The concept of identity is a set of physical characteristics, functional or psychic, normal or pathological-that define an individual. “Cheiloscopy” is a method of identification of a person based on the characteristic arrangement of lines on the lips. This study was conducted on 300 individuals of either sex (M: F: 100:200) to study the predominating pattern of lip prints in the North Indian Population. Materials used were dark colored lipstick, cellophane tape and white bond paper. The lips of the subject were thoroughly cleaned and lipstick was applied uniformly. Lip prints were taken on the glued portion of cellophane tape and then stuck on to a white bond paper. Then each of these lip prints were scanned using an image scanner set at a resolution of 300ppi. Type I, I & II lip prints, when taken together found to be most predominant almost all the regions in both the sexes except in LUM region where type III replaced type II. In our study no two individuals or more than two individuals had similar types of lip prints patterns.