Face Blindness and Physical Attraction.

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I can relate completely. I struggle all the time with faces (though as soon as I get a cue, such as a familiar voice or a topic of discussion, I instantly remember who a person is), and I have never experienced any kind of attraction to anyone. I actually find pictures of some celebrities repulsive (especially with the overuse of makeup, and unnatural features), rather than attractive

I scored 79% and 85% on the test, but I identified the faces by the shape of the head.

I don't think I'm faceblind, but I do have trouble picking up facial features on account of my not looking at people's faces very often, and I do tend to remember hair better than anything else (and notice when it changes). I don't remember what my therapist looks like, or the woman I talked to for a few hours on Friday night, but I do have a better idea of people's faces after I've known them longer.

I am much more likely to forget names unless there's a particular reason to hold onto a particular name.

I think I have below average facial recognition. I often find myself looking at a person from afar and thinking "is that so and so? Oh gosh, I bet it is, now I have to prepare to say something..." and quite usually, it's not the person at all. Often I can never decide whether it is or not. And other times, someone will just show up out of nowhere, a stranger will start talking to me, or so it seems, and I sometimes find it easiest to tell how I know the person by the sound of her voice rather than by face. That being said, I find plenty of people attractive, and when I do, I find them like really, really attractive. But I become much more attracted to those who become close to me, even if I found them initially unattractive.

I got 76% which seems odd to me, because I'm really bad at recognizing people. It usually takes me two or three meetings, sometimes more, before I can recognize a person reliably. I think that the difference is that in the tests, I can just stare at the faces until I recognize them. In real life, I don't like to look too long at people, because I don't want to stare. Also, I have noticed that I don't really focus on faces; I tend to focus a little past them. Either that or I focus on one single detail.

One thing that really annoys me. I can find a woman to be very attractive, but I still cannot remember her face. That does not make a good impression.

I took it four times because I wasn't happy with the first score.

1) 54%
2) 62%
3) 59%
4) 68%

I know that if I am introduced to someone and only spend a short amount of time with them, then yes I would forget who they are.
But I never forget the event, and can normally place them at an event.
Never in a million years did I think that not normal.

I once got chased by Sean Bean because I mistook him for Kevin Bacon (which is bad considering Kevin Bacon don't live a few mins walk from my uncles), I enjoy watching both actors but always used to get the two faces mixed up, he was a little offended but understanding until I think I broke the camels back when I referred to him as a "Shakespearian Thespian", he chased me down somebody's alleyway, I had to jump the fence and garden hopped to my destination.
I still to this day don't know what I said wrong.

Back in the 90s I used to confuse George Clooney and Tom Sizemore, but mainly on the movie screen. Mostly I'd see Tom Sizemore and my brain would be like "That's ... almost ... Clooney ... but not." And I could not resolve this. It happened in every movie I saw Sizemore in (Relic, Strange Days, and True Romance all come immediately to mind).

I confuse Matt Damon with Leonardo DiCaprio. Can you top that? That's how bad my facial memory is.

When Eddie Izzard grows a beard I have trouble with him and Tim Curry.

I know I'm faceblind.
I took the test and got 40%. The last two sections were mostly guessing. I know I have face recognition issues. I often don't recognize people except in the context of their environment and clothes. For example, take a co-worker I see every day and place him in a store with different clothes and I wouldn't recognize him. Please, please don't ask me what someone looks like--I really don't know. Beyond short/long hair, tall/short stature, thin/fat, old/young, I am just lost. I cringe when someone asks me what does someone look like.
I also don't seem to have much of an understanding of attractiveness. Unless it is an obvious physical difference, than people are just people. I am also asexual, so the whole attractive-sex thing doesn't make sense for me either.

Damn, I feel even more messed-up and weirder than usual.

i scored 99%