Dreams of faces are more related to fantastic beings and much more related to strangers than dreams in general.

Dreams of faces are more related to happiness, more related to sadness, and more related to grief and sorrow than dreams in general. They are less related to fun.

Dreams of faces are less related to human-made places and less related to transportation.

Face dreams are more related to friendly acts and more related to health events than dreams in general. They are less related to disasters and less related to eating and drinking.

Face dreams are more related to nightmares, more related to sleep paralysis, and more related to bad dreams than dreams in general.

Dreams of faces are more related to hearing, more related to smelling, and much more related to vision than dreams in general.

You can gain insight from thinking about any dream, no matter how strange. Only you, as the dreamer, have final say on what your dream may or may not mean. Each dream is unique.

The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience faces in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.

Our emotions in dreams can help us understand its meaning. Pay attention to how you felt in the dream. Pay attention to how you feel about faces in dreams. See how you feel about faces now, in your waking life.

This interpretation is from ""The Dream Interpretation Dictionary: Symbols, Signs, and Meanings" and is provided by J.M. DeBord aka "RadOwl". He is the author of several acclaimed books about dreaming, the host of The Dreams That Shape Us podcast, and is a moderator of r/Dreams, one of the largest dream sharing communities on the internet. The face is the most distinguishable feature of a person. In dreams it’s associated with personal identity, reputation, self-image, and appearance, and can have symbolism related to those subjects. The actions and details tell the story. For example, washing the face can symbolize trying to wash away guilt, embarrassment, regret, or stain on self-image or reputation. The term “save face” captures this idea, because to save face means to avoid embarrassment. Vigorously scrubbing the face can express a wish to be someone different from who you are, scrub away your identity, even negate yourself. See: Clean Take note of anything unusual or out of kilter about a face. For example, a deformed, wounded, or scarred face can symbolize issues with self-image. It can symbolize skewed perception. See: Deformation, Wounds A swollen face can symbolize bragging, or swollen with pride. An expressionless face or “poker face” can symbolize emotional numbness or inability to read emotions or intentions. It can mean something is hidden from you. See: Hiding, Numbness Expressions on faces of dream characters can reflect mood, emotions, and feelings, and have symbolism such as in the phrase “put on a happy face.” See: Emotions A blurry face can symbolize uncertainty about personal identity. It can mean you don’t really know someone, or you’re not sure about the person’s intentions or true feelings. It can mean a situation is murky. A face painted heavily with makeup can symbolize compensating for perceived weaknesses or flaws, or intention to cheat or deceive. It can symbolize covering over the true person inside, or putting on a facade. That idea is also captured in the image of wearing a mask. See: Compensation, Disguises, Hiding, Makeup, Masks A face that changes or morphs can symbolize changing to fit a situation or blend in like a chameleon. A face morphing into the face of someone you know can show a connection with that person. For example, the face of a queen turns into the face of your mother, and that explains all the other details involving the queen in the dream. A face can be a visual pun for “face the truth” or “face a problem.” It can mean there’s something you can’t “face,” especially if a face is missing or turns away. Facing left or right can have symbolism connected with those directions. See: Rightness Facing a wall can indicate shame, as well as facing difficulties, obstacles, divisions, and problems. See: Wallets For example, a woman dreams about a female stranger facing a wall in shame as “mean girls” throw darts at her back, symbolizing the mean ways the dreamer talks to herself. She feels that she doesn’t live up to cultural ideals of beauty and is ashamed because of it. The stranger is a projection of herself, and so are the mean girls. Dreaming about concentrating on a face can symbolize attempting to get to know someone or see inside them. The same idea applies if you search your own face in a mirror. It’s a way of looking at the inner you. See: Mirrors A face missing a nose can depict the phrase “cut off your nose to spite your face,” a warning against overreacting in a way that is self-destructive. Or perhaps your ability to “smell out” a situation is hampered. See: Noses Because eyes are used for seeing, a face missing eyes can be a way of saying you are not noticing something, or lack vision for your life. See: Eyes A faceless dream character can symbolize lack of personal identity, or express the feeling of being “just another face in the crowd.” See: Dolls A facelift can express the wish to change your personal identity or create a new persona. You are ready to “shed your skin.” You want to be someone else, or are in the process of personal transformation. Or, thought of another way, you want to be rid of the baggage associated with the person you are. It can express a wish to change your look, or to turn back time. See: Baggage, Time travel See also: Baggage, Beauty, Blindness, Infidelity, Clean, Compensation, Deformation, Disguises, Dolls, Ears, Emotions, Eyes, Facebook, Hair, Heads, Hiding, Lips, Makeup, Masks, Mirrors, Mouths, Noses, Numbness, Rightness, Strangers, Time travel, Ugliness, Wallets, Wounds