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Think that seductive, heavy-lidded gaze makes you look sexy and more appealing? Think again, guys! A new research shows that guys with such look, commonly known as the "bedroom look" appear less trustworthy to women as well as business partners or male neighbors. The study states that the half-closed-eye gives an impression that a guy is just out for a fling and not a long term relationship. Findings also suggest that guys with an open, normal gaze are preferred for love interests and business deals.

"A lot is conveyed in a glance," study researcher Daniel Kruger, a psychology professor at the University of Michigan, told LiveScience.

Kruger and his co-author Jory Piglowski carried out their research by taking photographs of two white 20-year-old men, with their eyes open and half closed. With the help of photo-editing software the researchers overlapped photographs so that they were similar in all aspects except their eyes.  These photographs were then shown to the volunteer participants in two different studies: first group with 239 undergraduate men and women and the second with 161 undergraduate participants.

The women were asked to rate the men on attractiveness for a long term relationship, a short term relationship or a fling —brief affair. They were also asked if they'd like each of  these men to be the father of their child or would trust them to accompany their sister on a trip. The male participants were asked if they'd trust these men as business partners or neighbors.

The results show that the man with open gaze was preferred by women for long term relationships and to be the father of their child. The guy with the "bedroom gaze" was less appealing for a long term relationship or someone you could trust. Men also preferred the normal gaze man for a business partner or a neighbor.

The study, published in the April issue of the journal Personality and Individual Differences, suggests that an all-around seductive look "can come back to bite you."  "You don't gain so much of an advantage by doing this [expression] unless you're already engaged with someone who is interested in you, or who you have a chance with," Kruger said. "So don't overuse it."