The invention relates to an image processing method, in particular to a detecting and classifying method of facial-form contours. The invention aims at solving the problems in the prior art that the accurate facial-form contour can not detected and the techniques can not be really applied to the facial-form classification. The invention provides the technical proposal that: the step 1, the human face is positioned; the step 2, the facial contour is detected: an egg-shaped face is set into a vector closed and symmetrical curve Lm that consists of one or a plurality of points, and then, the forehead height, the chin height, the abscissa position that keeps to the sides of the left cheek and the right cheek extremely and the gill shape are modified; the step 3, the facial forms are classified. The invention can provide the effective and automatic image processing measures for a plurality of industries such as image design, facial make-up, hairdressing, jewelry, face-painting, entertainment, and the like, and provides the automated and objective technical support for a plurality of applied industries.