I have a full sketch in Illustrator that I want to make symmetrical, how do I go about doing this?

Hey guys, I'm somewhat new to Illustrator and I have a scanned in sketch of a man's face that I would like to make perfectly symmetrical.  How do I go about doing this? Thanks in advance!

Justin,
You may redraw either half with the Pen Tool (or another tool) and reflect a copy.
And you may go a step further:
It is quite possible to create a symmetrical drawing live with the help of Illy, with the inbuilt tools, without any external plugins, if you just start in the right way. Obviously, it is much better to see the whole appearance while you create it.
You may see the reflection live after each Anchor Point if you start out as follows (for Pen Tool with vertical reflection to the right, similar for other directions):
1) Create the first two Anchor Points of your basic path;
2) Effect>Distort&Transform>Transform>ReflectX with 1 copy and the middle right side Reference Point chosen;
3) With the Pen Tool ClickDrag (or Click) anew from the second Anchor Point and go on;
If you wish, you may:
4) Object>Expand Appearance and Ctrl/Cmd+J to join the half paths.
Ctrl/Cmd+Z Undo is your friend: you can just go back and redo while drawing the basic path.

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