The AI Edit Changed My Face: What to Check and What to Do

Compare before you decide

Open the original and the result side by side and zoom to 100 percent. Check one feature at a time:

If two or three things are clearly different, the result is not you. Do not use it for anything that people will compare against the real you.

• Eyes: shape, size, distance, eyelids, glasses.
• Nose and mouth: width, length, the corners of the lips, teeth.
• Face shape: jaw, chin, cheeks, ears.
• Hairline and hairstyle: where it starts, parting, volume.
• Skin: marks, freckles, wrinkles and moles that are part of how you look.
• Age and expression: older, younger, a different smile.
• Hands, jewellery and clothing details, if they are visible.

What often helps

These are suggestions. We cannot promise that any of them will work on a given photo.

1. Use a clearer, front-facing original

   A sharp photo of your face in even light gives the tool more to work with than a dark or tilted one.

2. Use a photo where your face is large in the frame

   A small face in a wide photo has less detail.

3. Remove things that confuse the tool

   Strong filters, sunglasses, a hand over the face and heavy shadows.

4. Ask for less

   If the tool has options, choose the smallest change. One change at a time is easier to check than several at once.

5. Try a different photo of the same person

   Sometimes a different angle gives a better likeness.

6. Try again with the same input

   Each run can look different. Check the price first, because each run uses credits.

Know what counts as a failed run

• If the run fails, the held credits come back automatically and nothing is charged. If the result is not yet confirmed, the credits may stay held until the check is finished.
• A result that looks different from you is not a failed run. The run finished, so the credits were used.
• Because of this, compare your first result carefully before you run the same photo again and again. Change the input instead of repeating.

When to use your original photo

• Official documents. Passports, IDs and visas have their own photo rules, set by each authority. Check them before you use any edited photo, and see rejected passport photos.
• Roles where people must recognise you in person. A new colleague, a client or a date should be able to match the photo to you.
• Photos of other people. If the person says it does not look like them, respect that and use the original.
• Old photos of family members. Compare with other photos of the same person, because small changes in a face can matter a lot to the family.

If you still want to use it

Say that it was edited with AI, for example "edited with AI" next to a team photo. This avoids surprises and is simpler than explaining later.

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