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highplainsdem

(63,155 posts)
Sat May 23, 2026, 03:50 PM Yesterday

'You can't control everything': the rise in plastic surgeons asked to create 'AI face'

Source: Guardian

Plastic surgeons are increasingly concerned about the rise of “AI face”, as more and more clients arrive in their offices with unrealistic AI-generated visions of what they want to look like.

Dr Nora Nugent, a cosmetic surgeon from Tunbridge Wells, has seen this first hand. Clients have started coming to her office with photos of themselves beautified by AI and a false expectation that those results are achievable with surgery. She is also the president of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, and says many colleagues are having similar experiences.

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People using AI chatbots to generate their ideal faces are increasingly arriving at surgeons’ offices with briefs demanding flawless skin, sharply sculpted cheekbones, refined noses and near-perfect symmetry – standards that are too time consuming, prohibitively expensive and, in many cases, physically unattainable.

While AI can control every single pixel, “surgery certainly doesn’t work on that microscopic detailed level”, according Dr Alex Karidis, a surgeon based in west London.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/23/rise-in-plastic-surgeons-asked-to-create-ai-face-cosmetic-surgery

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'You can't control everything': the rise in plastic surgeons asked to create 'AI face' (Original Post) highplainsdem Yesterday OP
People with way too much time and money. tanyev Yesterday #1
And not nearly enough brain cells that arc!!! niyad Yesterday #2
Ya made me laugh! BidenRocks 14 hrs ago #12
I, for one, welcome people announcing to the world that they are shallow morons via facial appearance RockRaven Yesterday #3
"Heeeeere's your sign", as Bill Engvall says. niyad Yesterday #4
We truly are getting closer and closer to "Brazil" underpants Yesterday #5
Mrs. Terrain: "There's been a little complication with my complication." thought crime 18 hrs ago #10
I've earned every wrinkle perfessor Yesterday #6
give em all lips like sharon osbourne msongs 23 hrs ago #7
she just looks ridiculous Skittles 18 hrs ago #8
Egads! WestMichRad 18 hrs ago #9
she was a lovely woman Skittles 16 hrs ago #11
Idiocracy BettyBlueDot 11 hrs ago #13
You're never fully dressed without a smile. That's all anyone really needs to be beautiful. ❤️ littlemissmartypants 9 hrs ago #14
And we see more of the same. OldBaldy1701E 9 hrs ago #15
A lot of cosmetic surgeons make a fortune off the negative self-image and insecurities of people. This would be the Martin68 4 hrs ago #16
I see no problem with a nip or a tuck GenThePerservering 3 hrs ago #17

niyad

(134,088 posts)
2. And not nearly enough brain cells that arc!!!
Sat May 23, 2026, 04:07 PM
Yesterday

When I get my hair cut, I take along a picture of the cut I would like. I explain to the cutter that I realize results will not be identical, just so the cut is somewhere in the vicinity. After all, different hair, no stylist, etc. They seem to appreciate my awareness.

RockRaven

(19,772 posts)
3. I, for one, welcome people announcing to the world that they are shallow morons via facial appearance
Sat May 23, 2026, 04:12 PM
Yesterday

Big time saver for us all!

underpants

(197,264 posts)
5. We truly are getting closer and closer to "Brazil"
Sat May 23, 2026, 04:16 PM
Yesterday

Terry Gilliam movie in 1985 dystopian science fiction black comedy film.
DeNiro has a small but crucial role in it.




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_(1985_film)

perfessor

(394 posts)
6. I've earned every wrinkle
Sat May 23, 2026, 04:30 PM
Yesterday

And I’m going to keep them!

H/t to my wife, who has said the same about her gray hair for years.

Skittles

(172,966 posts)
11. she was a lovely woman
Sun May 24, 2026, 12:19 AM
16 hrs ago

I think plastic surgery is OK for tweaking to look better but it's a big problem when people try to look age 20 again - and having lots of money seems to make it worse.

BettyBlueDot

(28 posts)
13. Idiocracy
Sun May 24, 2026, 05:42 AM
11 hrs ago

It's come true. We achieved idiocracy. Somehow, somewhere... Somewhere a place for us.
Peace and quiet and open air
Wait for us, somewhere....Oh, wait. orange grifter felon ... somehow.... Will no one rid me of this turbulent .... THING ???

littlemissmartypants

(34,470 posts)
14. You're never fully dressed without a smile. That's all anyone really needs to be beautiful. ❤️
Sun May 24, 2026, 07:33 AM
9 hrs ago

OldBaldy1701E

(11,593 posts)
15. And we see more of the same.
Sun May 24, 2026, 07:56 AM
9 hrs ago

The age of computers has truly done a number on some people. They are truly delusional thanks to years of doing nothing but sitting at a desk and using the computer to try and be something that they are not. Then, after enough time of being isolated and unsociable for years, they get forced into the real world once they hit adulthood (in most cases anyway) and have zero social skills and ability to handle the fact that the world does not turn around them.

Delusion is the American norm these days, it seems.

Martin68

(28,091 posts)
16. A lot of cosmetic surgeons make a fortune off the negative self-image and insecurities of people. This would be the
Sun May 24, 2026, 01:01 PM
4 hrs ago

logical result of that trend. This is not to belittle the contribution ethical cosmetic surgeons make for people with real issues that need correction or modification.

GenThePerservering

(3,737 posts)
17. I see no problem with a nip or a tuck
Sun May 24, 2026, 01:27 PM
3 hrs ago

or a little lick of paint on the ol' porch, but this is ridiculous.

I foresee when everyone looks the same, and looking characteristic and natural becomes sought after as a standard of looks.

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