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Technique 31: Be Your Own Plastic Surgeon

Save Time By

Quickly cleaning up wrinkles and blemishes

Performing a speedy nose job

No one has perfect skin. No one has a perfect body. Not even the perfect looking models in magazine ads. Take a really close look at almost any ad showing a serious amount of skin — whether a face, leg, or other body part — and you probably can detect some telltale sign of image doctoring. Perhaps an edge looks slightly mushy or the skin tone or texture doesn’t quite match. In the ads, image manipulation can be pretty obvious where the photographs have been quickly (and cheaply) doctored.

Because our skin and bodies are less than perfect (whatever perfect is!), having Photoshop to help fix the wrinkles and tighten tummies is a good thing. Photoshop comes with some really super tools that let you professionally retouch any photograph you have. Some of this plastic surgery can be quite time consuming, but if you take the time, there won’t be any telltale signs in your photos to give your retouching away.

This technique zeroes in on fixing physical irregularities. First, you find out how to brush away the years as you remove wrinkles, blemishes, and brown spots. Then, you go to medical school and learn how to smooth noses. So, pull out your best (or worst!) photographs and start retouching!