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I know there are some older threads about using face apps but has anybody played around with them?

I tried a few today but only found one you don't have to sign up to.

Wow. The result fixed my eyes, straigtened and feminised my nose, and gave me lip fillers.

These are all things I want to do.

My face had some surface treatment but not much change.

My hair was almost identical, just some colouring.

Obviously some makeup but the scary thing is it looks like me just a beautiful version.

Like a really beautiful version. The sort that makes me want to transition tomorrow

Early in my transition, I used FaceApp to help figure out how to do makeup. I would snap before-and-after screenshots and compare them. Then try to replicate what I saw in the photo.

Later, I used it again to try different hairstyles and colors to see what looks best for my face shape and skin tone. Then went shopping for wigs!

They can be very helpful!

Be careful, these apps are frequently just mining your data.

"If you're not paying for it, you're the product"

I'd be terrified to try as would show me something i could then not achieve

I found that FaceApp raised unrealistic expectations.

I prefer Copilot. Upload a selfie and it gives me a critical appraisal of what can be done and a shopping list of the required products. Then a step-by-step guide on how to apply them and finally a kind and affirmative report on the result.

i tried faceapp for a while early on. It produced totally unrealistic images in my view. Inspiring yes but not really achievable I thought. Try Google Gemini first, in my opinion it produced bettter images.

I showed it a pic of me in minimal makeup and asked it to re-imagine me at 12 stone, and I think it did a much more realistic image than faceapp ever could. You can really be specific about how you want to alter your image as well. Dev has a point about data mining but in all honesty can any of us really avoid googles clutches, they've probably got all our data by now anyway and could probably tell us the name of our unborn kids ha ha!

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I use Face app paid for version. It's fun to play around with. But I tried Google and it created me female and gave me a list of makeup products. Face app changes your face and is only good for making pretty pictures. I don't see it as creating a image I could realistically achieve.

Quote from: Charlotte Kitty on July 23, 2026, 02:50:07 AMI'd be terrified to try as would show me something i could then not achieve

Exactly. I tried several, hoping they would use my real face so I could explore looks, but they all modified my face unrealistically. That had limited value when I was unsure if I was trans, but I would not touch them now. Many also required a subscription and often clearly were being paid commissions by cosmetic companies.

Call me cynical, but I always roll my eyes when it comes to sites like that. I would rather get real-world feedback. That has been far more beneficial.

Quote from: KristaFairchild on July 24, 2026, 08:55:29 AMExactly. I tried several, hoping they would use my real face so I could explore looks, but they all modified my face unrealistically. That had limited value when I was unsure if I was trans, but I would not touch them now. Many also required a subscription and often clearly were being paid commissions by cosmetic companies.

AI seems to do that. With FaceApp (paid version), I used the Gender Swap feature to see what was changed. It didn't change facial features, but softened the skin and applied makeup, so I found it helpful to learn what to try.

Quote from: Lori Dee on July 24, 2026, 11:14:35 AMAI seems to do that. With FaceApp (paid version), I used the Gender Swap feature to see what was changed. It didn't change facial features, but softened the skin and applied makeup, so I found it helpful to learn what to try.

That's what it did for me too.
Wrinkles removed, hooded eyes reduced, but I could still see me... well her. Her for the first time.

I don't know if it is feasible for me to look like that, but if it is I want it.

I'll look at posting the pic here later.

Oh, I ran her pic through th AI for a 2nd time and it was even better but probably unrealistic

Quote from: Petunia on July 24, 2026, 06:15:30 PMThat's what it did for me too.
Wrinkles removed, hooded eyes reduced, but I could still see me... well her. Her for the first time.

I don't know if it is feasible for me to look like that, but if it is I want it.

I'll look at posting the pic here later.

Oh, I ran her pic through th AI for a 2nd time and it was even better but probably unrealistic

I am hugely distrustful of AI, and the obsession people have with it these days. I only have one question. Do you think what it showed you is realistic? These things only go on inputs. Not necessarily from you.

I don't trust AI either.

I don't really know what is possible. I need to show it to a surgeon and see what they say.

It mostly fixed my eyes and nose which is what I want regardless of any transitioning

Quote from: Petunia on July 24, 2026, 06:56:25 PMI don't trust AI either.

I don't really know what is possible. I need to show it to a surgeon and see what they say.

It mostly fixed my eyes and nose which is what I want regardless of any transitioning

I don't even trust that crap when it comes to fixing up writing/typing. There are so many times it THINKS I am trying to say something else or it doesn't get certain things revolving around emotion when writing a story. It's going to be so great when we no longer have drinkable water so some trash can spit out incorrect rubbish. EDIT: I just found the perfect example. So many times it doesn't understand that "LOL" is not the beginning of the sentence. Stupid friggin' AI rubbish.

I think I used one once or twice.  It did not make me look prettier.  However it did not have much to work with.

Here it is.

The first is one pass through AI, the second is after two

[Link: https://imgur.com/a/andrea-wAQ2IoN]

I tried to link them to here but I couldn't do it.

It's the first time I thought "girl".  It is me there but I don't think it's possible I'd ever look that that. 

You look female for sure.


Chrissy

Partial quote from above.

Quote from: Petunia on July 22, 2026, 11:17:25 PMThe result fixed my eyes, straigtened and feminised my nose, and gave me lip fillers.

These are all things I want to do.

My face had some surface treatment but not much change.

My hair was almost identical, just some colouring.

Obviously some makeup but the scary thing is it looks like me just a beautiful version.

I've been a bit depressed for a week.

Maybe it's from playing with AI.

Quote from: Petunia on July 29, 2026, 05:31:15 AMPartial quote from above.

I've been a bit depressed for a week.

Maybe it's from playing with AI.

I am sure these things have their  contructive uses... perhaps as a guide when speaking with a doctor regarding FFS but, I've always thought these things had a lot of addictive potential and could easily leave one feeling a bit empty and depressed.

Ashley, that is certainly what i'm feeling. Depressed when I look in the mirror then thinking about those AI photos.

I feel like giving up.

It doesn't help that it seems like I'm being deliberately male gendered, mostly by men.

"Can I help you sir?"

Ok, I'm not passable, but probably androgenously dressed but why not "can I help you?"

I don't seem to have that issue with women even when buying women's clothes, makeup, nails etc

Maybe I'm overly sensitive at the moment

Quote from: Petunia on July 29, 2026, 04:23:51 PMAshley, that is certainly what i'm feeling. Depressed when I look in the mirror then thinking about those AI photos.

I feel like giving up.

It doesn't help that it seems like I'm being deliberately male gendered, mostly by men.

"Can I help you sir?"

Ok, I'm not passable, but probably androgenously dressed but why not "can I help you?"

I don't seem to have that issue with women even when buying women's clothes, makeup, nails etc

Maybe I'm overly sensitive at the moment

Petunia!

I am sorry you are feeling the weight of all this... Simply being yourself can feel like the most difficult of things sometimes... I will tell you that I, and everyone here, who has built their new life has felt and gone through what your feeling... I can also say in hindsight they would regret throwing in the towel... 🌼

The things you seek are within your grasp but, patience is your friend... hold the good days close... like when you were at the concert... you got a glimpse... keep at this and those wins start to add up... if you begin HRT, patience is REALLY your best friend but all the little changes and improvements we make have a cumulative affect!... 🌸

Sometimes this is all like learning to snowboard or skateboard... the first few times you fall a lot... get bruised, scraped and sprained and limp away... the trick is coming back the next day and the next... keep coming back girl... keep finding and expressing who you are and soon the world will see it too! 🤗

Onward Brave Sister!

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I would just gently say that handing a surgeon a picture and saying "I want to look like this" is probably the stuff of night sweats for them. That isn't how it works in their business. They're working with skin, tissue and bone, specifically the skin, tissue, and bone that you bring into their office.

AI is working with pixels and what it knows will give you a dopamine hit. It doesn't care or take into account the physical practicalities of what a surgeon can move or change.

Hugs, Devlyn

Yeah, I get that Devlyn.

I will say please give me a straight nose that I can breathe through and not snore through it at night. Repair that smashed septum and fix the broken ball of cartilage at the tip. Make it a feminine as possible.

Please fix my hooded eyelids and the area below my eyes.

Here is a picture AI converted of me. I can see me underneath, I don't think this is possible but what else do I need to get me as close as possible

I know you're a surgeon not a magician. 

My wife did a consultation at Facial Team. They took pictures of her from various angles and then sat down with her and asked what specifically bothered her.

My wife has had eyelid lifts mainly because her eyelids have hindered her vision but also to look better.

Her surgeon told her to fix it properly she needs to go and lift from her scalp

I'm pretty sure she will do that soon.

I know she wants other things done, so she can go for it.

Male or female, I can't live without fixing my face. It's been busted since I was 11.

If they are going to touch me, I want it as girl as possible.

At least I'll be a better looking thing

 

My wife has had eyelid lifts mainly because her eyelids have hindered her vision but also to look better.

Her surgeon told her to fix it properly she needs to go and lift from her scalp

I'm pretty sure she will do that soon.

I know she wants other things done, so she can go for it.

Male or female, I can't live without fixing my face. It's been busted since I was 11.

If they are going to touch me, I want it as girl as possible.

At least I'll be a better looking thing

PS, if you look closely at my nostrils you can see how they look "fixed".
Busted, I really only have one open nostril


 

Quote from: Sephirah on July 24, 2026, 06:19:47 PMI am hugely distrustful of AI, and the obsession people have with it these days. I only have one question. Do you think what it showed you is realistic? These things only go on inputs. Not necessarily from you.

I use AI every day for a multitude of purposes, many of which support my transition. 

Really if ever though have I seen an accurate image of my face used. The "improvements" are beyond reach without massive medical interventions and therefore they do it help me. No face apps for me. 

Hello girls, I have to say that what you are saying is a reality and a very dangerous one.
As I said in other posts, I had an aesthetic clinic couple of years ago and this was a reality:

Quote from: Devlyn on July 30, 2026, 12:29:25 AMI would just gently say that handing a surgeon a picture and saying "I want to look like this"

I know clinics where for the right amount of money, they will do whatever you want and afterwards state one of the clauses in the procedure contract...I guarantee the procedure, not the result...and there has been too many people with real catastrophic faces due to this practice.

In our case, and as adults, I assume that we have more tools and resources to cope...we have to be happy with ourselves and be realistic.
Then again, being a woman, as we all know, implies being evaluated by every other woman around.

Even cis woman (at least some), are obsessed with it, so, let's try to keep our heads clear and improve our beauty and one way is being confident on who and how we are.

Quote from: Petunia on July 30, 2026, 05:02:53 AMAt least I'll be a better looking thing

You already are a beautiful woman, never forget that and don't be too hard on yourself.