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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Isaaq Tomkins

REVEALED: You cant control everything the rise in plastic surgeons asked to create ai face | Vintage Vibes

Isaaq Tomkins holding up a mobile phone showing a radically altered image of his face
Isaaq Tomkins with a chatbot’s cosmetic surgery recommendations. Photograph: Linda Nylind/The 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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