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‘You can’t control everything’: the rise in plastic surgeons asked to create ‘AI face’
Growing numbers of people are seeking improbable cosmetic surgery based on chatbots’ recommendations
TL;DR
- Plastic surgeons are seeing a rise in patients requesting procedures based on AI-generated idealized images.
- AI-generated faces often feature hyper-symmetry, flawless skin, and refined features that are physically unattainable through surgery.
- Surgeons explain that human healing and aging processes have variations that AI cannot replicate.
- AI can create images with pixel-perfect alterations, which are not possible with surgical manipulation of anatomy.
- Some surgeons suspect that AI-generated images are being used to showcase unrealistic surgical results on social media.
- AI-driven cosmetic procedure recommendations can be excessive and costly, with potential side effects and unlikely final results.