he process was made possible by Auriole Prince, a forensic artist specialising in age progression. Using key information about a person’s lifestyle she can manipulate an image to predict how they will look in the future. Age progressions are done for many reasos: Firstly and most importantly, they are used in cases of missing persons, when that person has been missing for two or more years and there has been sufficient time for appearances to change. The age progression image normally renews publicity and media interest in a case, therefore the case stays pro-active, supporting families and hopefully finding the person safe. Secondly, age progressions are produced by or for police to try to capture criminals. Thirdly, age progressions are often used in the media to illustrate to people the damaging effects of for example, smoking, drinking and sunbathing . Mainly, genetics determine how a person will age, but external factors can really alter the course of the ageing process. For example, excessive drinking can dehydrate the skin, dilate blood vessels in the cheeks causing redness, accelerate the ageing process and cause weight gain. Smoking stops the skin from being able to absorb vital vitamins and minerals and after time, the skin is unable to repair itself as it once did, resulting in a grey, lacklustre palour.
Increased wrinkles appear from repetitive squinting of the eyes and puckering of the lips when taking a drag. A poor diet will result in dehydration of the skin, a lack of vitamins and minerals and excessive sugar intake increases insulin levels which can have a knock on effect of spots or acne. Child Age Progression involves much structural change – it takes into consideration the underlying bone growth and the dentition changes which take place at around 6 -7 years old – these changes continue until at least 18 years of age. Cosmetic surgery imaging can help you decide whether or not to have surgery. It can help you to visualise your changes before undergoing surgery and also helps you communicate your wishes to your surgeon.
Prices are £49 for one facial cosmetic change, £29 for each additional area of the face. You can email photographs with a description of what you would like changed to info@changemyface.com and you will receive a secure invoice. The price includes two further adjustments. Changemyface was commissioned to provide an easy to use software programme that would show the children of Stoke on Trent how they would look older with the effects of alcohol misuse. The result was a realistic but shocking insight into the future of the children if they drink too much. This is a really powerful tool in the prevention of misuse of alcohol which we will be turning into an app in the very near future… there are also plans for further software and apps to show the ageing effects of smoking and eating a poor diet.
The company is run by Auriole Prince, who trained as a forensic artist with the Missing People Charity and offers many imaging services including age progression for children or adults, obesity and weight loss imaging, alcohol imaging software for children (recently used in schools) and cosmetic surgery imaging to visualise cosmetic changes. Auriole specialises in age progression, showing how someone could look when they are older, whether in the case of a long term missing person or to show how someone may grow older according to lifestyle. Her work has been used on many TV programmes including 10 Years Younger, Embarrassing Bodies, Jo Frost’s Extreme Parental Guidance, Gok Wan’s Teens and Crimewatch. Auriole has contributed to numerous magazines including Expert Beauty, Marie Claire, She Magazine and Closer Magazine. She has worked on many high profile PR campaigns for the NHS, Cancer Research and Change4Life. Auriole has trained with the FBI Adademy in Quantico, the British Police and is a member of the ‘Medical Artists’ Association of Great Britain’. For all enquiries please contact Auriole Prince at the link below.
