How well do you age?

With ageing filters all the rage, here is a look at why some people age better than others

Bone loss, facial tissues sagging and formation of jowls come with ageing as people lose facial fullness when fat pads shrink. PHOTOS: ISTOCKPHOTO, FACEAPP
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FaceApp, which uses ageing filters to predict how one might look in the future, may have raised privacy concerns, but some users are more alarmed about how old the app makes them look.

Recent allegations of data theft by the artificial intelligence that powers the app have overtaken the #faceappchallenge earlier this month, when thousands worldwide posted geriatric photos of themselves on social media.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on July 28, 2019, with the headline How well do you age?. Subscribe