{"id":20561,"date":"2025-07-24T15:27:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T15:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/20561\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T15:27:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T15:27:17","slug":"how-old-is-your-skin-tool-that-tells-you-the-real-age-of-your-face-had-some-sobering-truths-for-these-brave-volunteers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/20561\/","title":{"rendered":"How old is YOUR skin? Tool that tells you the real age of your face had some sobering truths for these brave volunteers"},"content":{"rendered":"

A tool that analyses the true age of your skin has been put to the test by a group of volunteers who were brave enough to find out how old they really look to the rest of the world.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Novos, a New-York based company which specialises in anti-ageing and claims to be ‘pioneers in consumer longevity’, has put out a test which uses\u00a0AI<\/a> to analyse your skin’s health.<\/p>\n

The software, which the company claims is expertly trained on over three million images and ‘validated by dermatology specialists’, gives a score based on facial age, eye age, eye bags, wrinkles, uniformity, pores and redness.<\/p>\n

The higher the score out of 100 for redness, pores, wrinkles and eye bags, the better, whereas skincare fanatics should aim for a lower score out of 100 for their facial uniformity.<\/p>\n

For some, the test was precise and got their age spot on. Video journalist James said he was ‘very happy’ and even recommended exfoliating once a week, followed by using a moisturiser. AI guessed that trainee reporter Ayaat was a year younger than her real age and she said it was ‘clearly accurate’.<\/p>\n

However, others were told they looked 11 years older than their real age, which ended up ‘ruining’ their day, with one saying that the humbling test provides a ‘sobering reminder that time waits for no man’.<\/p>\n

But do you think the results are correct? MailOnline reporters and editors put it to the test and were both pleasantly and unpleasantly surprised by the result…<\/p>\n

CLAIRE\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The AI software thought Claire, 58, looked two years younger than she is at 56 and said she ‘can’t complain’<\/p>\n

FACE AGE: 56<\/p>\n

EYE AGE:\u00a031<\/p>\n

ACTUAL AGE: 58\u00a0<\/p>\n

EYE BAGS:\u00a073\/100.\u00a0FACE WRINKLES:\u00a0 95\/100.\u00a0UNIFORMITY: 39\/100.\u00a0PORES: 36\/100.\u00a0REDNESS: 70\/100\u00a0<\/p>\n

Reacting to the results, Claire said: ‘I was looking haggard today (early mornings) and I was expecting my age to be higher, so I can’t complain.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Very happy with my eye age and it seemed to have scored in my favour in everything but pores but I’ll take that hit for the 31 years eye age.<\/p>\n

‘I probably need a facial to rectify pore score but I will take a look at them tonight as I’ve never really thought about them, so maybe that is the problem.’<\/p>\n

Claire says she uses products from The Code skincare range by her friend,\u00a0Rhianna Van Der Lugt.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘She has perfected all of the products so they work well on every age as my daughter is 21 and obsessed with the moisturiser,’ she said.<\/p>\n

‘I use the skin cleansing cream (with water) and rub in firmly and then wipe off with a damp flannel. I usually do this two or three times before I add some serum and then the nourish and lift moisturiser which is absolutely brilliant.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘I do this morning and evening. I also try not to wear any make up at the weekend so that my skin can rest. There is also a SPF 50+ for the face which I use whenever I am in the sun and it doesn’t react with my eyes and my face is really well protected.’<\/p>\n

SIOFRA\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Siofra, <\/p>\n

Siofra, 43, was bracing to be told her skin looked older but was pleasantly surprised that the AI tool thought she was 36\u00a0<\/p>\n

FACE AGE: 36<\/p>\n

EYE AGE: 29<\/p>\n

ACTUAL AGE: 43\u00a0<\/p>\n

EYE BAGS: 78\/100.\u00a0FACE WRINKLES: 27\/100.\u00a0UNIFORMITY: 66\/100.\u00a0PORES: 34\/100.\u00a0REDNESS:\u00a055\/100<\/p>\n

Reacting to the results, Siofra said: ‘I must admit, I was dreading the results and was very much bracing myself to be told my skin looks a lot older than it should!\u00a0I do go through phases where it gets some TLC, but this is very much not one of them.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘My current routine is washing my face at night and using some Lidl moisturiser twice a day. That coupled with a string of nights of broken sleep, I was preparing for the worst. So, to get a result of 36, seven years younger than my 43 years, was a great surprise.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Even better was my eye age of 29. I fully expected that to be the worst bit due to the aforementioned restless nights, and I’d personally say that’s usually my worst area when it comes to showing my age.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘However, my score was 78 out of 100 and Novos tells me that higher is better on this front. Readying the advice, it advises a lot of water, fruit and veg and I am good at ticking all these boxes – so maybe it’s paid off.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘My overall facial wrinkle score wasn’t so positive with a low 27, but it doesn’t bother me too much. I’ve had deep lines on my forehead for as long as I can remember and if they start to bother me, I’ll get a fringe.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘My scores for pores, redness and uniformity weren’t great on paper but they don’t look so bad to me. Perhaps I’ve gone face blind but overall I’m really happy and even tempted to try it again after I’ve caught up on some sleep.’\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

KATE<\/p>\n

\"Kate, <\/p>\n

Kate, 31, got a face age of 31 and she had hoped to get a lower score but is chuffed to look her age\u00a0<\/p>\n

FACE AGE: 31<\/p>\n

EYE AGE:\u00a024<\/p>\n

ACTUAL AGE: 33\u00a0<\/p>\n

EYE BAGS: 84\/100.\u00a0FACIAL WRINKLES: 84\/100.\u00a0UNIFORMITY: 51\/100.\u00a0PORES: 20\/100.\u00a0REDNESS: 48\/100<\/p>\n

Reacting to the results, Kate said: ‘I had hoped my facial age results would be a little younger, out of pure vanity, but I’m also glad that I look around my age as I think age is something to be celebrated.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘My eye age being 24 was a pleasant surprise though, I have to say! My scores for Eye Bags and Facial Wrinkles is relatively high, which I’m told is a good thing and I won’t be looking to have Botox any time soon.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘I wasn’t too surprised by my poor Pore and Redness scores, as I struggle with oily combination skin and these have been lifelong issues for me anyway.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Overall I’m quite pleased and plan to continue my usual skincare routine – although I might do a bit more research on reducing pore appearance and redness.’<\/p>\n

JACK\u00a0 \"The <\/p>\n

The AI tool thought Jack, 33, looked 36 and said it was a reminder that ‘time waits for no man’<\/p>\n

FACE AGE: 36\u00a0<\/p>\n

EYE AGE: 25<\/p>\n

ACTUAL AGE: 33\u00a0<\/p>\n

EYE BAGS: 53\/100.\u00a0FACE WRINKLES: 61\/100.\u00a0UNIFORMITY: 39\/100\/\u00a0PORES: 39\/100.\u00a0REDNESS:\u00a048\/100\u00a0<\/p>\n

Reacting to the results, Jack said:\u00a0‘As someone who takes pretty good care of their skin with daily SPF and retinol at night I’m pretty to shocked to have been aged up by three years.<\/p>\n

‘People usually remark that I’m babyfaced so this is a sobering reminder that time waits for no man. Maybe it’s time to hit the Botox\u2026’<\/p>\n

ED \"The <\/p>\n

The software thought Ed, 25, looked 23 which said said might explain why he is often ID’d at the supermarket<\/p>\n

FACE AGE: 23<\/p>\n

EYE AGE: 30<\/p>\n

ACTUAL AGE: 25\u00a0<\/p>\n

EYE BAGS: 64\/100.\u00a0FACE WRINKLES: 72\/100.\u00a0UNIFORMITY: 33\/100.\u00a0PORES: 52\/100.\u00a0REDNESS: 45\/100\u00a0<\/p>\n

Reacting to the results, Ed said: ‘Well the younger facial age might explain why I keep getting ID’d while trying to buy alcohol at the supermarket.<\/p>\n

‘I’m pleasantly surprised with these results. I thought the bags under my eyes were more prominent than the AI appears to think.<\/p>\n

‘I think, my eye age, which is five years older than my actual age, could be my fault due to one too many late nights followed early rises to get to work.<\/p>\n

‘All the other results I was expecting.’<\/p>\n

OLIVER\u00a0\u00a0 \"Oliver, <\/p>\n

Oliver, 30, said he was worried about his low pore score and wondered whether to see a dermatologist\u00a0<\/p>\n

FACE AGE: 35\u00a0<\/p>\n

EYE AGE: 30<\/p>\n

ACTUAL AGE: 30\u00a0<\/p>\n

EYE BAGS: 74\/100.\u00a0FACIAL WRINKLES: 60\/100.\u00a0UNIFORMITY: 59\/100.\u00a0PORES: 8\/100.\u00a0REDNESS: 48\/100\u00a0<\/p>\n

Reacting to the results, Oliver said: ‘It’s a bit worrying that my pores score is so poor (as higher is better), perhaps I should see a dermatologist about that, but it’s good that my eye age, eye bags and wrinkles are pretty good, so maybe my skincare routine is paying off. I’ve even just started using glycolic acid!<\/p>\n

‘Overall I’m not surprised I look a bit older than I am, as I always have. The first time I bought alcohol on my 18th birthday, I wasn’t even ID’d and on top of that working in a newsroom can age you (or so I’m told).’<\/p>\n

JAMES\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"James,23, <\/p>\n

James,23, was ‘very happy’ that the AI tool thought he looked his age and says he weekly exfoliates his skin and uses\u00a0moisturiser<\/p>\n

FACE AGE: 23<\/p>\n

EYE AGE: 27<\/p>\n

ACTUAL AGE: 23\u00a0<\/p>\n

EYE BAGS: 62\/100.\u00a0FACE WRINKLES: 74\/100.\u00a0UNIFORMITY: 37\/100.\u00a0PORES: 65\/100.\u00a0REDNESS: 49\/100<\/p>\n

Reacting to the results, James said: ‘I’m very happy!\u00a0It’s good to know that my ‘face age’ is also my actual age – so that’s healthy.<\/p>\n

‘As for the rest of my scores, well I have to say being the youngest on the team has it perks.<\/p>\n

‘As for advice to anyone out there who isn’t happy with their skin scores, a weekly dose of exfoliating gel and some CeraVe moisturiser clearly works a treat.’<\/p>\n

ALEXIS\u00a0 \"Alexis, <\/p>\n

Alexis, 27, said the score ‘ruined his day’ when AI believed his face age was 11 years older than he actually is\u00a0<\/p>\n

FACE AGE: 38<\/p>\n

EYE AGE: 40<\/p>\n

ACTUAL AGE:\u00a027\u00a0<\/p>\n

EYE BAGS: 72\/100.\u00a0FACE WRINKLES: 50\/100.\u00a0UNIFORMITY: 42\/100.\u00a0PORES: 13\/100.\u00a0REDNESS:\u00a049\/100\u00a0<\/p>\n

Reacting to the results, Alexis said:\u00a0‘It ruined my day!’\u00a0<\/p>\n

ROB \"Rob, <\/p>\n

Rob, 26, said it ‘wasn’t ideal’ to be told by the AI tool that he looks a decade older than his real age\u00a0<\/p>\n

FACE AGE: 36<\/p>\n

EYE AGE: 35<\/p>\n

ACTUAL AGE: 26\u00a0<\/p>\n

EYE BAGS: 64\/100.\u00a0FACE WRINKLES: 15\/100.\u00a0UNIFORMITY: 32\/100.\u00a0PORES: 46\/100.\u00a0REDNESS: 37\/100\u00a0<\/p>\n

Reacting to the results, Rob said:\u00a0‘It’s not ideal that I’ve been aged 10 years, but I will blame it on the AI identifying the beard. It would be interesting to see the results if I had a shave.<\/p>\n

‘It looks like the only metric I’ve scored positively on is uniformity and eye bags, and then really poorly on the wrinkles, so clearly I need to up my game with the skin care routine.<\/p>\n

‘I’m also slightly dubious that the test is set up by a skin care company.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

JON \"Jon, <\/p>\n

Jon, 34, says he often gets told he looks in his twenties and thought it was ‘harsh’ for the AI tool to say he looked 38<\/p>\n

FACE AGE: 38<\/p>\n

EYE AGE: 40<\/p>\n

ACTUAL AGE: 34\u00a0<\/p>\n

EYE BAGS:\u00a072\/100.\u00a0FACE WRINKLES: 50\/100.\u00a0UNIFORMITY: 42\/100\/\u00a0PORES: 13\/100.\u00a0REDNESS:\u00a049\/100<\/p>\n

Reacting to the results, Jon said:\u00a0\u00a0‘Oh, this is brutal. I’ve always been told I looked alright for my age – occasionally passing for under 30 – so for an AI to tell me I look 38 is harsh.<\/p>\n

‘I’ll agree with the eye bags though – not enough sleep and too much coffee to blame for those. And I’m pinning the wrinkle score on all my laughter lines from being such a jolly guy. That’s what I’m telling myself, anyway.<\/p>\n

‘Delighted my regular and expensive moisturising regime is getting results for my pores. Bit miffed to be told I have a red face – and what does it even mean to have a ‘uniform’ face anyway? It’s not like my nose is above my eyes.<\/p>\n

‘But the cynic in me does wonder whether it’s being a bit harsh on purpose. After all, this company is selling products they say make you look younger.<\/p>\n

‘Would it really say I look younger if I slapped a bit of ‘longevity formulation’ on my face for a month? I’m not sure it would.’<\/p>\n

STEPHEN\u00a0 \"Stephen, <\/p>\n

Stephen, 30, said it ‘wasn’t surprising’ to be told by the AI software that he looked older\u00a0<\/p>\n

FACE AGE: 36\u00a0<\/p>\n

EYE AGE: 25<\/p>\n

ACTUAL AGE: 30\u00a0<\/p>\n

EYE BAGS: 53\/100.\u00a0FACE WRINKLES: 61\/100.\u00a0UNIFORMITY: 39\/100.\u00a0PORES: 39\/100.\u00a0REDNESS: 48\/100\u00a0<\/p>\n

Reacting to the results, Stephen said:\u00a0‘As much as I’d love to say I’m shocked, being told I look years older than I actually am isn’t overly surprising. Maybe I should look at getting Botox.<\/p>\n

Stephen added that his skincare routine involves moisturising every day but ‘that’s it’.\u00a0<\/p>\n

AMIE-BETH \"Novos <\/p>\n

Novos thought Amie-Beth, 29, looked 35 which she said ‘wasn’t surprising’ as she is ‘due\u00a0my next round of Botox’<\/p>\n

FACE AGE: 35<\/p>\n

EYE AGE: 30<\/p>\n

ACTUAL AGE: 29\u00a0<\/p>\n

EYE BAGS: 74\/100.\u00a0FACE WRINKLES: 60\/100.\u00a0UNIFORMITY: 59\/100.\u00a0PORES: 8\/100.\u00a0REDNESS: 48\/100<\/p>\n

Reacting to the results, Amie-Beth said:\u00a0‘I wasn’t too shocked at my facial age as I am due my next round of Botox.<\/p>\n

‘I was surprised with they eye bag score as I have just come off of night shifts so I thought that would be worse.<\/p>\n

‘I feel as I am approaching 30, I am noticing my wrinkles a lot more so the wrinkle score does make sense to me.<\/p>\n

‘The pore score has horrified me. I always pride myself in having good skin. Maybe I need to invest in a toner.’<\/p>\n

STELLA<\/p>\n

\"Stella, <\/p>\n

Stella, 28, said there is ‘no way’ she looks 36 and said that the only spot-on result was her eye age<\/p>\n

FACE AGE: 36<\/p>\n

EYE AGE: 29<\/p>\n

ACTUAL AGE: 28\u00a0<\/p>\n

EYE BAGS: 63\/100.\u00a0FACE WRINKLES: 9\/100.\u00a0UNIFORMITY: 60\/100.\u00a0PORES: 15\/100.\u00a0REDNESS: 44\/100\u00a0<\/p>\n

Reacting to the results, Stella said: ‘I am shocked! There’s no way I look 36 – definitely not!<\/p>\n

‘The only spot-on result? My eye age. Because let’s be real, eyes never lie.<\/p>\n

‘My eye bags results are giving me hope, but those facial wrinkle scores? I’m scratching my head wondering what I’m doing wrong. I spent so much money on skin care every month.’<\/p>\n

AYAAT\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Ayaat <\/p>\n

Ayaat was chuffed to get an accurate result as she had recently turned 23 and the AI thought she was 22<\/p>\n

FACE AGE: 22<\/p>\n

EYE AGE:\u00a022<\/p>\n

ACTUAL AGE: 23\u00a0<\/p>\n

EYE BAGS: 52\/100.\u00a0FACIAL WRINKLES: 63\/100.\u00a0UNIFORMITY: 27\/100\u00a0PORES: 65\/100\u00a0REDNESS: 57\/100<\/p>\n

Reacting to the results, Ayaat said: ‘I recently turned 23, so the eye and facial age is clearly accurate. But I was mildly surprised by the scores on wrinkles, eye bags and redness – not ever having registered those as potential ‘problem areas’ in skin.\u00a0<\/p>\n

My skincare routine consists of cleansing in the evening with a face wash, toning morning and night, and using a thick moisturiser and SPF whenever there are high UV warnings.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘This summer, though, I have laid out in the sun more than I should have, which I know isn’t great for wrinkles…’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A tool that analyses the true age of your skin has been put to the test by a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20562,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[97,519,59,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-20561","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-dailymail","9":"tag-femail","10":"tag-gb","11":"tag-technology","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}