Beauty, Skin and Model Retouching Services
Professional body retouching and reshaping by hand, from $2.00 an image. Posture straightened, skin evened, proportions adjusted to the brief you set — never further. Every frame is retouched by a person, returned within 24 hours, and the amount of change is your call rather than ours.
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Trusted by Fashion, Fitness & Portrait Studios
Model agencies, fitness brands, swimwear labels and portrait studios send us campaign takes and get consistent, natural-looking bodies back the next working day, unbranded.
What Is Body Retouching?
Hand retouching of the body in a photograph: posture and proportion adjusted, skin evened, garment fit corrected and lighting shaped — all to a written brief, so the result is a decision rather than an opinion.
You set how far it goes
Every order carries an intensity: light, standard or campaign. A retoucher never decides on your behalf how much a body should change, because that is not a technical judgement.
Proportion, not distortion
Reshaping fails when the background bends with it. Straight lines, tiles, door frames and horizons are checked on every frame, which is what separates a real retouch from a liquify pass.
Skin keeps its texture
Pores, freckles and fine hair stay. Blur the skin and the body reads as plastic under any zoom, and print exposes it immediately.
Written brief on file
What you want changed, and what must never be touched, is recorded once and applied to every order that follows so a second shoot matches the first.
How Our Body Retouching Service Works
Four steps from raw frames to listing-ready files, with no account setup in between.
Send the shoot
RAW, JPEG, TIFF or PSD by upload link, Dropbox, Google Drive, WeTransfer or straight to your FTP.
Retouching to brief
A named retoucher works to your intensity setting and your list of things to leave alone.
Quality control
A second editor checks proportion, background lines and skin texture across the whole set.
Delivery
Unbranded files return within 24 hours in your sizes. Revisions are unlimited.
Our Body Retouching Services
Everything a body or campaign shoot needs after capture. Drag any slider to see the real file, before and after.
Natural Body Retouching
The default finish: skin evened, blemishes and stray marks cleared, posture straightened and lighting balanced, with the body left recognisably the same body. This is what most portrait and lifestyle work needs.
- Blemishes and marks cleared
- Skin tone evened, texture kept
- Posture and stance straightened
- Nothing reshaped unless asked
Body Reshaping & Contouring
Waist, arms, shoulders and silhouette adjusted to a stated amount. Backgrounds are the giveaway on this work, so straight lines behind the subject are rebuilt rather than allowed to bend with the edit.
- Waist, arms and silhouette
- Background lines kept straight
- Adjustment set by you, in writing
- Consistent across a whole shoot
Skin Retouching Across the Body
Full-body skin work: uneven tone, tan lines, stretch marks, scars, bruising and razor marks handled to your brief, with pores and fine hair intact so the skin still reads as skin.
- Tan lines and uneven tone evened
- Stretch marks and scars to brief
- Bruising and razor marks cleared
- Pores and fine hair preserved
Height & Proportion Adjustment
Leg length, height and overall proportion adjusted for editorial and lookbook work, with the floor line, horizon and any vertical architecture corrected to match so the change does not announce itself.
- Height and leg length
- Floor and horizon corrected
- Verticals rebuilt, not bent
- Matched across the set
Muscle Definition & Fitness Retouching
Definition brought up through dodge and burn rather than filters, which is how fitness and sportswear imagery holds up at print size. Veins, sweat and skin texture are kept where they belong.
- Dodge and burn, not filters
- Definition raised to brief
- Texture and detail kept
- Consistent across a campaign
Campaign & Editorial Finishing
The full pass for advertising and editorial: garment fit corrected, straps and seams tidied, lighting shaped, colour graded and the whole set matched so every frame belongs to the same campaign.
- Garment fit and seams corrected
- Lighting shaped by hand
- One grade across the set
- Print-ready masters supplied
Shoots We Retouch
Different shoots carry different rules about what may change. These are the ones we handle daily.
Fashion & lookbook
Garment fit corrected without reshaping the model.
Fitness & sportswear
Definition raised by hand, texture kept.
Swimwear & lingerie
Tan lines, straps and skin handled carefully.
Portrait & boudoir
Light, private work to a written brief.
Model portfolios
Comp cards finished to agency standard.
Wedding & event
Whole galleries evened in one consistent pass.
Maternity
Gentle finishing with natural shape kept.
Advertising campaigns
Full editorial pass with print masters.
On-model eCommerce
Body and garment matched across a catalogue.
Beauty & wellness
Skin-led work for clinics and salons.
Artist & press shots
Publicity images finished for press use.
Competition & stage
Stage lighting corrected, definition kept.
Who Uses Our Body Retouching Services
Photographers and brands, mostly, plus individuals with a single shoot they want finished properly.
Photographers
Whole shoots returned unbranded, under your studio name.
Fashion brands
Lookbooks and campaigns matched season to season.
Fitness & activewear
Definition and garment fit at campaign volume.
Model agencies
Comp cards and portfolios to agency standard.
Advertising agencies
White-label delivery under NDA.
eCommerce retailers
On-model imagery brought to one standard.
Clinics & wellness brands
Before-and-after work handled honestly.
Individuals
A single shoot finished, no minimum order.
Why Body Retouching Goes Wrong
Almost every bad body retouch fails in one of four ways, and all four are avoidable.
The background gives it away
Reshape a waist without rebuilding what is behind it and the door frame bows, the tiles ripple, the horizon dips. Viewers spot the warp long before they question the body.
Blurred skin reads as plastic
Smoothing is faster than retouching, and it collapses the moment anyone zooms or prints. Keeping pores and fine hair is what makes the file survive a billboard.
Inconsistency across a set
If frame four is reshaped harder than frame two, the campaign looks unstable. One brief applied to the whole shoot is what stops that.
Nobody wrote the brief down
How much a body should change is not a technical decision, so we do not make it. It is recorded in writing, applied consistently, and revised on request rather than guessed.
Our Body Retouching Workflow
The same four stages run on a three-image trial and a four-thousand-image catalogue.
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Brief & base
Intensity agreed, exposure and colour set to a consistent baseline.
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Retouching
Skin, shape and lighting worked by hand, backgrounds rebuilt as needed.
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Quality control
Second editor checks proportion, verticals and texture across the set.
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Delivery
Unbranded files exported to your sizes within 24 hours.
Before & After Gallery
Real client files. Drag any slider to compare the original with the retouch.
Body Retouching Pricing, per Image
Starting rates for standard complexity. Send a sample and we confirm the exact price before any work begins.
Skin evened, blemishes cleared, posture and lighting balanced.
Tan lines, stretch marks, scars and bruising handled to brief.
Waist, arms and silhouette adjusted, backgrounds rebuilt.
Leg length and proportion adjusted, floor and verticals corrected.
Definition raised by dodge and burn, texture kept intact.
Full pass with garment work, grading and print masters. Send a sample.
Bulk orders of 10+ images qualify for discounted pricing, and 100+ for up to 50% off.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much will you change the body?
Exactly as much as you ask and no more. Every order carries an intensity setting — light, standard or campaign — and a list of anything that must not be touched. How far a body should change is not a technical decision, so we do not make it for you.
Will it still look real?
That is the whole standard. Skin keeps its pores, freckles and fine hair, and anything reshaped has its background rebuilt so straight lines stay straight. Smoothed skin and bent door frames are the two things that make a retouch obvious, and both are avoidable.
Can you slim or reshape a body?
Yes. Waist, arms, shoulders, legs and overall silhouette can be adjusted, along with height and proportion. Tell us how far in writing and it is applied at the same strength to every frame in the shoot.
Do you remove scars, stretch marks and tattoos?
Yes, on request, and only on request. Scars, stretch marks, tan lines, bruising, razor marks and tattoos are all left alone by default, because plenty of clients want them visible. Say the word either way and it holds for the whole order.
Can you add muscle definition?
Yes, by dodge and burn rather than a filter, which is what makes it survive print. Definition, separation and shadow are worked by hand, and veins, sweat and skin texture stay where they are.
Will a whole shoot look consistent?
Yes. The brief is applied across the set rather than image by image, and a second editor checks the shoot as a whole before delivery. Inconsistency between frames is the most common complaint about outsourced body work, so it is what quality control looks for first.
Can you fix how a garment fits?
Yes. Pulls, gaps, bunching, straps and seams are corrected, which is usually a better answer than reshaping the model, and it is what fashion and eCommerce clients ask for most.
Is the service white label?
Yes. Files come back completely unbranded, your client never sees us, and we will sign your NDA before any file moves. Body and boudoir work is never used in our portfolio or marketing.
How do you handle private or sensitive shoots?
Files are stored securely, access is limited to the assigned retoucher and the checker, images are deleted on request, and nothing from a body, boudoir or lingerie shoot is ever shown as a sample without explicit written permission.
What is your turnaround time?
Standard turnaround is 24 hours, and 24–48 hours for campaign and editorial passes. For a large shoot we agree the timeline upfront and meet it.
Is there a minimum order?
No. Send a single image, or start with the free trial of three. There is no minimum quantity and no sign-up.
What if I do not like the result?
Send it back with notes. Revisions are unlimited, and body work is the service where the first pass most often needs adjusting, because the right amount of change is a matter of taste rather than technique.
Related Photo Editing Services
Body work usually arrives alongside the portrait, apparel and enhancement services photographers outsource together.
Start Your Free Body Retouching Trial
Send three images with a note on how far to go, and see the result before you commit. No credit card, no sign-up, no obligation.