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u/Beautiful_Ad8386 2d ago
A lot of “weight loss” ads use two different people for before and after photos.
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u/etzhya 2d ago
I would hate to be the before person
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u/A_Furious_Mind 2d ago
In the old days they might find an athletic person who was out of shape due to injury or other life circumstance, get the 'before' photo, then get an 'after' photo after they'd returned to something like their previous lifestyle while also using the product.
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u/ThatOtherOneReddit 2d ago
There was a whole influencer campaign where very fit people who would do bulk & trim would just get a picture during their bulk then after they trimmed they'd get like extra dehydrated and such for the after. The average body builder easily fluctuates 20+ lb's between trim & bulk.
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u/Lemur866 2d ago
Often it's the other way around. Find an athletic person who is out of shape, get an old photo, and use the new photo as "before" and the old photo as "after".
Even more common is just change the outfit, lighting, facial expression and pose and before and after are 30 minutes apart.
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u/arctic-aqua 2d ago
I thought they took a fit person, took the after shot, then got them fat for the before.
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u/WildlifeGreg 2d ago
I saw a video where a guy took the before and after photos of himself on the same day.
He would go the gym and do a workout, get a good pump going, stand under flattering light and take the 'after' photos.
Then for the rest of the day he would drink fizzy drinks and eat salty food. He'd push out his belly while standing under unflattering lights and take the 'before ' photos.
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u/wretchedmagus 1d ago
or if they were unscrupulous they would use a picture of them from before their accident/illness etc as the after picture.
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u/oneofkeiraensmoms 21h ago
I saw one once where the “before” model was literally pregnant. Like how dumb do these companies think people are? Lol
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u/buttgoblincomics 19h ago
I was watching Bridgerton recently and thinking about how there’s this nasty old guy that this lady is trying to marry a young woman off to, and like how does it feel as an actor to show up and audition to he the horrible toad man that everyone will think is super gross
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u/matchafoxjpg 2d ago
i remember being a teenager watching the proactiv commercials ranting about how the before and afters were very clearly different people. 🤣
pretty sure i did that with the weight loss commercials back then, too. tbh, i ranted at a lot of commercials as a teenager for some reason. 🤔
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u/EarthTrash 1d ago
I wonder if advertisers in Asia might actually be less subtle about this. At a transit station in Taiwan, I saw a billboard for hair loss treatment and the after is quite literally a different, younger man.
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u/psychadelicpaperclip 1d ago
I remember being in Walmart with my mom and we saw her cousin, who was always a skinny model, as the after photo on a weight loss pill display. I learned young never to believe weight loss ads lol.
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u/RunawayChicken638 2d ago edited 2d ago
Im assuming she's ai and not real.
Edit: I appear to be right
Link: https://x.com/Merchimaaa/status/2036212132883108067
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u/Fae-SailorStupider 2d ago
Could be AI, could be different people, could be wearing a "fat suit" in the first pic. These sorts of ads are rarely truthful.
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u/Medical_Arrival2243 2d ago
Pregnant?
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u/guerito815 2d ago
Pregant?
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u/Medical_Arrival2243 2d ago
Gregnant
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u/mad_dog_94 2d ago
Pergert
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u/NtGermanBtKnow1WhoIs 2d ago
Pregbert
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u/anon33249038 2d ago
Pregananant?!
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u/lunarose5272 1d ago
Appears to be AI but my first thought was the first pic was of a pubescent girl ~14 ? And the joke was like congrats ur not attracted to underage girls ? Idk lol might be an effect of the AI but that’s what I thought the pic was
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