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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Sarah Young

FaceApp 'old age' challenge: The best posts from Drake to the Jonas Brothers

If you haven’t already noticed it dominating your Instagram feeds, the FaceApp challenge is the latest social media craze sweeping the internet right now.

The new viral trend is seeing people share pictures of themselves after applying the “old” filter from the mobile phone app to a selfie, often with extraordinary results. 

Using artificial intelligence, FaceApp creates realistic transformations of users’ faces with various filters and features, including the one that is trending right now.

The old-age filter takes a picture of a user’s face before showing them what they could look like as they age by adding wrinkles and grey hairs to selfies, generating a hyper-realistic image of them in the future.

So far, a bevy of A-listers has taken part and, while some have used it as an opportunity to poke fun at themselves, it has given others a virtual glimpse into their future.  

Take a look through the gallery above to see some of our favourite celebrity transformations. 

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