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To do a bit a plastic surgery on her we'll again select the topmost layer, hold down the Alt or Option key and choose Merge Visible again to make another layer that incorporates all the information beneath it. This time we're not going to make it a Smart Filter Layer, we're going to use Liquefy, which doesn't work as a Smart Filter. By using a fairly large brush that's soft we can take a few pounds off her, just subtly nudge the edges like I did here, to mov her neck a little bit smoother. We can bring her ear in a little bit if we want and if we're really good we'll just nudge her chin line up a little bit. This will take a little bit more careful work. Notice that I'm clicking and just doing a slight nudge. A light hand is definitely best here. You don't want to make changes that are so obvious that people say, oh, she was retouched. You want a very believable subtle result where the person just looks like themselves but a little better. When you make them look a little bit better they think that you're one heck of an excellent photographer. You can also subtly define the nose, or you could come and use Bloat and just a very small size to just barely make lips a little bit larger. When you're happy with the results click OK. I see I'm not quite happy right here; that I overdid one area and, and my brush is too small and it's actually much harder to work with a small brush. The larger brush so that you can work with the edges of it are much easier. And now we'll click OK. Here we have our after result, and this is where the portrait started. She looks the same but better and that's the goal. To complete the effect you might choose to Vignette the corners of the image, or to separately blur the background. Only make the changes in the image that are necessary to have your subject look their best and don't go so far that people wonder who it was that was photographed. With Portrait Retouching, a lighter touch is better.