What Your ‘Face Age’ Can Tell Doctors About Your Health

December 27, 2024

Faces

(Wall Street Journal) – Scans of face photos are estimating people’s ‘biological age’ and even predicting how long they’ll live

Cancer doctor Raymond Mak had a hunch that an elderly patient was healthy enough to withstand aggressive treatment. A photo of the man’s face helped affirm his intuition.

Mak ran the photo through a “face age” test, which showed that the 90-year-old man’s health was more similar to someone in their late 60s. (Read More)