What is a skin fix API?

A skin fix API is a web service that automatically retouches skin in photos using AI. You send an image, and the API removes blemishes, evens skin tone, smooths texture, and polishes AI-generated artifacts — while preserving identity, pores, freckles, and natural features. Used by AI headshot platforms, beauty apps, photographers, and ecommerce brands to deliver professional-grade skin retouching at scale.

How does AI skin retouching work?

The API automatically detects skin regions and applies targeted corrections: blemish removal, color evening, texture smoothing, and artifact polishing. Unlike consumer filters that apply a uniform effect to the whole face, the pipeline treats skin as structure — preserving pores, fine features, and natural variation so the result looks like real healthy skin, not an airbrushed mask.

Does it preserve identity?

Yes. Skin Fix changes surface issues on skin without altering facial structure, features, or proportions. Freckles, moles, and scars that are part of someone's identity are preserved by default — only blemishes, acne, uneven tone, and harsh texture are corrected. The person in the output is unmistakably the same person.

Does it work on all skin tones and ethnicities?

Yes. Skin Fix is trained on diverse skin tones, ethnicities, and natural skin variation for consistent quality across fair to deep skin. Corrections target surface issues (blemishes, acne, unevenness) without altering underlying skin tone, natural pigmentation, or ethnic features — no single beauty standard is baked into the output.

Does it preserve freckles, tattoos, birthmarks, and skin conditions?

Yes. Freckles, moles, tattoos, vitiligo, rosacea, birthmarks, port-wine stains, and significant scars are treated as identity features and preserved by default. Skin Fix corrects only surface-level issues — blemishes, acne, temporary redness, uneven lighting, and AI-generation artifacts. If your use case requires a different treatment (e.g., fading tattoos for specific content workflows), contact us.

Does it work on AI-generated headshots?

Yes. Skin Fix is especially well-suited for polishing AI-generated headshots before delivery. Generation models sometimes produce glitchy skin — plastic textures, unnatural shines, waxy patches — and Skin Fix corrects these artifacts without regenerating the image. Used by headshot platforms as a delivery-polish step.

Can I control the intensity of retouching?

The API targets natural, professional-grade retouching by default — the kind of polish a skilled retoucher would do, not an aggressive beauty filter. We don't expose per-effect intensity sliders in the default endpoint; contact us if your use case needs more granular control.

What happens if the API can't detect skin in my image?

The API returns a structured response for every call. If no skin regions are detected (e.g., a photo without faces, a heavily stylized source, or a cartoon-like AI output), you'll get an error code with a descriptive message so your integration can handle the case — retry with a different input, fall back, or surface to the user. For transient infrastructure issues, internal retries are included in the price.

How much does the skin fix API cost?

$0.12 per image with simple fixed pricing. Sign up and get $10 in free GPU credits to try it out. Contact us for volume pricing on bulk workloads.

Can I process images in bulk?

Yes. Batch endpoints with async webhook delivery. Process thousands of images per job — ideal for wedding shoots, headshot delivery pipelines, and catalog retouching workflows.

How fast is the skin fix API?

Typical response times are under 3 seconds for standard resolution images. Built for production workloads with consistent latency at scale.

What image formats are supported?

JPEG, PNG, and WebP. Output format depends on the solution.

Typical response times are under 5 seconds for standard resolution images.

How does pricing work?

Simple fixed per-call pricing. No GPU costs, no infrastructure to maintain.

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Blemishes, tone, texture — fixed in one API call

Skin Fix API

Fix skin in any photo — remove blemishes, correct tone, smooth texture, and polish AI-generated artifacts. Identity preserved, professional-grade retouching in one API call.

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BetterPic uses Runflow’s Skin Fix API to polish skin quality on every AI-generated headshot before delivery.

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Input

image_url *

Your request will cost $0.12

Output

Example output

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Average processing time

$0.12

Per image, fixed pricing

4096px

Max resolution supported

Natural

Features preserved, no morphing

How it works

No pipeline to build, no models to configure.

Send your image

Pull a photo with visible skin — headshots, portraits, fashion shots, AI-generated faces. JPEG, PNG, or WebP up to 4096x4096 pixels.

AI fixes skin issues

Runflow's pipeline detects skin regions, removes blemishes, evens tones, smooths texture, and polishes artifacts — while preserving identity, pores, freckles, and natural features.

Get your result

Receive the retouched image in under 3 seconds. Each call is $0.12/image — batch as many as you need.

Blemish removal without the plastic look

Remove acne, spots, redness, dark circles, and marks while preserving natural skin texture. The output looks like healthy skin — not a waxy filter or airbrushed-over version of the original. Retouched, not filtered.

Removes acne, spots, redness, dark circles, and scars

Preserves pores, freckles, moles, and natural texture

No plastic or airbrushed filter look

Tone correction and color balance

Even out blotchy skin tones, fix redness, correct uneven lighting, and balance warm/cool color casts. The result looks professionally color-graded — not over-processed, not filtered, just clean.

Evens out blotchy and uneven skin tones

Fixes redness, discoloration, and color casts

Balances warm/cool imbalances for natural skin

Texture smoothing with detail preserved

Smooth harsh texture, soften pore visibility, and reduce fine lines — without erasing the skin details that make a face look like a face. Ideal for headshots, beauty editorial, and portrait retouching.

Harsh texture softened naturally

Pore visibility reduced without loss of structure

Fine lines softened, not erased

AI-headshot artifact cleanup

AI-generated headshots sometimes produce glitchy skin — strange textures, unnatural shines, plastic patches, waxy surfaces. Skin Fix polishes these artifacts so the delivered image looks photographed, not generated.

Fixes plastic and waxy artifacts in AI-generated faces

Removes unnatural shines and hot spots

Polishes generation glitches without regenerating

Skin Fix for every image workflow

From AI headshot delivery to batch wedding retouching. Professional skin quality at scale, identity preserved.

AI Headshot Platforms

Polish skin quality in AI-generated headshots before delivery. Fix glitchy artifacts, smooth harsh texture, and even skin tone — so delivered images look photographed, not generated. Think: BetterPic, HeadshotPro, Aragon.

Beauty & Photo Editing Apps

Add one-tap skin retouching to your photo editor. Users get professional-grade results without sliders or manual adjustments. Think: Facetune, YouCam, Snapseed, Pixlr.

Wedding & Portrait Photographers

Batch-retouch entire shoots in minutes instead of hours. Deliver client-ready imagery with consistent skin quality across every frame, every session.

Dating & Social Apps

Offer profile-photo enhancement as a premium feature. Users get subtle, natural skin fixes that feel like a great portrait, not an obvious filter. Think: Hinge, Bumble, Tinder.

Ecommerce with People Imagery

Polish skin in on-model fashion shots, beauty product photography, and lifestyle imagery. Consistent model quality across your catalog. Think: DTC fashion brands, beauty brands.

Modeling Agencies & Headshot Studios

Deliver agency-quality retouching at scale without a retouching team per shoot. One API call per image, consistent professional output across any volume.

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Skin Fix is how we ship AI headshots that look photographed, not generated. Raw AI outputs can have strange skin texture — occasional plastic look, glitchy pores, uneven tones — and we run every delivered headshot through Skin Fix to polish these before the user sees them. It's the difference between 'AI headshot' and 'professional headshot.'

Thibaut Hennau

CEO, BetterPic

Simple, per-image pricing

One price per retouch. No GPU fees, no infrastructure to manage.

$0.12/image

Fixed pricing for skin fix.

Professional-grade skin retouching with identity preserved. No setup fees, no surcharges, no per-effect add-ons.

$10 in free GPU credits on signup

Fixes blemishes, tone, texture, and AI artifacts

Identity and natural features preserved

Works on photos and AI-generated images

Up to 4096x4096px resolution

Batch processing with async webhooks

Under 3 seconds processing time

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Your data stays yours

Images are processed in isolated environments with automatic cleanup. Zero data retention by default.

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