Photo Retouching Service — Skin Polish, Blemish Removal, Portrait Cleanup

Professional Image Works retouches photos by hand, edited by a real person rather than batch AI. We polish skin, remove blemishes, fix lighting, and clean up family or portrait photos while keeping the subject's identity intact. Single-photo retouching starts at $19 with 24-48 hour turnaround. No account or subscription required — pay once via Stripe, upload your photo, receive the edited version by email.

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What you get

Photo retouching at Professional Image Works is done by a real editor — not a phone-app filter and not a batch-AI pipeline. Every photo gets eyes on it from start to finish. The editor works blemish-by-blemish on skin, shapes light so faces read evenly across the frame, calms redness, softens (rather than erases) freckles, and cleans up stray hairs and frizz. Your photo is returned with the same background, the same identity, and the same composition — just polished.

The Basic ($19) tier is built for one-off portraits and family snapshots that need a quick clean-up: blemish removal, light skin smoothing, and color correction on a single photo, with one free revision and 24-48 hour turnaround. The Premium ($39) tier is our most popular — everything in Basic plus skin tone and redness refinement, stray-hair and frizz cleanup, and two free revisions. Same 24-48 hour delivery window. Rush ($59) is everything in Premium with priority handling and under-12-hour turnaround, seven days a week — built for headshots you need today.

Every order is satisfaction-guaranteed. If the edit isn't what you wanted after the included revisions, we refund the order — satisfaction is the whole point. We accept JPG, PNG, HEIC, and TIFF up to 100 MB. Files come back as high-resolution JPG by default, with PNG available on request and PSD layers available on Premium for clients who want to keep editing in their own pipeline. Photos are stored on encrypted servers, used only to fulfill your order, and deleted from active storage 30 days after delivery — you don't have to ask. No account, no subscription — checkout via Stripe, upload your photo through a private link sent to your inbox, and receive the finished file by email. Bundle 5-packs ($79) and 10-packs ($139) are available if you have a batch of headshots, family portraits, or LinkedIn updates to work through — credits are good for 90 days and can be used on any retouching tier.

Pricing

Basic
$19 / photo
24-48h delivery
  • Single photo
  • Skin smoothing & blemish removal
  • Color correction
  • Free 1 revision
Buy Basic — $19
Most Popular
Premium
$39 / photo
24-48h delivery
  • Everything in Basic
  • Tone & redness refinement
  • Stray-hair / frizz cleanup
  • Free 2 revisions
Buy Premium — $39
Rush
$59 / photo
Under 12h priority
  • Everything in Premium
  • Priority queue
  • Under 12-hour delivery
  • Free 2 revisions
Buy Rush — $59

Before / after

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Before — original photo before retouch
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After — same photo after retouch
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Real customer retouch — skin smoothing, color correction, identity preserved.

How it works

1

Pick & Pay

Choose a retouching tier, check out via Stripe. No account needed.

2

Send Your Photo

Within minutes you'll get an email with a private upload link for your photo.

3

Download & Enjoy

Edited high-res file delivered to your inbox in 24-48h (under 12h on Rush).

Frequently asked questions

How is professional photo retouching different from a phone app?
Phone apps apply automated filters that often distort skin tone or facial features. Professional retouching uses targeted edits done by a real editor — blemish-by-blemish on skin, light shaping, color correction — so the subject still looks like themselves, just polished.
How long does retouching take?
Basic and Premium retouching are delivered in 24-48 hours from upload. Rush tier ($59) is delivered in under 12 hours, 7 days a week. Bundle orders (5-pack, 10-pack) deliver within 3-5 business days.
What does $19 retouching include?
The $19 Basic tier covers skin smoothing, blemish removal, and basic light correction on one photo. Premium ($39) adds background cleanup, color grade, and 1 revision round. Rush ($59) is same-day turnaround on Basic-level work for urgent deadlines.
Will my photo still look like me?
Yes. Professional retouching preserves identity. We polish skin without erasing texture, fix flyaway hair without changing hairlines, and never alter facial structure. Same person, just rested and on a good day.
What file formats do you accept?
JPG, PNG, HEIC, and TIFF up to 100 MB per file. We deliver high-resolution JPG by default and can provide PNG on request. Same background and same identity preserved.

Why Professional Image Works