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An innovative, easy-to-use "face aging" software program  that shows how time and lifestyle choices will change and prematurely age people's faces • It has been shown to be effective as an anti-smoking education tool or part of a smoking cessation campaign • APRIL® Face Aging Software produces an animation of a person's face as it ages • It is a powerful and innovative way of demonstrating the harmful effects of smoking • A simple digital photograph is all that is needed • APRIL® takes just minutes and produces a powerful and personal side-by-side display of age progression • Add in the APRIL® smoking module to exhibit the classic characteristics of the smoker's face - grayish skin pallor, gauntness of facial features and pronounced wrinkling • Two images then show an animation of aging • One image shows typical facial changes of aging • The other adds the impact of the effects of smoking, overeating or excessive sun exposure • The software can print the images

This software can also be used to demonstrate the effects of excessive sun exposure and weight gain • Includes a specialized database that contains the aging characteristics of thousands of individuals of both sexes, multiple ethnicities and three detrimental lifestyle habits • The database provides the statistical basis on which results are calculated

This software has been cited in studies and reports including: At Face Value: A Survey of Self-Image and Health Behavior, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, N.Y., 2008

Women's smokers' experiences of an age-appearance anti-smoking intervention: A Qualitative Study, Staffordshire University, UK, published in British Journal of Health Psychology, 2010.

Photoaging Intervention: A proposal for a randomized controlled trial in Australian Primary Care, Center for Behavioral Research in Cancer Control, Faculty of Health Science, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia, 2010

You need a  desktop or laptop computer and a compatible digital camera • Please contact us for technical requirements • A projector can be  used to show a group of students • Can be used in community events, science or health fairs and education or health settings,

Includes future upgrades, one year support and maintenance.