Locally Controlled Face Aging with Latent Diffusion Models

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Autores principales: Santos, Lais Isabelle Alves dos, Despois, Julien, Chauffier, Thibaut, Ba, Sileye O., Palma, Giovanni
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Publicado: 2025
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author Santos, Lais Isabelle Alves dos
Despois, Julien
Chauffier, Thibaut
Ba, Sileye O.
Palma, Giovanni
author_facet Santos, Lais Isabelle Alves dos
Despois, Julien
Chauffier, Thibaut
Ba, Sileye O.
Palma, Giovanni
contents We present a novel approach to face aging that addresses the limitations of current methods which treat aging as a global, homogeneous process. Existing techniques using GANs and diffusion models often condition generation on a reference image and target age, neglecting that facial regions age heterogeneously due to both intrinsic chronological factors and extrinsic elements like sun exposure. Our method leverages latent diffusion models to selectively age specific facial regions using local aging signs. This approach provides significantly finer-grained control over the generation process, enabling more realistic and personalized aging. We employ a latent diffusion refiner to seamlessly blend these locally aged regions, ensuring a globally consistent and natural-looking synthesis. Experimental results demonstrate that our method effectively achieves three key criteria for successful face aging: robust identity preservation, high-fidelity and realistic imagery, and a natural, controllable aging progression.
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spellingShingle Locally Controlled Face Aging with Latent Diffusion Models
Santos, Lais Isabelle Alves dos
Despois, Julien
Chauffier, Thibaut
Ba, Sileye O.
Palma, Giovanni
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
We present a novel approach to face aging that addresses the limitations of current methods which treat aging as a global, homogeneous process. Existing techniques using GANs and diffusion models often condition generation on a reference image and target age, neglecting that facial regions age heterogeneously due to both intrinsic chronological factors and extrinsic elements like sun exposure. Our method leverages latent diffusion models to selectively age specific facial regions using local aging signs. This approach provides significantly finer-grained control over the generation process, enabling more realistic and personalized aging. We employ a latent diffusion refiner to seamlessly blend these locally aged regions, ensuring a globally consistent and natural-looking synthesis. Experimental results demonstrate that our method effectively achieves three key criteria for successful face aging: robust identity preservation, high-fidelity and realistic imagery, and a natural, controllable aging progression.
title Locally Controlled Face Aging with Latent Diffusion Models
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.21600