How do you retouch skin and restore detail in a portrait photo?

On Higgsfield: Run a soft or blurry portrait through Topaz face enhancement in Higgsfield Upscale, AI Image Upscaler or AI Unblur Image, setting strength and creativity to bring back eyes, skin and detail.

Without Higgsfield: Topaz face enhancement with noise reduction brings back natural detail in soft, low-light portraits. Start from the highest-resolution mid-shot or close-up you have, and when inpainting a face mask only the area needing correction.

Axis: a mid-shot or close-up portrait … a full-body image

Answers by date: 7 records in 7 sources, newest first; the answers above are the current ones. The advice was refined (2025, 2026), never reversed, in these records.

date	who	answer	source
2025-12-11	Higgsfield	For face fixes with Nano Banana Pro Inpaint Higgsfield advises against over-masking: mask only the area needing correction.	#1 Editing Tool in 2025: Meet Nano Banana Pro Inpaint
2025-12-06	Higgsfield	For AI skin enhancement Higgsfield's blog advises using the highest-resolution input available: even slightly better sources give much better restoration.	How AI Skin Enhancer Retouches Low-Quality Photos & Images
2025-12-06	Higgsfield	For the Skin Enhancer Higgsfield advises a mid-shot or close-up portrait, as full-body images may reduce detail accuracy.	The #1 Skin Enhancer: How to Retouch Pictures with AI
2026-10-22	Higgsfield	For blurry portraits, missed-focus headshots, soft selfies and group photos, Higgsfield advises Topaz face enhancement in AI Unblur Image, with strength and creativity set by the user, to bring back eyes, skin and detail. · also said: 2026-10-22 AI Image Upscaler, 2026-10-22 AI Image Enhancer, 2026-10-22 AI Profile Picture Generator	AI Unblur Image