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People Share How Much Time Changes Everything, Including The Way They Look (24 Pics)
Time is an incredible thing. You never really see how much you've changed until you look back at your old pics and wonder whether the person staring back at you is really you. Sometimes, it doesn’t even take all that long.
And this new TikTok trend is all about the power of transformation. Started by a TikToker named Izzy or @izzysheaa, who amassed 6.3 million likes for her snack-bite clip captioned “Beautiful both ways,” it got more TikTokers revealing how much they have changed.
Sometimes it’s weight loss, other times it’s a new haircut or a different clothing style. Whether it’s a little step outside your ordinary or a dramatic change of lifestyle, like a glow-up gender transition, the beautiful part about humans is that we're constantly changing.
So let’s see some of the most inspiring transformation examples below that show the beauty of finding yourself and remembering that it’s not just the result, but also the learning process that makes it all worth it.
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Recovery is possible I promise you
YoChicken 4 years ago
She did use filters, which I don't think she should have done, but she also gained weight and recovered from anorexia, thank god.
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The_tattered_hippie 4 years ago
On the past 2 years I’ve lost 147lbs. It was tough, but I feel great! I hope OP feels the same 🥰
Bored Panda reached out to the social media influencer Izzy Shea with 811.9K followers on TikTok, whose clip sparked the new transformation trend on the social media channel. Izzy told us that she shared her now-viral video “to show the way I’ve changed and focused on self-love over the years.”
However, she also added that the transformation journey is not over yet. “I’m still on it mentally and physically. I don’t think it will ever be over as I think there’s always room to grow as a person. I'm just ready for the next chapter of my life and what it will bring.”
Izzy said she was absolutely overwhelmed with “so much amazing and positive feedback on my video, which made me happy as I think many people felt inspired by my growth of self-appreciation.” When asked what she’d like to tell her old self, Izzy said it’s “to be patient and learn self-love from within first as it radiates over anything else.”
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Jennifer Norton 4 years ago
Aside from looking great can you image how much her health and over all life improved!! I went from 305 to 175 and it has overhauled my entire life!!! Amazing!
Aamna Shah 4 years ago
How did you do it? I mean I've heard even some qualified doctors tell patients it's not possible to naturally lose that amount of weight so I am curious.
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160 lbs later!
It’s incredible when you think about how much we all change with time. Do a simple trick—open a selfie with your best friend from five years ago. You do know it’s you and your buddy, but at the same time, it no longer feels like you and that difference is hard to pin down.
It’s because living means experience and experiences measure time. So the changes that we see outside are often very internal: the places you visited, the things you did, people you met, accomplishments you made, and failures you dealt with pave their way to your self-identity in a way nothing does.
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Ginny Weasley 4 years ago
She sort of looks like me. Ginny-Weas...9e4ada.jpg 
Sherryist 4 years ago
It's almost like, I hate to say, it because I wouldn't myself want people to like the natural me over the effort I put into getting dressed up. But the fact is, she's stunning naturally and doesn't need all of that extra.
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WaitingtokissGregDavis 4 years ago
Gorgeous! Whatever possessed you to go with the full face and dark hair earlier look? Hiding behind a mask. You are beautiful now, absolutely beautiful.
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Lost the weight but kept the beanie
No Username 4 years ago
You look gorgeous in both but so much happier in the second picture! Congrats!
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WaitingtokissGregDavis 4 years ago
Love the eye makeup! Love the lot! Congratulations all the way!!
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Capermom 4 years ago
The use of filters and FaceTune in the 2nd pic is completely unnecessary...
Mr. Vr 4 years ago
No, not really, i dont think she would perfectly photoshop that tiktok to make her look like that because to get it that smooth, she would first need to learn how to animate. And it would probs take more than a month.
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Silvia John 4 years ago
I'm sorry, but I like it better in the first picture because it looks more natural. I don't understand why she is posing so artificially in the second picture after losing weight. It doesn't make her impression any better.
Any emotion, good or bad, implies a change. Think of the breakup you had, and your newly found crush that makes you feel alive again. A relatively short period of time can be between them, but regardless, they have altered your state of being and made you stronger. Incredibly, all this happens without us even realizing it!
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Luna Lovegood! 4 years ago
probably more, because look how long her hair is.
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the redqueen 4 years ago
To dead gay heart: if you could, if you find out & understand the correct pronoun appropriate to be used here, for sure, could you come back and post that? I fumble with my pronouns; I don't mean to, I worry about hurting somebody's feelings, and that's the last thing I ever want to do, so I need to get my " s**t straight" and educate!( myself). I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks, :)
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the redqueen 4 years ago
Your nose is beautiful. It perfectly completes your face-the very first thing that went thru my head was he/she/ your facial features look like one of these famous sculptures of marble, displayed in a museum, done by a master sculptor; it's not a cookie cutter nose, like Barbie noses, pug noses or button noses-its perfectly curved, symmetrical-it is so pretty and unique ( unique, as in the prettiest nose I have ever seen.Seriously. ). Before u think I sound weird-I always notice noses, because I have always hated mine!(I failed on pronouns, so, for the record: I believe all people have the absolute right,to live their lives as their true selves. Science has proven that "physical appearance"does not always align correctly with a persons true self-the person on the inside. If I woke up, and was in the wrong body, it would not be a choice for me-it would be a necessity, that you could see the "true me"outside, too. It's a logical thing to me, why do some not understand this? : ) )
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dead gay heart 4 years ago
I love Andrea and her music and that she’s apart of the LGBTQ+ community
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Ghoustie 4 years ago
no shade but that's not classified as a afro not a single curl in site just a load of hair spray
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the before pic looks like an npc trying to sell you veggies at a reasonable price
In that sense, time does never pass in vain, as they say. Even though years, months, and decades are all relative, they bear a different kind of significance. Thus, most people would rather measure time in key events that leave a mark on their lives. Some of these fade away with time, while others, more significant milestones, stay forever.
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Tenley Samson 4 years ago
oml he looks like one of those American boy dolls not in a bad way just seeing some resemblance
AnimeObsessedTeenager 4 years ago
He's kinda hot tho if we're gonna be honest... (Not a pedo btw, I'm a teenager)
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A Random Panda 4 years ago
The first picture looks like somebody who was in my A=+ class! It can't be her though, because she's only in sixth grade right now.
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Aj Grimes (they/it)🦄 4 years ago (edited)
IT'S JAMES CHARLESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Suki-Chan 4 years ago
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
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LittleMissLotus 4 years ago
Agreed, glad that she looks happier, and kudos to her for being brave in her personal style, but it's an awful angle and the turtleneck just isn't flattering, not on her or anyone, really
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Derpy Dino 4 years ago
That blue though! its so stunning! (I honestly want to dye it that blue now)
Scratch 4 years ago (edited)
First photo is a lot better. That hair on the right looks like crap.
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Tiari 4 years ago
More like „before and after I learned to use filters and facetune“. Not all, but a lot.
Troux 4 years ago
I'm happy for a lot of these people who are more comfortable in their skin and have made empowering transformations, but this isn't a "New Tiktok Trend", it's monthly BP content.
Bee Jairrels 4 years ago
How to make TikTok content for dummies' 1. You gotta be pretty 2. last step is follow the trend
Xandra, The Little Hufflepuff 4 years ago
I dyed my hair, and I have much more confidence in who I am WIN_202102...b5253e.jpg 
ScarlettofHydraIsland 4 years ago
And I look the exact same as I did three years ago, with longer hair and minus the braces.
Liz the Wanderer 4 years ago
I know people like to share when they are proud, but I'm tired of all these "I lost weight" articles. Yay. People do.
Jackson Gohn 4 years ago
Typical bored panda trash! One day it's bad to be skinny the next day we should praise people for the same. They just recycle every single post that they have from Instagram.
Snake of Eden 4 years ago
Umm... because it's dangerous to get that skinny via eating disorders and drugs, and there are people out there trying to get fit because it is also dangerous to be overweight. These people are just trying to get healthy, and happy, and want to share that with others who might be strugling (Although I know that there are also people out there that encourage terrible beauty and body images, and that's not okay)
Load More Replies... Jackson Gohn 4 years ago
Can anybody tell me about another site or app where every single post is not anti-male/Caucasian/heterosexual/American.
Tiari 4 years ago
More like „before and after I learned to use filters and facetune“. Not all, but a lot.
Troux 4 years ago
I'm happy for a lot of these people who are more comfortable in their skin and have made empowering transformations, but this isn't a "New Tiktok Trend", it's monthly BP content.
Bee Jairrels 4 years ago
How to make TikTok content for dummies' 1. You gotta be pretty 2. last step is follow the trend
Xandra, The Little Hufflepuff 4 years ago
I dyed my hair, and I have much more confidence in who I am WIN_202102...b5253e.jpg
ScarlettofHydraIsland 4 years ago
And I look the exact same as I did three years ago, with longer hair and minus the braces.
Liz the Wanderer 4 years ago
I know people like to share when they are proud, but I'm tired of all these "I lost weight" articles. Yay. People do.
Jackson Gohn 4 years ago
Typical bored panda trash! One day it's bad to be skinny the next day we should praise people for the same. They just recycle every single post that they have from Instagram.
Snake of Eden 4 years ago
Umm... because it's dangerous to get that skinny via eating disorders and drugs, and there are people out there trying to get fit because it is also dangerous to be overweight. These people are just trying to get healthy, and happy, and want to share that with others who might be strugling (Although I know that there are also people out there that encourage terrible beauty and body images, and that's not okay)
Load More Replies... Jackson Gohn 4 years ago
Can anybody tell me about another site or app where every single post is not anti-male/Caucasian/heterosexual/American.
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