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Letter to Editor

Plastic surgery and the biometric e-passport: Implications for facial recognition

Page 127 | Received 17 Apr 2014, Accepted 25 Jul 2014, Published online: 27 Aug 2014
 

Abstract

This correspondence comments on the challenges of plastic reconstructive and aesthetic surgery on the facial recognition algorithms employed by biometric passports. The limitations of facial recognition technology in patients who have undergone facial plastic surgery are also discussed. Finally, the advice of the UK HM passport office to people who undergo facial surgery is reported.

Declaration of interest

The author reports no conflicts of interest. No funding was received to support this work.

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