20+ Before and After Photos Proving That Time and a Little Effort Can Do Wonders
Curiosities
10/18/2019

Some things can change completely if you put in just a little bit of effort. The same goes for animals and people. The people in this article tested this by experience: one person took their dog to the groomer and ended up with a new dog, and another person simply cleaned their old bowls and candlesticks and saw what they looked like when they were new.
1. This is what parenting is like:
2. Before and after lotion
3. Can the steam-cleaning community get some love?
4. An ax from the Viking era before and after conservation (from sometime between the 10th century and the 11th century)
5. A wooden chair, before and after
6. An x-ray of the back, before and after a surgery for scoliosis
7. My dog after a trip to the groomer
8. “My first time power washing — was not disappointed!”
9. Here are the before and after shots of a gem after being professionally cut.
10. Same toy, 5 years later
11. This failed tattoo before and after is just hilarious.
12. A hotel, before and after
13. “My shoes before and after working for a month as a fry cook”
14. Before and after the shell was cleaned
15. The screws in the windows before and after rusting
16. Before and after cleaning tarnished copper pots
17. Tap water before and after letting the faucet run for a minute
18. “The difference is 12 months. Lost weight, grew a beard, and started modeling in my thirties!”
19. Check out the difference between 2 different potting soils after treating them exactly the same.
20. A Tropicana bottle before and after processing
21. Graffiti commissioned by the local government in Pachuca, Mexico
22. “Before and after being told she was a good girl”
Have you ever witnessed such radical changes?
Please note: This article was updated in December 2022 to correct source material and factual inaccuracies.
Preview photo credit volcanicdiarrhea / Reddit
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