Last Updated: September 2026
The Grooming Journal (TGJ) may use AI-generated images as part of its editorial and illustrative content.
Use of the Founder’s Images
Some of the male model images used on TGJ are created from photographs of Dikdesh Bhattacharyya, the founder and editor of The Grooming Journal.
AI may be used to create different visual variations from these photographs, including changes to:
- Pose and composition
- Hairstyle
- Skin appearance
- Beard style
- Clothing and overall styling
- Other visual elements required for the accompanying editorial content
These AI-generated images represent the same person, but the appearance may be digitally altered or enhanced for illustrative purposes.
Editorial and Illustrative Use
AI-generated images are used to support the content they accompany and should be understood as illustrative visual content, not as photographic evidence of a particular grooming result.
An AI-generated image showing a particular hairstyle, skin appearance, beard style, or grooming outcome should not be interpreted as a guarantee that a product or routine will produce the same result.
Product and Medical Representation
AI-generated images on TGJ should not be interpreted as:
- Evidence of a product’s effectiveness
- A guaranteed grooming result
- Medical or dermatological evidence
- A real product-use photograph unless explicitly stated
- An endorsement by a third party
The accompanying article remains the primary source of information about the grooming topic being discussed.
Other AI-Generated Visuals
TGJ may also use AI-generated or AI-assisted visual content for other editorial purposes, including illustrations, concepts, historical references, or explanatory visuals.
Where appropriate, such visuals are intended to represent concepts rather than exact real-world events, people, or outcomes.
Copyright and Reuse
AI-generated visual content created specifically for TGJ forms part of the website’s original visual content.
Unless otherwise stated, you may not reproduce, republish, modify, distribute, or commercially reuse TGJ’s images without prior written permission.
Copyright and other intellectual-property rights relating to AI-generated material may depend on applicable law and the circumstances in which the material was created.
TGJ does not claim ownership over third-party images or visual assets that it does not create.
Permission
For permission to reuse an image published on TGJ, please contact:
contact@thegroomingjournal.com
Unauthorised reuse may be subject to applicable copyright or other intellectual-property laws.
Policy Updates
We may update this policy when our use of AI-generated visual content or applicable requirements change.
Any updated version will be published on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date.