Document a treatment. Before, during and after.
Most treatments settle over weeks, and by the time they do, the before photo has usually been lost in a camera roll. Journae keeps the whole course together — baseline, settling period and follow-up — in one dated place.
Why a camera roll is not enough
The baseline is irreplaceable
A treatment can only be seen against the photo taken beforehand. Two minutes on the day before is the highest-value photo in the whole record.
The settling period is visible
Short-interval photos through the first fortnight show how swelling and redness change, which is often the part people most want to look back on.
No medical claims
Journae describes what appears different between two photos and how comparable they were. It does not evaluate treatment outcomes or recommend procedures.
Three steps, then just keep showing up
Photograph the day before
Front and both sides, indirect daylight, no make-up, no filters.
Capture the settling period
Every day or two for the first fortnight, then weekly.
Compare at follow-up
Baseline against week six, with your aftercare notes attached.
The free plan tracks one journey. Upgrade only if you want to track more.
Documenting a treatment course
- Take the baseline set before the appointment, not on the day of it — swelling can start quickly.
- Match lighting and distance for every subsequent photo, or the comparison will show your camera rather than the treatment.
- Keep a neutral expression in the same way each time; expression changes the result more than a subtle treatment does.
- Photograph without make-up and without filters throughout the course.
- Note the treatment name, date, practitioner instructions and aftercare products with the photos.
Staying on the safe side of the line
- This is documentation of visible change, nothing more — it is not evidence that a treatment worked or did not.
- Follow the aftercare you were given, and raise anything unexpected with your practitioner rather than with a photo app.
- Journae does not recommend procedures, clinics or products, and never will.
- Anything painful, spreading or worrying deserves prompt professional attention.
Journae records and compares photographs. It makes no medical claims, does not assess treatment outcomes and does not recommend procedures. Speak to a qualified practitioner about any treatment or complication.
Worth reading before your first photo
Recovery tracking guide
Keeping a clear, dated visual record of an area as it changes, without judging the change yourself.
The guided photography guide
Angle, distance, light and background — the four things that decide whether two photos can be compared at all.
Reports and comparisons
Turning a set of photos into a side-by-side comparison or a dated PDF you can keep.
A beginner's guide to before and after photos
How to set up a first photo you will still be able to match months later.
Your photos, your data
Where your images live, who can see them and how to remove them.
Other things people track
Take the before photo while you still can.
The day before is the only day that baseline exists.