My mother is 87 years old now and I recently sent 2 photos of her when she was in her early 20s to Forever Studios for restoration. Both of the photos were in pretty bad shape for different reasons. The worst one suffered from the daily wear and tear of being in my father's wallet 40+ years and the other was cut around the edges to fit into an oval photo frame. But, much to my surprise, both of them came back to me looking absolutely beautiful and fully restored. Here is worst one (before and after), which was in my father's wallet. He is deceased now and my only regret is that he is no longer here to see this--but, I know he would be pleased!