You Won't Believe How Much These People Have Changed Since 2012

Updated Oct. 3 2018, 8:54 p.m. ET

We all love a good Twitter hashtag that gives us an opportunity to show off how hot we are. The hashtag #2012vs2018 is the perfect combination of sexy selfies, TBTs, and showing how a little bit of work every day can make all the difference. In six years, that is.

Folks are showing off what they looked like in 2012, and where they're at now, and it's safe to say we have all mostly improved. 

Some folks has legit inspirational changes, like recovering from a long battle with illness:

While others just discovered fashion. I mean, wow.

Or they stopped leaning into fashion quite so hard. This guy thanks puberty for his glow-up.

Some folks grew together as a couple—and sticking through the thick and thin certainly paid off.

For others, they now know how to work a bold lip. And check out that impeccale contour. Seriously impressive.

Make-up in general was transformative:

I. Mean.

Some people just let their hair grow in. Like this guy, who wrote "I know nobody cares but lol bless this" — and probably didn't think he'd end up being featured in an article.

Some other people found their look. I mean, just check this guy out. She better work!

And look at this cutie who went from femme to soft butch and looked adorable the whole time TBQH.

"If we're gonna start talking glow-ups," she writes, "then please, allow me." 

For some people, it was just the fact that puberty came knocking. Hello!

They finally learned hair care. 

"They ask me what my inspiration was, I tell 'em global warming," this guy joked on Twitter.

Including the eyebrows:

But many people just combined all these lessons:

One thing is clear. People have gotten a lot better at taking selfies in the last six years.

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