Self-Portrait

First, I cropped this image to 8x10.  Then, I used the clone stamp to remove the fly-away hairs around my head and used the patch tool to remove major blemishes. To even out the skin even further, I blurred the face with the Guassian blur. To brighten the teeth and the whites of the eyes, I painted them white with  a brush on soft-light mode, later lessening the opacity of the layer so they it doesn't look unnatural. Lastly, I changed the levels of the photo to remove any yellow.