How do I get rid of shiny skin with Lightroom?

Question

For photos taken with my Point & Shoot camera, the flash often leave people in the photo with a 'shiny skin' effect. Other than not using the flash (or at least moving the flash off the lens-axis), what's the best way to reduce the shiny skin effect with Lightroom?

Answer 1

You can paint in low clarity (soften skin preset) on their faces, and reduce either the highlights or the whites on the photo. If a global edit is too much of a drastic difference, you can paint in the whites/highlights changes onto the skin itself.