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Brenda

(1,906 posts)
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 05:44 PM Nov 18

Plastic surgeons wrestle with requests for 'Mar-a-Lago face': 'You're going to look like Maleficent'

OMFG WTF IS GOING ON WITH THESE PEOPLE?

Is it some new drug the GQPers are all huffing?

Much has been made of the so-called “Mar-a-Lago face”, or the uncannily smooth and artificially voluminous features seen on the likes of Maga elite such as Kristi Noem, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Laura Loomer and Matt Gaetz. The bee-sting puffy lips, frozen brows and taut necks have been compared to Real Housewives stars, sleep paralysis demons and – ironically, considering the Republican party’s anti-LGBTQ+ culture war – drag queens (minus the campy fun).

As of January, plastic surgeons in Washington DC have seen a “surge in ‘Mar-a-Lago face’ requests from Trump insiders”, Axios recently reported. Surgeons told the outlet that more Washingtonians want their procedures to be not unnoticed but obvious and overdone.

Other plastic surgeons advertise Mar-a-Lago face. A practice out of Boca Raton, Florida – less than an hour away from Mar-a-Lago – calls it a procedure that “doesn’t scream surgery. Instead, it whispers refinement.” Dr Shervin Naderi, based in the DC area, described the look as “a modern aristocratic mask” in his practice’s blog.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/18/mar-a-lago-face-plastic-surgery
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Plastic surgeons wrestle with requests for 'Mar-a-Lago face': 'You're going to look like Maleficent' (Original Post) Brenda Nov 18 OP
I think it is useful that people mark a visible part of themselves to demonstrate RockRaven Nov 18 #1
I thought the stupid red hats did the trick newdeal2 Nov 18 #3
"doesn't scream surgery. Instead, it whispers 'Stepford Wives'." marble falls Nov 18 #2
Yeah, but the weird thing is Matt Gaetz is among them. Brenda Nov 18 #6
Not for long. He's finally being charged and it doesn't look like there's amy wiggle room. marble falls Nov 18 #7
Really? Most excellent. nt Brenda Nov 18 #11
AKA... The mark of the Beast. mercuryblues Nov 18 #4
Before and After... sop Nov 18 #5
Again, OMFG. They have to be on some designer drug. Brenda Nov 18 #9
"Modern aristocratic mask"? Big Blue Marble Nov 18 #8
😲 mwmisses4289 Nov 18 #10
"whispers refinement..." only to people who hear voices in their head. Americanme Nov 18 #12
To each their own BoomaofBandM Nov 18 #13
More like reupholstery than refinement. dameatball Nov 18 #14
it whispers refinement. SamuelTheThird Nov 18 #15
Teh Fugly Blue Owl Nov 18 #16
The authentic Mar-a-Lago look... indeed beautiful ... legallyblondeNYC Nov 18 #17
Leavitt's facial reassignment work was unneeded. She had already won the genetic lottery for good looks. Botany Nov 18 #18

RockRaven

(18,522 posts)
1. I think it is useful that people mark a visible part of themselves to demonstrate
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 05:49 PM
Nov 18

their lack of self awareness and absurd priorities. It saves the rest of us a lot of time which might otherwise be wasted getting to know them enough to reveal those ugly truths.

newdeal2

(4,570 posts)
3. I thought the stupid red hats did the trick
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 05:51 PM
Nov 18

But I guess they should be permanently reminded of their stupidity.

Brenda

(1,906 posts)
6. Yeah, but the weird thing is Matt Gaetz is among them.
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 06:00 PM
Nov 18

You remember the pedo who should be in jail?

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Dr. Hartman, who has not worked with Gaetz, chalks it up, mostly, to an “overly heavy hand and poor placement” of neuromodulators like Botox. “It’s too heavy in the forehead and not lateral enough to prevent Spock Eye,” which is why Gaetz’s brows have that sharp, pointed angle like, well, Spock’s. “Plus, the glabellar injections [the vertical lines between the eyebrows] use an older technique that pushes the brow down and makes him look more menacing than usual,” he hypothesizes. “He also has lid ptosis bilaterally,” which means that the neuromodulator placement has caused his eyelids to droop.

https://www.esquire.com/style/grooming/a61638847/matt-gaetz-face-rnc-botox/

marble falls

(69,952 posts)
7. Not for long. He's finally being charged and it doesn't look like there's amy wiggle room.
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 06:03 PM
Nov 18

Brenda

(1,906 posts)
9. Again, OMFG. They have to be on some designer drug.
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 06:08 PM
Nov 18

They're all pretty much normally featured and beautiful women in the Before.

What exactly are they trying to morph into?

Wait, wait, I know. BLOW UP BAD BARBIE.


Big Blue Marble

(5,658 posts)
8. "Modern aristocratic mask"?
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 06:04 PM
Nov 18

Are you kidding me, this look will be in the trash heap in a few years and
hopefully many of it's wearers will be jail.

mwmisses4289

(2,908 posts)
10. 😲
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 06:09 PM
Nov 18

...a procedure that “doesn’t scream surgery. Instead, it whispers refinement.”

No, dude not only does it scream "surgery" at the top of it's lungs, not only does it not whisper refinement, it screams and shrieks "look how ugly I am!"

Americanme

(330 posts)
12. "whispers refinement..." only to people who hear voices in their head.
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 06:18 PM
Nov 18

It screams "I am insane!", and "I do not know what normal looks like!".

BoomaofBandM

(1,937 posts)
13. To each their own
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 06:19 PM
Nov 18

but they look like blow up dolls seen in cheesy movies in the 70's. Not judgement, just observation. But I am female and a grandma and despise what republican women are doing.

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