Much like Botox, a new trend is causing some professionals to raise an eyebrow.
Plastic surgeons in Washington, D.C., have seen a surge of President Donald Trump insiders requesting procedures associated with “Mar-a-Lago Face,” Axios reported last week. The look, which is linked to MAGA elites like Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Laura Loomer and even Matt Gaetz, is an uncanny combination of high balloon-like cheeks, very taut, smooth skin and bee-sting lips. Or, as plastic surgeon Troy Pittman told Axios, these patients “want to look like they had something done.”
Axios does note that these patients aren’t specifically asking for Mar-a-Lago Face, but are requesting procedures associated with the aesthetic. The outlet also attributes the trend to D.C.’s “Palm Beach crowd,” or the influx of transplants from South Florida, where Trump’s gaudy golf club is located. The look is also indicative of the president’s beauty standards.
Dr. Anita Kulkarni, a plastic surgeon in D.C., told the Guardian that during Trump’s first term she didn’t “see a lot of patients coming in making unreasonable requests.” But she has noticed a noteworthy uptick in people coming in during Trump’s second term asking for the MAGA makeover.
