Former President Donald Trump has undergone multiple cosmetic procedures, including hair transplants and liposuction.
At least that’s what is claimed in a controversial new film about Trump’s life in the 1970s and 1980s, and experts told DailyMail.com they agree.
The biopic, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, features jarring scenes showing the real estate mogul going under the knife to lose weight and regain his thinning hair, according to critics who screened it at the festival.
While Trump has denied these allegations, that hasn’t stopped his appearance from being the center of intense speculation since his rise to fame.
A cosmetic surgeon told DailyMail.com he believes the former president has undergone between three and five different hair restoration procedures and a plastic surgeon said he may have had liposuction around his chin and forehead. neck.
Plastic surgeon Dr. Gary Linkov (left) stated in a YouTube video that he believed Trump had undergone plug grafts, a type of hair transplant surgery. Dr Linkov said: “If you look closely, you will see what appear to be small islands of hair.” I think he may have had a procedure involving plug grafts.
Dr. Linkov also said that in 1978, at age 32 (right), the “architecture of Donald Trump’s hairline had changed significantly compared to his when he was 18 (right). The hairline is much straighter, lower and looks less natural’
‘The Apprentice,’ which was made without the participation of Trump, 77, shows the former president undergoing liposuction on various parts of his body, a weight loss procedure and a hair transplant, which removes hair follicles from a part of the body. to any bald area on the head, in the 1970s and 1980s.
Dr. Ross Kopelman, hair transplant surgeon at Kopelman Hair Restorationagreed with the speculation and pointed to several aspects of Trump’s hair as evidence that he underwent hair restoration procedures.
He told DailyMail.com: ‘One of the most surprising aspects of Donald Trump’s hair is its density and consistent coverage over many years. Maintaining such density naturally can be a challenge… Achieving and maintaining this level of hair density often requires multiple hair restoration interventions.’
Dr. Kopelman added: “Observing Trump’s hairline over the decades reveals significant changes. In previous photographs, the hairline showed greater recession, particularly around the front temporal corners.
“Over time, the hairline has appeared lower and more youthful, suggesting surgical intervention.”
And plastic surgeon Dr. Gary Linkov stated on YouTube video He also believed that Trump had had plug grafts, a type of hair transplant surgery in which surgeons take hair from the back of the head and transplant it to bald spots, echoing many of Dr. Kopelman.
Dr. Linkov also believes that Trump had plug grafts, a type of hair transplant surgery in which surgeons take hair from the back of the head and transplant it to bald spots.
He said in 1978, at age 32, that “the architecture of Donald Trump’s hairline has changed significantly compared to when he was 18. The hairline is much straighter, lower, and appears less natural.”
‘And if you look closely, you’ll see what appear to be small islands of hair. I think he may have had a procedure involving plug grafts.
Dr. Linkov also points out the change in Trump’s hairline, both in angle and depth, saying that his hairline became straighter in the late 1970s and 1980s and that his hair grew further down to his forehead. compared to photographs from the sixties.
Trump’s first wife, Ivana Trump, who died in 2022, had previously said she had undergone scalp reduction surgery, which removes bald skin from the scalp and lifts hair-bearing areas over the bald areas to restore The hair.
Additionally, the former president’s daughter Ivanka Trump allegedly told friends that her father had undergone a scalp reduction procedure, according to Michael Wolff’s book Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.
in an extract published in New York magazineWolff wrote: (Ivanka) often described the mechanics behind (her hair) to her friends: a squeaky clean crown, a contained island after scalp reduction surgery, surrounded by a hairy circle of hair around the sides and the front, from where they all end. They are raised to meet in the center and then swept back and secured with a hardening spray.
But in Harry Hurt III’s 1993 book, the Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald J. Trump, Trump denied having had any plastic surgery, though he is no stranger to cosmetics, including fake tanners and hair dyes. hair.
The film has not yet been released to the public and it is unclear the exact year in which the filmmakers allege Trump underwent liposuction, but photographs from the 1970s and 1980s show little difference in the man’s chin and waist. former president.
The film also alleges that the 77-year-old underwent liposuction, which involves suctioning fat from specific areas of the body, and Ivana also made those claims, saying she had liposuction on her chin and waist.
Plastic and reconstructive surgeon Dr Rukmini Rednam told DailyMail.com it was difficult to speculate whether Trump had undergone liposuction on his waist, because he famously wears ill-fitting suits that obscure his figure, but it could be Maybe he had it around his chin.
She said: “It’s hard to comment on her waist as she rarely wears tight clothing, but if she had liposuction it would appear she didn’t do the maintenance to maintain her results.”
“It also seems likely that she had submental or chin liposuction and that her cleavage appeared more defined, while her weight and the rest of her face appear largely unchanged.”
The film has not yet been released to the public and it is unclear the exact year in which the filmmakers allege Trump underwent the procedure, but photographs from the 1970s and 1980s show little difference in the former president’s chin and waist. .
In addition to the claims made in the film, said Dr. Paul Tulley, plastic and reconstructive surgeon at Kensington Medical Facial Specialists. Meter last month that Trump has likely undergone an upper and lower blepharoplasty, also known as an eyelid lift, as well as a face lift.
Plastic surgeons have also previously speculated to DailyMail.com that the former president could now be taking weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic or Wegovy after he appeared slimmer in recent photographs than when he was in office.
Dr Shauna Levy, an obesity expert at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana, told DailyMail.com: “It’s realistic to consider the possibility that he is taking anti-obesity medications.”
The Trump campaign issued a statement after the film’s release, threatening to sue.
Regardless of whether or not Trump had undergone procedures in the 1970s and 1980s, plastic surgeon Dr. Jay Calvert told DailyMail.com: “If Donald Trump has had plastic surgery, he clearly needs more.” The neck needs attention. He needs an upper blepharoplasty (and) he needs a really good facelift.”