Former first lady and former model Melania Trump is no stranger to speculation about her appearance, and Election Day was no exception.
When Mrs. Trump appeared with her husband at a polling station near Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday, wearing oversized sunglasses inside, Internet viewers renewed the conspiracy theory that the person was not in reality Melania but a body double.
The plastic surgeons who spoke to DailyMail.com set the record straight: of course it was Melania, but added that people weren’t wrong to think something was different about her.
Dr. Dennis Schimpf, a South Carolina-based cosmetic plastic surgeon, said Mrs. Trump “probably had additional filler work done in anticipation” of her husband’s victory and the ensuing media spectacle.
But according to Dr. Thomas Barnes, a plastic surgeon in Newport Beach, California, she “just looked tired,” probably from supporting her husband during a grueling election campaign.
Mrs. Trump has vehemently denied having undergone surgery despite widespread speculation to the contrary.
Board-certified plastic surgeons have previously postulated that she has likely undergone fillers in her cheeks, Botox in various locations, a nose job, and a facelift.
Melania Trump’s appearance on Tuesday has sparked wild theories that she was swapped for a camera double.
At the polling place with her husband, Melania Trump opted to leave her sunglasses on, which a plastic surgeon postulated could be due to some swelling from the injectable filler.
The soon-to-be First Lady has kept a relatively low profile for much of the campaign season, making a rare campaign appearance at the president-elect’s supporters’ rally at Madison Square Garden last week.
She surprised the Manhattan crowd when her name echoed through the arena, took the stand, and later told Fox & Friends, “I love New York City… I wanted to support my husband.” So I was there for him and everyone else.”
Wrapped in Dior, she smiled politely alongside her husband on Tuesday and kept her sunglasses on despite being inside.
This sparked a torrent of theories that the person who voted with Trump on Tuesday was not Melania.
But Dr. Barnes said his thinner-looking jaw and less plump cheeks are “consistent with what he’s been through over the last few weeks and months.”
“He probably hasn’t been sleeping, his face is probably a little dehydrated, maybe he’s lost a little weight.”
It is possible, doctors said, that Mrs. Trump had filler injected into her cheeks to lift the lower part of her face and smooth out the lines running from her nose to the corners of her mouth.
As for the sunglasses, Dr. Barnes surmised that a simple makeup mishap, in which she got a little mascara or powder in her eye, left her with red, dry eyes, “which she wouldn’t mind.” “It will look good on a person with model appearance.”
The quick fix, he said, is to wear sunglasses, adding that he doubted she would have undergone surgery or anything more invasive than injectable filler at a time when the media follows her so closely.
Dr. Schimpf offered another explanation for the unusual decision to keep her sunglasses on indoors.
He said: ‘She could have had a little filler under her eyes and cheeks. This often causes bruising, so it makes sense to wear sunglasses.”
Mrs. Trump, photographed at her husband’s rally at Madison Square Garden last week, had noticeably fuller cheeks and deeper nasolabial folds compared to her appearance on Tuesday.
To further burst many bubbles, Mrs. Trump took off her glasses for a small press group after she and the now-future president cast their votes.
Dr. Schmipf added that the lines between the sides of the nose and the corners of the mouth appeared much shallower than usual, suggesting fillers in the cheeks to lift and support the skin around the mouth area and smoothen the wrinkles there.
His jaw on Election Day is also noticeably narrower than it looked last week. This could have been achieved with a wide range of treatment offerings.
Dr. Brian Reagan, a board-certified plastic surgeon at CosmetiCare in Newport Beach, California, told DailyMail.com that between her appearance in New York and the polling place, her chin and jaw “appeared narrower than Melania’s typical structure.” .
He believes the most likely technique for slimming the jaw was Morpheus 8, a non-surgical treatment that uses radiofrequency energy and microneedling to tighten the skin around the jaw and stimulate collagen production.
Mrs. Trump also has access to the most advanced skin care products and youth-preserving facials, the most qualified dermatologists, and endless resources for following a healthy diet and maintaining a rigorous exercise regimen, all of which can help. to prevent visible aging.
The Trump campaign has not responded to DailyMail.com’s request for comment.