“Mar-a-Lago face describes a plastic surgery and fashion trend among American conservative and Republican women”
First fucking picture is Matt Gaetz, does that mean he’s (she’s?) transgender?
this post was submitted on 22 Sep 2025
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Is there anyone finding it pretty looking? Besides Trump of course.
Looks wierd
I'm all for it. I get it. They don't want to put a giant Nazi sign on their face.
Then that plastic face look is the next best thing so we know what you are.
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Remember though, taking HRT and getting gender affirming surgery is “mutilating” your body.
Trt and hgh are fine, how else are you going to look like mini Rambo?
It's like straight out of American Psycho.
Is that like "resting fascist face" or sth?
This is why I think trump had mild stroke followed by a quick surgery to hide the effect.
I've been saying this for a while. It's not that these wealthy women think their carved up faces look good, it's that they look expensive. They know all the procedures, and the costs, so when a friend shows back up to brunch after 6 weeks, with a new face, they know exactly how much she spent on her new mug.
Regular people can't participate in this game, so whenever anyone sees their weird face, they'll know how rich they are.
Ah, so lead paint and lice infested powdered wigs all over again.
Yeah, stuff like this makes me wonder if the peasants of the that time thought the rich looked ridiculous when/if they saw them…
Oh, count on it. I have a degree in history, and I have always tried to look at history through the eyes of real people.
We tend to put historical people on pedestals, but the thing to always remember is that people have been people, for as long as there have been people. You can go back to a community of literal early human cave dwellers, and you would find all of the same personality characteristics that we see today - love, hate, anger, greed, ambition, duplicity, ignorance, intolerance, kindness, jealousy, empathy, disingenuousness, criminality, avarice, perversion, corruption, courage, cowardice, etc.
So if we see those powdered wig wearing dorks as ridiculous clowns, you can absolutely count on the fact that the people of the time thought the same thing.
Yeah it's conspicuous consumption.
Just like Middle class people try to show off money/status buy having luxury cars.
Huh. And here, as a Canadian, I just always wondered why the most obnoxious Americans I've ever met had such gigantic heads.
I guess I just thought it was all the bovine growth hormones or something...
I'm genuinely curious, when someone has a face and lips full of filler and implants and whatnot, when they get a really good solid punch in the face, like proper wind-up and full shoulder and torso twist slug in the chops, does it pop them like an overripe zit, or does it dent them like a ball of playdough?
There are true scientific breakthroughs to be made in this area, for sure.
I would love to donate to support this research
This thumbnail made me suddenly realize that Gaetz has Charlie Kirk Face Syndrome. Look at it, it's waaaay too small and they clearly moved the height slider waaaay too low and maxed out the forehead height setting.
His forehead is too big. Almost like he's cutting off his Widow's Peak.
Here's hoping there will be more similarities between the two
It makes fitting the reptilian natural face into a human mask easier.
Gaetz face is s classic pedophile profile.
Melinda Anna Farina, an aesthetic consultant, identified the Mar-a-Lago face as attempting to emulate the appearance of Eastern European women.[2]
Matt Gaetz is very poorly attempting to emulate the appearance of an Eastern European woman.
I had almost forgotten about that pedophile. Almost.
Oh i was calling it "i am rich but i have no taste" - face
I see it as “I pretend to be rich and have poor taste. I’m in a shit ton of debt so this better work out”. Too many people have that “fake it till you make it” attitude.
I always just call it "that's fucking nasty" face.
Matthew J. Nykiel, a board-certified surgeon, stated the appearance is modeled after Ivanka Trump's appearance.[9] Melinda Anna Farina, an aesthetic consultant, identified the Mar-a-Lago face as attempting to emulate the appearance of Eastern European women.[2]
but there's totally no cult of personality /a
Is that why noem looks like that?
90,000 dollars to butcher your own face so that Trumpists will know that you're a Trumpist.
It's like every single day I encounter something and I'm like, "Well, it can't really get any stupider than that." And like every single day I am astonished at how stupid things can get.
In my day we'd just dye our fringe blue and have an earnest belief in human rights.
Oh that's why their faces look like that. I always wondered why wealthy republicans have fucked up faces.
Ah ritual body modifications in order to get favor from the God. Doomsday cult we deserve.
That article needs more before-and-after photos
I found this helpful:
https://www.thelist.com/1817157/what-is-mar-a-lago-face-who-has-tried-the-trend/
At first glance in the top picture I thought they were wearing "The Purge" masks, lmao jfc
Perhaps if one wears the mask long enough, the features transfer to their face:
Tnx, good link!
From 'normal' to " abhorrently ugly".
At least they are now easy to spot and forever identifiable.
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Would you like to see Amber Ruffin cackling?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B5JNc3mOYM
Skip to 1:30 if you're in a rush.
“This is exactly what the fuck I wanted to see”
I wonder if they think of it as an upfront cost of permanent marking that's clearly visible.
You know, the reason members of MS-13 get knuckle tattoos that clearly state MS-13.
Showing everyone how ugly they are on the inside by fucking up the outside.
What, that they look evil? Yup.
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