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TIL about the "Mar-a-Lago face" a bold plastic surgery and fashion trend popular among American conservative and Republican circles. It’s characterized by "detectable" facial modifications, including exaggerated Botox, visible fillers, extreme tanning, fake eyelashes, dark smokey eyes, and full lips. The look is often seen as a status symbol and a way to signal political allegiance, inspired by figures in Donald Trump’s inner circle. The trend is so distinctive that it’s been described as a “visual shorthand” for wealth, power, and identity within these groups.

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[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 102 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

That article needs more before-and-after photos

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 119 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)
[–] HowRu68@lemmy.world 62 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Tnx, good link!

From 'normal' to " abhorrently ugly".

At least they are now easy to spot and forever identifiable.

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 46 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It's like the inverse of the lizard people conspiracy theory.

"Welp, time to get into politics. Better go lizard up."

[–] HowRu68@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Lizards as in reptilians. It's become a bit of self fulfilling prophesy.

Snakes and the likes have a peculiar reptilian smell, iirc..

You made me laugh, tnx. But now I'll stop thinking of other weird things to say..

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It'd explain why they're cold-blooded. Remember the whole thing about eating bugs as a meat substitute? If I told you Trump was molting, wouldn't it make a strange amount of sense?

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 2 weeks ago

ted cruz goes to a tropical country to shed his skin.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

/c/maralagolizards would be a pretty good community name

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Be the change you want to see in the world.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 25 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

At least they are now easy to spot and forever identifiable.

[–] HowRu68@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, that scene exactly. 10/10 points.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

They look like titans from Attack on Titan after

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

actually mostly the smiling titan, dina fritz. laura loomer most represent her.

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ok, but... Is there really much of a difference between this and "normal candid photo/awkwardly-timed candid photo" pairs here? I'm sure if people were taking photos of me everywhere I went I'd have some faces like that and I don't want to have anything to do with those people.

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

That's a fair point, these might be exaggerated to garner attention. Having said that, my lips don't randomly swell like they've been stung by a bee, so there's definitely a strong element of cosmetic surgery going on here.

[–] FosterMolasses@leminal.space 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

At first glance in the top picture I thought they were wearing "The Purge" masks, lmao jfc

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Perhaps if one wears the mask long enough, the features transfer to their face:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Masks

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

“This is exactly what the fuck I wanted to see”