Karoline Leavitt's old vs new pics resurfaced online, sparking discussion around cosmetic enhancements amid her resignation.
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Add BollywoodShaadis on GoogleKaroline Claire Leavitt is currently leading the headlines due to her resignation from the White House Press Secretary post. She will leave her position at the end of August 2026 to spend more time with her family, particularly her young kids. Karoline returned to work as US President Donald Trump's aide in July 2026, just two months after giving birth to her daughter, Viviana. But she had been facing difficulties in balancing her parental duties and her demanding career.
Due to Karoline's worries about not being able to spend adequate time with her kids, she decided to leave her job and become a full-time mom. Amid her big life decision, her physical transformation over the years has come into focus. Netizens and experts have weighed in on the noticeable changes in her old vs new photos.
Recently, social media users reacted to posts about Karoline Leavitt's before-and-after photos. In her old pics, the former White House Press Secretary looks younger and has softer features. In her recent photos, particularly the ones from a Vanity Fair shoot, Karoline sparked discussion over her alleged changed look. Fans and critics scrutinized a close-up photo of Karoline Leavitt where tiny red marks were visible around her lips.
The photo led many to wonder if the marks were signs of cosmetic procedures. Social media users speculated that those were "fresh injection marks" from Karoline Leavitt's recent lip filler procedures. Comments such as "what happened to her lips" and "are those lip filler marks?" flooded social media. Critics have used the photo to discuss what they call the "Mar-a-Lago face." For the unversed, netizens use the term to refer to a specific cosmetic enhancement style associated with those in President Trump's inner circle.
Netizens also made collages of the viral Karoline Leavitt close-up with her previous pictures and compared her lips before and after the Vanity Fair photoshoot. The buzz around Karoline Leavitt's before-and-after pics, featuring her alleged cosmetic enhancement, was heightened by comments from professionals.
Dr. Jennifer Harrington, a board-certified plastic surgeon and adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota, suggested that if Karoline indeed used lip filler, it was for a "subtle" enhancement. As per Jennifer, Karoline likely opted for a "natural-looking boost with just 0.5 to 1 ml of filler per lip."
Talking about the interview for which the particular pics of Karoline Leavitt were taken, Jennifer Harrington told Fox News that the former press secretary's appearance does seem different. According to Jennifer, Karoline's lips appeared fuller than before in the Vanity Fair shoot pics and interview. Her exact words were:
"She [Karoline Leavitt] does appear in this interview to have enhanced fullness of her upper and lower lips."
Besides Dr. Jennifer Harrington, Sam Escobar, the senior editor of the Daily Beast's beauty, health, and wellness site, The Looker, also spoke on similar lines regarding Karoline Leavitt's alleged cosmetic enhancement. Sam felt that Karoline either got her lips injected with fillers shortly before the Vanity Fair interview or she was a 'slow healer'. As per the beauty expert, the red marks needed to be properly hidden with concealer and lip liner before the photoshoot. In her words:
"When you first get your lips done, they can look uneven—it takes a little bit to settle...She might be a slow healer...What I probably would have done is put concealer all over her lips and then use lip liner, and then put dark lipstick on her."
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