My Sleep Paralysis Demon is Mar-a-Lago Face

One of the more horrifying symptoms of living in MAGA world—apart from dining, boozing, and partying while the Trump administration puts Americans through a mass starvation campaign—is the curious aesthetics that these MAGA adherents are seemingly yearning for. Overfilled lips, gleaming veneers, and enough makeup to paint the White House’s new ballroom seem to be all the rage among Trump sycophants nowadays, and as more fall victim to Mar-a-Lago face, we’re witnessing the nightmarish transformation in real time.

I’ll take ‘what is Mar A Lago Face?’ For $200, Alex. https://t.co/aAa0Lhvn7q pic.twitter.com/kvZbGT6mQw

— Katie🐢B Fangirlin (@KatieBFangirlin) October 25, 2025

According to Axios, plastic surgeons have seen a surge of requests for procedures that could fall under what’s been dubbed the “Mar-a-Lago face” across Washington, D.C. This includes facelifts, eyelid surgeries, fillers, Botox, and veneers (or, in some instances, if you really suffer from MAGA blindness, the whole shebang). Speaking to the outlet, Dr. Anita Kulkarni said she recently turned down an influx of political MAGAts after they’d asked for “a more done look, like that Mar-a-Lago face.”

When patients get too much work done, they can end up with “filler blindness,” Kulkarni said, in which people are surrounded by others who do the same, and don’t know where to stop. “You lose sight of anatomic normalcy,” she added. According to her, Mar-a-Lago face is in much hotter demand than during Trump’s first term, when “there were much more establishment Republicans in the mix.”

D.C.-based surgeon Troy Pittman—who has multiple patients in Trump’s inner circle—also told the Daily Beast there’s a notable change. “Washington is typically an understated town when it comes to plastic surgery. People want to look good but not like they’ve had something done,” he said. “Now we’re seeing people who want to look like they had something done.”

There are even plastic surgeons explicitly offering “Mar A Lago Face” these days. pic.twitter.com/d2mSqM0e3i

— 🐣 (@chelinkaj) November 8, 2025

“Mar-a-Lago face” has become a prominent phenomenon since January, earning its own Wikipedia page (shockingly not shockingly, nothing on Grokipedia), and a slew of analyses as to why on Earth anyone would want to look like a character straight out of The Purge. (We’re looking at you, Laura Loomer.) The Guardian called the look one of “luxury meat-masks meant to signal wealth and in-group belonging”; The Week referred to it as a “must-have accessory” for Trump’s inner circle; Mother Jones (hilariously) called it “gender-affirming care the right can celebrate.”

Personally, I’d say it’s giving Lovecraftian muppet covered in a shiny-wood finish—but pictures speak louder than words, so I’ll let you analyze for yourself.

It makes me laugh that Kristi Noem is being roasted by another cosplayer, Megyn Kelly. Both of these women have way too much plastic & filler where their brains used to be. The MAGA/Mar-a-Lago face is scarier than Hollywood. pic.twitter.com/w951IKxX4f

— 𝓐𝓷𝓪𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓼𝓲𝓪 𝓜𝓸𝓻𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓻 ★ (@sistercc52) April 12, 2025

The worst offenders include Kristi Noem, Kimberly Guilfoyle, and Matt Gaetz. Oh, and of course, Loomer. I’m not sure how much more filler their faces can take, but at this rate, I think even my own sleep paralysis demons would fear them.

i hate repeating myself but it’s worth noting that the reactionary right doesn’t actually value hotness in women.  what they value is submission to male power, regardless of how it looks.  this is why they are all-in on grotesque plastic surgeries

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— Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li (@sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com) November 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM

The Mar-a-Lago face is a grotesque reflection of reality; as Trump ramps up the tacky decorations in his new White House and uglifies everything good about the country, it’s only natural that his closest cronies also lean into these demonic aesthetics.

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