Why did Melania Trump look different on election day? Plastic surgeons reveal the reason

Future First Lady and former model Melania Trump has often been the subject of speculation about her appearance, and Election Day was no different.

When Mrs. Trump accompanied her husband to a polling station near Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday, wearing large sunglasses indoors, internet users reignited a conspiracy theory suggesting the person was not actually Melania but a body double.

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Plastic surgeons interviewed by DailyMail.com noted that it wasn’t unreasonable for people to think she looked different.

Dr. Dennis Schimpf, a cosmetic plastic surgeon from South Carolina, commented that Mrs. Trump has “probably had additional filler work done anticipating” her husband’s win and the accompanying media attention.

However, Dr. Thomas Barnes, a plastic surgeon based in Newport Beach, California, suggested that “She just looked plain tired” due to supporting her husband through an intense election campaign.

Mrs. Trump has consistently denied undergoing any plastic surgery, despite widespread rumors suggesting otherwise.

Board-certified plastic surgeons have previously speculated that she has likely received fillers in her cheeks, Botox in several areas, a nose job, and a face-lift.

Throughout much of the campaign season, the future First Lady has maintained a relatively low profile, making a rare appearance at the President-elect’s rally at Madison Square Garden last week.

She surprised the Manhattan audience when her name was announced, and she joined her husband on stage, later telling *Fox & Friends*, “I love New York City… I wanted to support my husband. So I was there for him and for everybody else.”

On Tuesday, she stood beside her husband wearing Dior and kept her sunglasses on indoors, smiling politely.

This sparked a wave of theories that the person accompanying Trump to vote wasn’t Melania.

Dr. Barnes, however, explained that her thinner-looking jawline and less full cheeks are “consistent with what she's been through for the last whirlwind several weeks and months.”

"She's probably not been sleeping, she's probably a little bit dehydrated in the face, perhaps she's lost a little weight.”