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   Pregnant Leavitt Given Dire Health Warning on Her Signature Look   
   Do As She Says, Not As She Does   
   By Laura Esposito   
   Breaking News Reporter   
   The Daily Beast   
   Published Dec. 30 2025 2:50PM EST   
      
   Karoline Leavitt is drawing warnings from health professionals after a   
   magazine photoshoot raised questions about whether she received lip   
   injections during her pregnancy.   
      
   The 28-year-old White House press secretary announced the day after   
   Christmas that she and her husband, Nicholas Riccio, 60, are expecting   
   a baby girl in May 2026 -- news that came just weeks after a Vanity   
   Fair photo shoot appeared to show injection sites on Leavitt' s mouth.   
      
   While Leavitt has not confirmed whether she received any cosmetic   
   enhancements, medical experts cautioned that such treatments can carry   
   serious risks for unborn babies and their mothers.   
      
   "Most medical professionals advise postponing elective cosmetic   
   injectables -- like lip filler -- until after delivery and nursing, in   
   order to prioritize both maternal and fetal safety," dermatologist Dr.   
   Mona Gohara of Yale School of Medicine told the Daily Beast.   
      
   Gohara explained that there is "not enough data to unequivocally   
   confirm the safety of lip filler during pregnancy."   
      
   "Pregnancy can alter immune and inflammatory responses, making side   
   effects more unpredictable and limiting treatment options if   
   complications arise," the dermatologist said.   
      
   Dylan Wolfe, an aesthetic nurse injector in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,   
   told the Daily Beast that he does not administer cosmetic injections to   
   pregnant patients, noting that such caution is commonplace across the   
   industry.   
      
   "There isn't enough research," Wolfe said. "There's not a lot of   
   research on pregnant women in general," he added, explaining that   
   ethical concerns and federal regulations have historically hindered   
   research involving pregnant patients."   
      
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   The Vanity Fair photoshoot took place on Nov. 13, meaning Leavitt --   
   nicknamed "The Mouthpiece" -- would have already been several months   
   pregnant. Online commenters were quick to point out the timing.   
      
   "She clearly got lip fillers in late November or this month, as you   
   could see," liberal commentator Brian Krassenstein said in a video he   
   made about the controversy. "Which clearly is a no-no. But then again,   
   they don't believe in science.   
      
   Others pointed to the contradiction between possible cosmetic   
   enhancements and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s September   
   unsupported warning that pregnant women should not use the   
   pain-reliever, acetaminophen, commonly known as Tylenol, because it   
   increases the risk of autism in their children.   
      
   That assertion, which lacks conclusive scientific evidence, sparked   
   widespread backlash from the medical community, which vehemently   
   refuted the White House's claims.   
      
   Critics were quick to jump on Leavitt's supposed cosmetic enhancements   
   during her pregnancy.   
      
   "If Karoline Leavitt is due in May 2026, she was already pregnant when   
   the Vanity Fair photos were taken. Which means she appears to have   
   gotten cosmetic fillers while pregnant," social media influencer Jesus   
   Freakin Congress wrote in an X post viewed 1.4 million times.   
      
   She continued: "And yet, this same administration is out here warning   
   pregnant women not to take Tylenol? So to recap: elective cosmetic   
   injectables are apparently fine, but over-the-counter pain relief is   
   treated like a moral hazard."   
      
   The Daily Beast has reached out to the White House for comment.   
      
   The failed congressional candidate has not addressed whether her lips   
   are cosmetically enhanced, and her supporters have countered that   
   swollen lips can be a pregnancy symptom. Sam Escobar, senior editor of   
   the Daily Beast's beauty, health, and wellness vertical, The Looker,   
   said earlier this month that the markings visible in the Vanity Fair   
   photos were hard to miss.   
      
   "It's surprising to see somebody's face have those sort of dark marks,"   
   Escobar said. " I do think that they were trying to maybe disguise it a   
   bit," Escobar added, referring to the lip gloss coating Leavitt's lips.   
   "Instead, it had the opposite effect, and it just led it to have more   
   of a highlighter effect, and that's why it looks even more dramatic.   
      
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