Trump has definitely had work-and not great work, at that,” she adds. The queen of Fraxel’s laser focus on male primping is not partisan.

Now pols and pundits of every party are being grilled as mercilessly about their appearance as about their Medicare plans. In the not so distant past politicians could dismiss reporters’ questions about whether they’d had a face-lift, as Arnold Schwarzenegger did during his 2003 run for governor of California, when he joked that they must be confusing him with Cher. It’s a lesson in maintenance the men in the presidential race would do well to learn. In its forecast for 2020, the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery predicts the continued rise of the Daddy-Do-Over, the male equivalent of the Mommy Makeover, as men look to boost their confidence and improve their physical appearance. American men underwent 1.1 million noninvasive cosmetic procedures in 2018-a 72 percent increase since 2000, a trend that shows no signs of abating. Welcome to the new male vanity, in which even Silicon Valley bigwigs considerably younger than Bezos are resorting to newfangled procedures to avoid aging out of the workforce. “I’m pretty sure he’s gotten a taste of some good stuff,” Cheung says.

“Access to bio-hacking tools such as stem cells and hormones is allowing men to look, perform, and think better.” It’s worth noting that Bezos, along with fellow billionaire Peter Thiel, invested in Unity Biotechnology, a company researching drugs and treatments to keep aging at bay. “The tech titans are all looking much better than they used to,” says Jessie Cheung, a Chicago-based cosmetic dermatologist whose holistic approach often involves testosterone and growth hormone substitutes, especially for men of a certain age who are lacking in muscle and look frail. Other experts suspect that captains of industry such as Bezos, who is 56, are going to even greater lengths to project vigor for both boards and broads. Jeff Bezos at the Sun Valley conference in 2017.

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