Hypermasculine jawlines are all the rage in Hollywood.
They only cost $12,000.
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A little over a year ago, Jack realized he didnt like his face anymore.
The more he scrutinized his face, the more he came to believe the problem was with his chin.
Or, really, his lack thereof.
I wasnt planning to get plastic surgery.
He told me I was a perfect candidate for a chin implant, Jack says.
He went into his procedure imagining himself reemerging as an Austin Butler key in.
Men getting plastic surgery is not anything new.
Men are the new victims of the beauty industry, Caughlin tells me.
Theyre learning,Oh shit, if I look better, Ifeel better.
And they often have an actor in mind.
Dr. Douglas Steinbrech, a surgeon in New York, makes a point to count his top-requested faces annually.
People want to see men.
Men are in, one New York talent manager told me recently.
EvenTimothee Chalametisnt really a twink anymore.
They all look like Handsome Squidwards or young Marlon Brandos, perhaps no one more thanJohn Mulaney.
When the previously nerdy-cute 42-year-oldhostedSaturday Night Livein November, he looked suspiciously subtly hunkier than usual.
At first glance, it seemed maybe hed simply been hitting the gym.
On second glance, it wasnt just his body that looked wider and stronger.
One couldnt help but wonder, like a supermarket-tabloid headline, What Happened to John Mulaneys Face?
This Mulaney was chiseled.
His jawline, especially, was rock hard.
As someone commented on Instagram, Why does John Mulaney look like he auditioned for Wolverine or something?
(Most of these men have never confirmed any cosmetic procedures, for the record.)
Rife attributed his transformation to delayed puberty.
He directed me to recent photographs and videos of Brady and Donald Trump Jr. Youre trying to feel better about yourself so you might go kick ass in the world.
Eric, a 44-year-old divorce who works in private equity, recently got his jawline sharpened.
I want to age in a way that I control, he says.
(As Fisher tells me: Beauty is above the jawline.
Age is below it.)
Eric is speaking with me from his gyms parking lot.
I work out six days a week.
Just like you optimize your face, you optimize your body, you optimize your mind.
His new jawline cost him $20,000.
Its a baby Lexus.
But its sitting on my face.
His hope, he says, was to look masculine without looking like a meathead.
He was left with just a small incision, barely noticeable, under his chin.
To aid in the transformation, Caughlin advised liposuction around his neck.
Its not like breast implants.
You have to get those redone.
I will go to the grave with this, Jack tells me.
He considers his new face a business investment.
His face no longer slopes downward.
In his new post-op LinkedIn headshots, he looks happy.
For the first time, I found myself attractive, he says.
I see myself on television and think,I like how that person looks.
Aughts-era Brad Pitt 2.
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