Is It Safe To Get Lip Fillers While Pregnant? Karoline Leavitt's Big Baby News Begs The Question

On December 27, 2025, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt shared news of her second pregnancy. "The greatest Christmas gift we could ever ask for – a baby girl coming in May 2026" (via Instagram). Following the announcement, however, some expressed concern for the government official and her unborn child. 

Weeks earlier, Vanity Fair published an article that featured an extreme close-up photo of the press secretary. It revealed a series of pinpoint markings along Leavitt's upper lip, which some speculated to be lip filler injection sites. With her due date in May, she was likely already pregnant when she was photographed for the publication and – given how fresh the supposed injection sites appeared — when she received the lip filler. 

Though otherwise considered safe for injection, as a precautionary measure for pregnant women, the FDA does not recommend getting lip filler injections (which may have surprising side effects). Similarly, medical experts advise against getting other elective injectables (like Botox) during pregnancy. Unsurprisingly, some online users have criticized Leavitt's apparent decision to follow through with lip filler injections despite expert guidelines.

Taking to social media, one frustrated X user wrote: "In fact, it's even not FDA approved for pregnant women, BECAUSE IT'S POTENTIALLY HARMFUL. And even worse, they can't test the actual harmful impact because they would need pregnant women to test it on and nobody's going to do that, on either side."

(Here are the things you should never do during pregnancy.)

As the conversation spurred, the Trump administration's recent demand that pregnant women should never take Tylenol (acetaminophen) fell into the mix, resurfacing a connection between Leavitt, pregnancy, and dangerous medical advice from earlier this year. "So to recap: elective cosmetic injectables are apparently fine, but over-the-counter pain relief is treated like a moral hazard," an X user shared following Leavitt's pregnancy announcement. 

In September 2025, the White House announced that acetaminophen use in pregnant women caused autism in children, and told expectant mothers to avoid the medication despite insufficient evidence of a conclusive link between the drug and autism. Moreover, various health organizations, such as the World Health Organization and the American Academy of Pediatrics, have affirmed that acetaminophen use is "one of the safest options for managing fever and pain during pregnancy" (via University of Illinois Chicago).