Inside Candice Swanepoel’s rumored plastic surgery secrets… as she and new flame Tom Brady suspected of undergoing similar cosmetic tweaks
Candice Swanepoel and Tom Brady have seemingly struck up a new romance – and perhaps the pair have more in common than it may seem.
Earlier this month, it emerged that the Victoria’s Secret model, 38, has been dating the retired NFL star, 49, for ‘some time.’
People revealed that the duo are being extremely cautious about their budding romance in a bid to keep the details under wraps.
‘They’ve been dating for a while now,’ a source told the outlet. ‘They both live in Miami, so it’s very convenient. They’re spending a lot of time together.’
Another source added: ‘Candice and Tom have been dating for months. She’s been very secretive and selective about who she’s told about their dating.’
The pair have also reportedly bonded over their roles as parents. Swanepoel shares sons Anacan, 10, and Ariel, eight, with ex Hermann Nicoli.
Brady previously welcomed son Benjamin, 16, and daughter Vivian, 13, with ex-wife Gisele Bundchen, and son Jack, 19, with ex Bridget Moynahan.
But perhaps the couple have also connected over their beauty regimes.
Candice Swanepoel and Tom Brady have seemingly struck up a new romance – and perhaps the pair have more in common than on first glance
Dr Melinda Lacerna Kimbrell, a double board-certified plastic surgeon and owner of LA Plastic Surgery, spoke to the Daily Mail about both of the stars.
Focusing directly on Swanepoel to begin, the expert said: ‘Candice’s face appears to have been deliberately contoured through a combination of removing volume in some areas and adding it in others.’
The specialist, who has performed more than 1,000 facelifts, first pointed to the ‘sharply localized hollowing’ beneath her cheekbones that does not resemble natural aging.
‘Normal aging usually causes a more gradual and diffuse loss and redistribution of facial volume.
‘To my eye, it appears more consistent with surgical excision of the buccal fat pads than with ordinary aging or weight loss,’ Dr Kimbrell, who has treated neither star, said.
Additionally, the doctor believes that Swanepoel may have had filler in her lateral cheek, chin and lips.
‘That combination creates stronger highlights and shadows and produces the sharply contoured appearance people are noticing,’ she shared, with the face appearing longer, leaner and more angular.
Elsewhere, Dr Kimbrell suggested that the model’s outer brows and outer eye corners appear ‘noticeably more elevated and elongated than they did earlier in her career.’
Dr Melinda Lacerna Kimbrell said Swanepoel’s face ‘appears to have been deliberately contoured.’ Pictured: Swanepoel in 2006 (left) and 2026 (right)
‘That looks more consistent with a lateral brow lift combined with a lateral fox-eye procedure than with Botox alone.
‘A lateral brow lift changes the position of the brow, while a fox-eye procedure changes the outer eye’s orientation.
‘When the two are combined, the upper face can appear more elongated, feline and dramatically lifted,’ she explained.
Last but not least, Dr Kimbrell, who based her analysis off of images of the stars, suggested that Swanepoel’s nose appears surgically refined.
‘The dorsum—or bridge—looks narrower, and the tip appears more defined than the boxier nasal tip visible in earlier photographs.
‘Makeup can contour a nose in still images, but the degree of structural refinement suggests the possibility of a conservative rhinoplasty.
‘The result does not look like an entirely different nose. It looks like her original nose was narrowed and refined, which is usually the goal of a well-executed rhinoplasty,’ she added.
But Brady himself may also have dabbled with cosmetic tweakments as Dr Kimbrell identified ‘possible signs of a brow lift, lower-face liposuction, masseter-muscle reduction and potentially buccal-fat-pad removal.’
But Brady himself may also have dabbled with cosmetic tweakments, according to Dr Kimbrell. Pictured: Brady in 2001 (left) and in 2026 (right)
However, she caveated that some of his facial-volume loss may also be attributable to weight loss and natural aging.
‘Reducing the masseter muscles can narrow the back portion of the jaw, while lower-face liposuction reduces fat along the jawline and beneath the chin.
‘When those changes are combined with overall facial-volume loss, the result is a much leaner and more sharply defined lower face,’ she explained.
To conclude, Dr Kimbrell shared that while the newly-formed couple do not share the ‘same cosmetic blueprint,’ they do have a ‘similarly sculpted aesthetic.’
‘Candice’s face appears to have been deliberately contoured through a combination of removing volume in some areas and adding it in others.
‘Tom’s face appears to have narrowed through a different combination of lower-face contouring, muscle reduction, weight loss and normal age-related volume loss,’ she explained.
The expert identified ‘two possible points of overlap’ in some form of brow elevation and possible reduction of the buccal fat pads.
‘While the procedure names may overlap, the techniques, proportions and final effects appear very different.
‘I would describe this as a similar silhouette reached through two different cosmetic road maps—not matching makeovers,’ Dr Kimbrell concluded.
The Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for Swanepoel and Brady for comment.
