Key Takeaways
- Witney Carson has not had chin surgery or any other form of plastic surgery.
- In 2019, Witney kept her melanoma diagnosis a secret and underwent two surgeries.
- She was announced to return for Season 33 of Dancing with the Stars on August 29, 2024.
Despite ongoing speculation, Witney Carson, the American professional Latin ballroom dancer and choreographer, has not undergone chin surgery, including procedures like genioplasty or mentoplasty.
The change in her facial appearance could be related to the post-pregnancy period after she welcomed her two children, Kevin Leo McAllister and Jet Carson McAllister.
A source disclosed that developing a double chin after pregnancy is common among many mothers and often leads to low self-esteem throughout the postnatal period. Weight gain is cited as a significant factor.
Witney shared that she gained more than 60 pounds during her first pregnancy, which could be a significant reason her fans noticed a change in her chin. She wrote:
In my first pregnancy I gained over 60 pounds. I didn’t work out much because I couldn’t and I wasn’t very active in general. I ate pretty healthy but just made a big baby!! I thought there’s no way I will gain close to that with this pregnancy because I am SO ACTIVE chasing around a toddler and working etc but looks like I’m still on track to gain in.
A Reddit user shared in 2022:
I like a lot of Witney’s dances. I think she was stronger on SYTYCD and the earliest seasons, plus maybe the one with Milo. I get the sense from her Instagram that she’s close to done with her dance career though. Can anyone tell why her chin/teeth/mouth look so different now? I don’t think it’s lip enhancers. I wondered if it was just her face changing post-pregnancy, but I can’t put my finger on it. Her face looks pointier now or something.
Since naturally reducing a double chin after pregnancy can be difficult, many women turn to surgery for an ideal facelift. Witney, however, has not undergone any form of surgery or plastic surgery.
Before her pregnancy, fans had observed the unique shape of her chin. In 2015, a Twitter user commented on her chin, saying:
Witney Carson has a very strangely shaped chin
Fans’ comments, before and after her pregnancy, have pointed out the distinctive shape of her chin, though the changes seem to be caused by natural post-pregnancy factors, not cosmetic surgery or enhancements.
Back in 2019, she hid her skin cancer diagnosis, melanoma, while secretly having two surgeries.
Witney Carson Reveals: ‘I Was Terrified to Share My Cancer Diagnosis’
Witney Carson kept her skin cancer diagnosis hidden from Dancing With the Stars producers “for a long time” to prevent jeopardizing her debut on the show.
In 2014, Carson left Provo, Utah, for Los Angeles to pursue her goal of being a pro dancer on Dancing with the Stars Season 18. She stated:
I finally got this call that was going to just skyrocket my career. It was my dream.
Just weeks before heading to L.A. in May, she discovered she had melanoma, a form of skin cancer, which almost caused her to miss her debut season.
After having two successful surgeries to remove the cancerous mole just three weeks before rehearsals, Carson admitted she was scared to tell anyone. She said:
All of a sudden I get diagnosed with melanoma and of course, being myself, I’m like ‘It’s fine. I can still go on the show.
She added:
Yes, I had, I was sick. I was literally sick. The producers didn’t know. My partner didn’t know. I wanted people to think I was perfectly healthy.
The diagnosis left her whole body in shock. She said:
They took an inch diameter around the mole on my foot as well as all of my lymph nodes in my left hip. It was just spreading so quickly and they had to get rid of the lymph nodes and there was lots of healing time. I think I took six weeks and then I went straight to Dancing with the Stars. My foot was wrapped. I still had stitches in it.
Carson felt the show had to go on despite her doctor’s orders. She said:
I walk in my first day of rehearsals; I’m just going full force. The doctor has not cleared me for any active anything. I just decided to do it anyway because how could I not? It’s my dream. So I go, I do the whole routine.
She continued:
I’m like, ‘My foot feels so sweaty. I’m so sweaty. This is so weird,’ and I looked down and my white tennis shoe is just covered in blood, just covered in blood. Ripped my stitches open. I had to get my foot wrapped every week after I did the live show. So if you go back through the videos, you’ll see my left foot wrapped in gauze.
Carson believes using tanning beds as a teen may have contributed to her melanoma, a hereditary condition both her parents survived. She said:
I have not set foot in a tanning bed since I was diagnosed, which was 19. I have not set foot in it.
She attributes her continued cancer-free status to the regular use of sunscreen.
On August 29, 2024, the news broke that Witney Carson would be coming back for Season 33 of Dancing with the Stars.
In Case You Didn’t Know
- Witney Carson was born on October 17, 1993, to her parents, Jill Johnson-Carson and Tyler Carson.
- She has teamed up with EltaMD Skin Care for their Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes campaign to promote sun safety education and awareness of skin cancer prevention.
- She married Carson McCallister on January 1, 2016, in Utah.
