As the use of weight loss injections continues to trend, many patients are turning to cosmetic procedures to combat side effects such as the “Ozempic face”.
Ozempic is an FDA-approved prescription drug for people with type 2 diabetes. It’s one of the brand names for semaglutide — also known as Wegovy — which works in the brain to make you feel full and is Hollywood’s latest weight-loss fad.
Last year, Jeniffer Brown started taking Ozempic and was able to lose 40 pounds. within a year, reaching her goal weight of 125 lbs. and that he is no longer in prediabetes without changing his diet or exercise routine.
However, she said Los Angeles Times that rapid weight loss left her with unwanted sagging skin and inflamed cheeks. “Ozempic face” is a term used to describe the occasional gaunt appearance that the injected drug can cause, due to fat loss.
dr. Oren Tepper, a plastic surgeon in New York, said it’s common for weight loss to deflate key areas of the face, which can make a person look older.
“When it comes to facial aging, fat is usually more of a friend than an enemy,” he said. “Weight loss can reverse your biological age, but it usually turns your clock forward.”
“I spend the most time on my face. It’s like a melted candle,” 47-year-old Brown told the paper.
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To combat her “Ozempic face,” she found a plastic surgeon and began getting dermal fillers in her cheeks, jawline, and jawline.
“It’s a dream weight until you spend $25,000 on plastic surgery and go every three months for your injector because you have to constantly pump Sculptra and fillers trying to keep that skin on your skull,” Brown said.
To restore volume to a patient’s face, doctors will often perform non-invasive but expensive procedures such as Radiessa injections and hyaluronic acid-based fillers or Sculptra injections, which stimulate collagen production. Doctors can also restore volume with a face lift or by transferring fat from other parts of the body to the face.
dr. John Diaz, a Los Angeles-based plastic surgeon, also told the business paper that about half of his patients take Ozempic or similar weight-loss injections.
“The patient who is more likely to take Ozempic is someone who is concerned about their weight, and that same person is someone who is very concerned about their appearance and is more likely to seek out a plastic surgeon,” he said, noting that
“Not a patient’s day goes by without dealing with someone who says, ‘My face has changed, I’ve been taking this drug and I want to do something about it,'” added Dr. Alan Matarasso, of New York. plastic surgeon. “We will see it not only on the face, but also in the breasts, in the stomach, in the thighs. What Ozempic has done is open up a whole new class of people to consider the benefits of plastic surgery.”
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