As the buzz has continued to grow over Ozempic and other new drugs targeted for Type 2 diabetes and obesity, some users are claiming a new side effect.
The term"Ozempic face" has been coined and used on social media to describe what some people say is an aged or gaunt look on the faces ofThe hashtag #Ozempicface delivers dozens of results on social media platforms like TikTok, and some dermatologists say they are seeing the phenomenon in their practices too., a Dallas-based dermatologist who is also board-certified in internal medicine, told ABC News.
Given as daily or weekly injections, these drugs, called GLP-1 RAs, help people produce insulin and lower the amount of sugar in the blood. They also work by slowing down movement of food through the stomach and curbing appetite, thereby causing weight loss."Patients are less hungry, eating significantly less, losing large amounts of weight in a very short time period," Houshmand said."And that is why you see the gaunt look or the 'Ozempic face.
She said the only way to regain a fuller look in the face naturally is to regain the weight, and even then the face won't look exactly the same due to skin laxity caused by rapid weight loss. The type of rapid weight loss that may cause a hollow look is not what is supposed to happen when using a semaglutide treatment, according to, co-director of the Weight Management and Wellness Center at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, and a professor at Harvard Medical School.
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