The terms ‘Ozempic body’ and ‘Ozempic face’ have been trending on social media—but what do they actually mean?
Dr. Thomas Willson, Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery at MU Health Care, told Missourinet that they refer to the changes that occur when someone experiences rapid weight loss.
“They’re particularly pronounced in the face,” said Wilson. “The changes that you see are because as you lose weight, you lose weight everywhere. It can also cause sagging of the skin, so people notice more wrinkles in their neck and more sagging along their jawline.”
Willson said these changes are not exclusive to Ozempic or other weight-loss drugs.
“We see it in patients who’ve had weight loss surgery as well,” said Wilson. “It’s less common in people who purely have lifestyle changes, at least in my experience, and the reason for that is that they tend to lose weight less rapidly than people who have medication assisted or surgical assisted weight loss.”
Willson told Missourinet that the sagging skin from weight loss is more than just a cosmetic issue.
“There actually can be some health side effects to this loose skin,” said Wilson. “What we find with a lot of patients is the loose skin creates big folds, and you can get moisture trapped in those folds. It can be hard to keep the areas clean. People even get skin infections and yeast infections in those folds.”
Willson said anyone dealing with loose skin after rapid weight loss should bring up those concerns with their primary care doctor.
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