GLP-1 medications produce rapid, substantial weight loss that often results in facial volume loss manifesting as sagging skin, sunken eyes, thinner lips, deeper wrinkles, and a gaunt appearance commonly labeled "Ozempic face." Facial changes can follow rapid weight loss from any cause, prompting many people to seek cosmetic procedures to restore lost youthful fullness. Numerous skincare brands have launched high-priced products marketed to GLP-1 users, frequently repackaging standard anti-aging formulations. Dermatologists and cosmetic chemists express skepticism because the concerns mirror ordinary aging and many new products offer no novel mechanisms, while demand for surgical fixes grows.
The use of GLP-1 medications to lose weight may have solved one body-image issue, but in exchange it seems to have introduced a new one. Meet "Ozempic face," the extremely tactful name for a set of cosmetic side effects that includes sagging skin, sunken eyes, thin lips, deeper wrinkles, and a more gaunt appearance. The phrase is actually a misnomer-Ozempic face can happen to anyone who experiences rapid weight loss
In the past several months, numerous products have been launched in the name of treating GLP-1 side effects. There's Image Skincare's VOL.U.LIFT™ GLP-1 4D Skin Rebound Complex, which, at $134, "works in 4D to address specific skin concerns that occur with GLP-1 usage to improve the appearance of facial skin," and Dr. Few's DermaReverse™, a " revolutionary" treatment designed specifically for GLP-1 users and coming in hot at $300 for 30 milliliters.
Do these products do anything special? Experts are skeptical-for starters, because these items offer nothing new. The effects of Ozempic face, from sagging skin to wrinkles, are also side effects of the fun universal experience called aging. "They're kind of ordinary skin concerns," says cosmetic chemist Valerie George.
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