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Ozempic is changing people's skin, say plastic surgeons

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Re: Ozempic is changing people's skin, say plastic surgeons

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It's strange how there is almost never a shortcut to anything. Like a universal law. So now you might get free weight loss without making any effort at all, but you'll also look older in the process? I have to say, my father has been taking it, and I noticed that he does look older all of a sudden...and his weight loss also plateaued. I thought it was just my imagination, but maybe not.

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Re: Ozempic is changing people's skin, say plastic surgeons

#12

It's strange how there is almost never a shortcut to anything. Like a universal law. So now you might get free weight loss without making any effort at all, but you'll also look older in the process? I have to say, my father has been taking it, and I noticed that he does look older all of a sudden...and his weight loss also plateaued. I thought it was just my imagination, but maybe not.

> strange how there is almost never a shortcut to anything. Like a universal law

There are win-win tradeoffs. Vitamins, for instance. If you're running a vitamin deficiency, there isn't a downside to increasing your intake of that vitamin. (Curing acute dehydration via IV is another shortcut that just works.)

The Ozempic story, for me, has been more about how we almost seem to be reflexively against the idea of a win-win. A lot of people want there to be a tragic downside to the drug for reasons that aren't entirely clear to me.

Re: Ozempic is changing people's skin, say plastic surgeons

#13

It's strange how there is almost never a shortcut to anything. Like a universal law. So now you might get free weight loss without making any effort at all, but you'll also look older in the process? I have to say, my father has been taking it, and I noticed that he does look older all of a sudden...and his weight loss also plateaued. I thought it was just my imagination, but maybe not.

What about people who are naturally thin?

Re: Ozempic is changing people's skin, say plastic surgeons

#14

It's strange how there is almost never a shortcut to anything. Like a universal law. So now you might get free weight loss without making any effort at all, but you'll also look older in the process? I have to say, my father has been taking it, and I noticed that he does look older all of a sudden...and his weight loss also plateaued. I thought it was just my imagination, but maybe not.

Coffee being the only exception.

Re: Ozempic is changing people's skin, say plastic surgeons

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I wonder if using something like Retinol, which is proven to improve skin and make it look tighter, younger, and get rid of blemishes, marks, and sun damage, could be paired with Ozempic to keep skin more healthy along with a good skin routine?

I'm sometimes reminded of a parable of an old lady who swallowed a fly...

Re: Ozempic is changing people's skin, say plastic surgeons

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I wonder if using something like Retinol, which is proven to improve skin and make it look tighter, younger, and get rid of blemishes, marks, and sun damage, could be paired with Ozempic to keep skin more healthy along with a good skin routine?

What are the side effects from that medicine?

For me it’s uncomfortably dry skin on my cheeks.

Re: Ozempic is changing people's skin, say plastic surgeons

#17

It's strange how there is almost never a shortcut to anything. Like a universal law. So now you might get free weight loss without making any effort at all, but you'll also look older in the process? I have to say, my father has been taking it, and I noticed that he does look older all of a sudden...and his weight loss also plateaued. I thought it was just my imagination, but maybe not.

I don’t know, I think that might be a bias of some kind. The free shortcuts are obvious and so the alternative sounds ridiculous. No one claims to be a genius when they save time by driving instead of walking. But at the margin, of course everything has a trade off.

Re: Ozempic is changing people's skin, say plastic surgeons

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The consensus is clear from the article but doesn’t support the headline: rapid weight loss changes the skin, which recovers over more time.

It's not that clear. The article is specifically about this, is it just the speed or something else.

> "We’re still waiting to find out," says Dr. Few. "I don't think anybody can tell you definitively that there's not an inherent change to the skin."

Re: Ozempic is changing people's skin, say plastic surgeons

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post #3

The consensus is clear from the article but doesn’t support the headline: rapid weight loss changes the skin, which recovers over more time.

Not unlike the "massive muscle tone reduction" scare about GLP1 meds - you lose that muscle because you're also losing the fat you needed the extra muscle for...

> you lose that muscle because you're also losing the fat you needed the extra muscle for

That may be part of the cause, but it's also true that whenever you lose weight, you always lose some muscle. Even bodybuilders who are following the most aggressive protocol to minimize muscle loss (extremely high protein intake compared to other macros, along with intense strength training) will experience some amount of muscle loss along with fat loss when slimming down for competition.

Re: Ozempic is changing people's skin, say plastic surgeons

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It's strange how there is almost never a shortcut to anything. Like a universal law. So now you might get free weight loss without making any effort at all, but you'll also look older in the process? I have to say, my father has been taking it, and I noticed that he does look older all of a sudden...and his weight loss also plateaued. I thought it was just my imagination, but maybe not.

What about people who are naturally thin?

Harder to gain weight. Getting called skinny, etc.
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