Don't these plastic surgeons have a conflict of interest if they perform liposuction? Liposuction is probably wildly more profitable than prescribing a GLP-1 inhibitor.
Ozempic is changing people's skin, say plastic surgeons
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Re: Ozempic is changing people's skin, say plastic surgeons
#52I 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...
Kinda already on that train with the boat load of sugar to get overweight in the first place.
Re: Ozempic is changing people's skin, say plastic surgeons
#53A quick explanation about what Ozempic is would be helpful in this case. Not every country uses the same name for their drugs and the brand names are often very different
That's an interesting remark, considering this is most famous drug on the face of the Earth, and only has one brand name worldwide (in a different dosage it's called Wegovy, and when it's released as a pill it will be called Rybelsus). Its generic name is Semaglutide.
Wouldn’t the most famous drug be: aspirin, heroin, cocaine, paracetamol, or maybe viagra?
I don’t know from your comment what it is, and it was unhelpful. Not really in the HN spirit. For future readers, it seems to be an anti-diabetic drug or artificial hormone originating in the 70s. More educated comments than mine are very welcome.
Re: Ozempic is changing people's skin, say plastic surgeons
#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have heard that people who lose weight quickly will typically look older due to the development of wrinkles and the development of harder features. Skin simply doesn't have time to keep up with the weight loss. I don't know if this is true but the theory could have some merit as far as our perception of people. The real question is: does something like ozempic change the biological age of someone?
You're going to need to include a weight percentage drop or something. I've wrestled/jiujitsued my entire life and we go up and down weight constantly, 2-30lb swings. We'll water + electrolyte fast for a week or two if we have to and drop 10-20lbs. We all look 10-15 years younger than we are (35-45s). But we're also not dropping 150-200lbs or whatever number you're potentially referring to to where skin would stretch…
Yeah totally, there would be umpteen different factors that would influence the "age perception" so to say. I also wonder how losing different types of weight(water fast vs longer timeframe fat/muscle loss) could impact this.
Re: Ozempic is changing people's skin, say plastic surgeons
#55And if that's true, what is the conclusion? Stay obese to have a beautiful skin (and deal with the associated health effects)?
The article explains that this happens also with patients who aren't obese but are using ozempic to lose 20 pounds.
It's an important side effect that ought to be researched.
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#57It'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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#58And if that's true, what is the conclusion? Stay obese to have a beautiful skin (and deal with the associated health effects)?
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Re: Ozempic is changing people's skin, say plastic surgeons
#59It'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.
coffee definitely ruins my sleep no matter what time I drink it, so there's that.
My father also had headache his whole working life on Sundays, not realizing that drinking coffee all week days but not on the weekend, that was probably coffee withdrawal that was giving him a headache by day 2.
Re: Ozempic is changing people's skin, say plastic surgeons
#60It'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.
IMO GLP-1 agonists are obviously not free, from first principles. They might be for diabetics who carefully manage their diet, but many (most?) people using them for weight loss usually already have shitty diets with poor macronutrient balance and micronutrient deficiencies. Eating less of the crappy food they were eating before just makes the true situation worse.
This is just the latest [1][2] evidence for the obvious muscle wasting that will happen to a human body that is starved of protein and micronutrients. The muscles under the skin are being cannibalized for protein that’s missing in the diet and other biochemical processes that restore them are starved of the nutrients they need to function.