What Is Ozempic Face? This Is The Side Effect Of An Injection In The Face

JAKARTA - Ozempic has been in the spotlight of the world, especially because of its effect on helping weight loss and its use, which is reportedly involving celebrities and elites. However, some doctors want to change the perspective on this narrative.

Initially, Ozempic was developed for treatment of type 2 diabetes. However, research shows that this drug can also cause weight loss. Wegovy, often referred to as coincident with Ozempic, is the same drug but is specially designed for the purpose of weight loss.

Although these drugs can improve the health and quality of life of many people, they also have side effects. One of the side effects that is widely discussed is the term 'Ozempic face'.

'Ozempic face' is not a medical term. This term is often used to describe skin that looks slack after weight loss. However, this is generally not a problem for those who use this drug in the right way.

Ozempic does not cause excess weight loss on the face. However, if a person loses a lot of weight in a short time, especially if previously they didn't experience excess weight, their appearance may look thinner or thinr.

Dr. Tennis Korner, an endocrinologist and Professor of Medicine at Columbia University, explains that negative comments about facial changes after weight loss reflect the pattern of poor treatment of obese patients.

"What happened to Ozempic is to focus on people who use it incorrectly, so obesity is considered a joke," he said, quoted by VOI from the USA Today page on Thursday, January 23, 2024.

"In fact, we finally have medicines that can effectively treat this disease. The focus should be on people who use it properly and benefit from the health benefits of this drug," he continued.

If weight loss causes slack skin and you want to deal with it, there are several beauty procedure options to consider:

1.parallel cream and lotion: Provide fairly light results.

2. Non-invasive skin depletion procedures: Such as ultrasound, radiofrequency, and laser treatments that are more effective than cream and do not require incision.

3. Minimum invasive procedure: Like invasive radiofrequency and laser resurfacing which gives more effective results but takes longer recovery time.

4. Operation: Such as facelifts, eyewear operations, or tummys stuck which provide the most significant results but also involve higher risks and costs.