Elizabeth Wellington | (TNS) The Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA — At five feet, two inches tall, Julia O’Reilly was 190 pounds, prediabetic, and her blood pressure was elevated. Her only real exercise was chasing around her little ones. She met with her doctors, who started O’Reilly on weekly Ozempic shots.
She lost 50 pounds. But with the weight gone, O’Reilly said, her face sagged, her cheeks hollowed, and dark circles appeared under her eyes. “The goal was to lose weight,” O’Reilly said, “not to look sunken in and sickly.
” Those who use drugs like Ozempic — either for medical reasons or aesthetic ones — often find the weight loss leads to something now called “Ozempic face.” The result: medical spas are seeing an uptick in requests from clients using medicines like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound. “I didn’t want to radically change myself,” O’Reilly said.
“But I wanted my face to match this better version of me.” So, after consulting the medical and beauty team at Center City med spa skin care clinic Body+Beauty Lab , she decided fillers were the best route to replace the youthful fullness she says Ozempic robbed from her face. According to a Gallup-up poll, 6% of US adults, or 15.
5 million people , report having used medications like Ozempic and Wegovy for weight loss. When they work as hoped, doctors say they curb appetites and cravings. The downside: depleted muscle mass leading to older-looking faces.
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