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EP 54: Ozempic Face — What GLP-1 Drugs Do to Your Skin, Hair and Appearance
The weight is coming off. But something else is changing too, and nobody warned you about it.
GLP-1 medications like Ozempic, Mounjaro, and Wegovy have reshaped the conversation around weight loss in a way that nothing has in decades. What that conversation often leaves out is what happens to the face, the hair, and the skin in the process. Dr. Dustin Portela and Austin Lee are seeing it in clinic every week now, often from patients who never connected their new medication to what they are seeing in the mirror.
Ozempic face is real, and the biology behind it is worth understanding. The fat…
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