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What Is “Ozempic Body” and How Can Plastic Surgery Help?

Across the country, many people are successfully experiencing an easier way to shed pounds quickly and achieve a slimmer contour by following the new weight loss craze fueled by semaglutide drugs like Ozempic. While losing weight is an excellent health choice for people who are overweight or obese, such rapid weight loss can lead to some less than desirable effects, such as the so-called “Ozempic Face” and “Ozempic Body.”

Everyone has seen the trendy terms debated across their social media platforms and newsfeeds. But what does it actually mean? Ozempic Face is the term now used to describe the rapid aging effect weight loss patients are experience when they lose fat and volume in their face quickly and are left with a hollowed, sagging, older-looking appearance. The changes that happen to the face also happen in the body with the result of loose, sagging skin due to significant weight loss, adding the term Ozempic Body.

With rising popularity of Ozempic and other weight loss injectables, losing weight and eventually achieving your ideal figure is easier than ever. With Ozempic for weight loss and body contouring plastic surgery procedures from double board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Kristopher Hamwi, you can plan all aspects of your weight loss journey at one location.

Dr. Hamwi is an expert in body contouring procedures in Sarasota, FL who can help you find the right solutions to resolve the effects of rapid weight loss to restore your appearance. Schedule your Ozempic complimentary consultation today by contacting us at (941) 800-2000, complete our online form, or email connect@floridaplasticsurgery.com!

What Is Ozempic?

Losing weight can be a difficult and overwhelming feat. However, weight loss medications like Ozempic can serve as an effective part of your weight loss program to help you achieve your overall health and aesthetic goals when you work with a board-certified physician.

Ozempic for weight loss is a semaglutide injection that helps to suppress and regulate the appetite. Semaglutides were originally approved by the FDA to treat high blood sugars in patients with Type 2 diabetes. They activate the glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1 is a naturally occurring hormone) receptors, lower glucagon secretion, as well as stimulate insulin secretion during times when blood glucose levels are too high.

When combined with a healthy diet and regular exercise program, Ozempic has been shown to help men and women who have a BMI of 30 or higher to lose weight and attain a healthier lifestyle. By reducing the appetite and slowing gastric emptying, Ozempic helps you feel sated quicker and longer, which results in weight loss.

Ozempic for weight loss is administered in weekly injections that are effective in a way traditional methods, such as diets, exercise regimens, and metabolism-increasing medications, simply are not. For many patients, Ozempic represents weight loss success that they’ve never experienced before.

The Myth of the “Ozempic Face” or “Ozempic Body”

Semaglutide injection medications like Ozempic seemingly have made weight loss faster and easier for many patients. However, rapid weight loss can also be associated with rapid aging in the face and body due to lost volume and sagging skin. This rapid aging has led to the trendy new terms “Ozempic Face” or “Ozempic Body.” These terms, however, can be quite misleading and inaccurate as there is nothing specific in Ozempic that targets fat loss that leads to aging or sagging skin.

Many people want to blame the weight loss drug for the changes in the appearance of patients taking Ozempic, including sagging skin or a hollow, gaunt look. However, quickly losing a significant amount of weight by any other means, such as gastric bypass surgery or even severe illness, would produce the same effects.

The reason significant weight loss leads to a person looking as though they’ve aged quickly is simple. The stretched out skin and deep tissues simply cannot rebound quickly enough to keep up with the rapid weight loss, resulting in laxity, volume loss, and a deflated-looking appearance throughout the face and body.

Stopping Ozempic Treatments

Studies have shown that most people who have lost weight with Ozempic tend to gain the weight back within a year of stopping medication. It’s important to follow your physician’s instructions regarding diet, exercise, and maintenance dosage when stopping Ozempic injections.

To ensure your Ozempic results or body contouring results last, maintain your stable weight through a consistent exercise program and a healthy diet rich in lean proteins, fresh vegetables and fruits, and whole grains.

Many patients who have lost a significant amount of weight by any means and have body contouring procedures to enhance their results can typically sustain their weight loss easier. Removing lax skin and restoring the youthful appearance of the body can also help push patients to maintain weight loss by making it physically easier to participate in exercise or other activities.

What Will My Ozempic Results Look Like?

One of the unfortunate factors about weight loss is that patients do not get to choose the areas where they want to lose weight. That fact is true about Ozempic weight loss as well. As we age, our skin loses the ability to bounce back at the same rate as weight loss, so many times patients who experience rapid weight loss, like with Ozempic, also experience sagging, lax skin.

Dr. Hamwi offers many body contouring surgeries that can resolve the problem of lax skin to help restore your body contours and youthful appearance. Due to the nature of weight loss, patients should be at a stable weight for at least six months before undergoing a body contouring procedure.

Tummy Tuck

After the face, one of the body areas that experiences the most change is the waistline. One of the positive effects of Ozempic weight loss is the overall reduction of visceral fat—the fat that surrounds the organs and can’t be removed via liposuction.

As Ozempic reduces the appetite and slows gastric motility, many patients are losing a significant amount of abdominal fat, including visceral fat, which results in a leaner body mass. With many patients losing so much visceral fat, they are not only much healthier, but they often receive much better aesthetic results following a tummy tuck.

A tummy tuck, or abdominoplasty, is a surgical procedure that eliminates the lax skin in the abdominal region to create a tighter midsection. Following weight loss, a tummy tuck or mini tummy tuck can help sustain your new figure by restoring a taut abdominal appearance.

Breast Lift & Breast Augmentation

For some people, the first place they notice changes to their figures due to weight loss is in their breasts. As we age, the breasts become less glandular and gradually are replaced by adipose tissue, which is why the breasts promptly respond to weight fluctuations.

Breast volume, luckily, can be restored through breast augmentation. For patients who are experiencing sagging, deflated breasts due to volume loss and lax skin, a breast lift can help improve the breast placement to a more pleasing and anatomical position, returning a youthful appearance to the breasts.

Fat Transfer

Patients who have had previous fat transfer or fat graft and then experience significant weight loss may also experience volume loss in the transfer areas. This fat disruption is especially important for patients who have had fat transfer to the breasts or buttocks.

To solution to restore the appearance of areas previously treated with fat transfer may be another fat transfer, which can also resolve remaining small pockets of stubborn fat. However, if the body no longer has enough fat for a transfer, breast or buttock implants may provide another answer to restoring contours and confidence.

Dermal Fillers

It’s no secret that as we age our skin produces less collagen and elastin. When production of these proteins slows down, our skin begins showing signs of aging like wrinkles and lines, making it more difficult for the skin to “bounce back” after being stretched by weight fluctuations.

Following a rapid weight loss, many patients experience sagging skin that ages their appearance dramatically. Some patients experience hollowed cheeks or temples, creating a gaunt appearance. Still other patients experience an overall facial wasting from the rapid weight loss after losing a considerable amount of fat in the face, making them appear as though they’ve aged as rapidly—the so-called “Ozempic face.”

To combat the aging, some patients are requesting injectable dermal fillers to restore the lost volume. Teaming fillers with Botox, you can smooth lines and wrinkles to refresh your appearance. With no down time, Botox and fillers can help renew your more youthful appearance to fit your slimmer new body, allowing you to reclaim your confidence.

How Does Plastic Surgery Enhance Ozempic Results?

Following significant or rapid weight loss with treatments like Ozempic, many patients experience lax, sagging skin—the so-called “Ozempic Body.” While losing weight is considerably important for each patient’s personal health, it can also create other physical and mental health concerns. Sagging skin can not only create medical issues, but it can also hamper a person’s excitement about the strides they’ve made toward reaching their goal weight and getting healthier.

However, plastic surgery can help restore the appearance of those areas most physically impacted to improve self-esteem and confidence.

Body contouring and skin tightening procedures will provide a solution to sagging skin and restoring a pleasing appearance to those impacted areas. Procedures like Awake Liposuction will be able to address the stubborn pockets of remaining fat to enhance your weight loss efforts.

Other procedures, such as a tummy tuck or mini tummy tuck, may be necessary to address excess stretched skin that won’t bounce back after weight loss. Skin tightening procedures, such as Renuvion, may be more appropriate, depending on the degree of sagging skin you experience following your weight loss journey.

Depending on your aesthetic goals for your weight loss journey, a body contouring procedure may help provide the definition you’re aiming for.

How Does Awake Liposuction Enhance Ozempic Results?

Liposuction is not a good weight loss tool by itself. It’s an excellent solution for sculpting those specific troublesome areas that prove resistant to exercise and dietary changes. Following your weight loss journey with Ozempic, you may find that Dr. Hamwi’s awake liposuction is a perfect complement to achieve your ideal figure by addressing those troublesome spots.

Typical areas sculpted with awake liposuction include:

  • Abdomen
  • Flanks and Waist
  • Chin and Neck
  • Arms
  • Thighs
  • Chest
  • Buttocks

Am I a Candidate for Ozempic or Body Contouring Plastic Surgery?

Typically, good candidates for Ozempic for weight loss include patients who are looking to improve their health and enhance their appearance through weight loss. Patients with a BMI of 30 or higher or those who BMI of 27 or higher and have at least one weight-related health concern will most likely benefit from Ozempic.

Candidates should also:

  • Be non-smokers, or willing to quit prior to beginning treatment
  • Live a healthy lifestyle, including an exercise program and healthy diet
  • Understand the risks of the treatment
  • Have a positive outlook and realistic goals
  • Be prepared to closely follow instructions

Generally, Ozempic for weight loss is considered safe and effective when used as directed. However, it may not be suitable for all patients.

Patients who shouldn’t use Ozempic include those who have a family history of specific cancers, including medullary thyroid cancer, or who have a rare disorder called multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 syndrome. Anyone who is allergic to semaglutide, or other ingredients found in Ozempic, is not a likely candidate.  

Choosing Dr. Kristopher Hamwi as Your Ozempic & Body Contouring Expert!

Selecting the right physician and guide is one of the most important choices you can make to ensure a successful weight loss journey. Double board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Kristopher Hamwi is an expert in the field of aesthetic plastic surgery and has performed thousands of body contouring procedures.

More importantly, Dr. Hamwi understands the importance of being as healthy on the inside as you look on the outside. Dr.  Hamwi’s dedication to his patients’ safety and outstanding results makes him your choice as one of the best body  surgeons in Sarasota, FL.

Schedule Your Consultation Today!

Losing weight isn’t just about achieving aesthetic goals. It’s about getting on the right track to becoming healthy and feeling good about yourself from the inside out. At Florida Plastic Surgery and Medspa, Dr. Hamwi performs Ozempic and body contouring procedure complimentary consultations either in person or virtually over the phone with the assistance of photographs.

To schedule your complimentary consultation today, feel free to contact us at (941) 800-2000, complete our online form, or email connect@floridaplasticsurgery.com!