Everyone Is Taking This Drug to Lose Weight. Instead, It's Rapidly Aging Their Faces.

• Ozempic, a medication used to treat type 2 diabetes, is being used off-label as a weight-loss drug.

• Some people on the drug say they’ve developed “Ozempic face,” which is a gaunt look.

• Treating the side effect can be tricky.

Ozempic is a medication that’s designed to help manage insulin levels in people with type 2 diabetes. However, it’s recently gotten attention after a slew of people spoke out on social media about using the drug for weight loss.
Ozempic, which is a brand name for semaglutide, is currently on the Food and Drug Administration’s list of drug shortages, and many have pointed the finger at people using the medication off-label for weight loss as the reason it’s hard to find at the moment. Now, there are reports of another controversy surrounding Ozempic and similar drugs: Some people say it’s given them an unwanted side effect that’s been dubbed “Ozempic face.”
But what is Ozempic face, exactly, and why does it happen? Doctors break it down.
Everyone Is Taking This Drug to Lose Weight. Instead, It's Rapidly Aging Their Faces.