This can include loose or sagging skin, leading to a look some call Ozempic Face. It happens because rapid weight loss sometimes reduces the fat and fullness in the cheeks
[Preprint] (2025)
FDA-approved uses Wegovy : When paired with a healthy lifestyle, balanced and reduced-calorie diet, and exercise, Wegovy is FDA-approved for chronic weight management in patients with: Obesity (body mass index 30 kg/m or greater) or Overweight (body mass index 27 kg/m or greater) with at least one health condition that occurs due to increased body weight such as high blood pressure (hypertension), type 2 diabetes, hypercholesterolemia (high cholesterol levels), and heart disease, Its also FDA-approved for reducing the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events
GLP-1 medications are a class of drugs specifically aimed at aiding weight management and are used in the treatment of obesity and type-2 diabetes
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Other potential studies were excluded from the final analysis due to a lack of mention of cancer incidence or thyroid cancer incidence in their study population, their focus on studying outcomes from the same clinical trials, or their lack of focus on patients with diabetes mellitus and obesity [25,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49]
