Ozempic Face: How to Fix Hollow, Sagging Skin After Rapid Weight Loss

Published by Dr. Jay Lucas, MD, a board-certified surgeon with over 20 years of experience.

It’s both common knowledge and a hot topic right now how Ozempic and medications like it are changing the face of weight loss. Whether it’s high-profile celebrities, your aunt Wanda, your bestie, or yourself, you likely know more than one person who has found medications like these very helpful. 

What may not be as much common knowledge, however, is how rapid weight loss caused by these types of medications may change your face. 

Ever heard of “Ozempic face”?  

Here’s a quick breakdown of what it is, why it happens, and how certain aesthetic treatments and plastic surgeries can fix it…

The What & Why of “Ozempic Face”

If you’re taking or considering taking a GLP-1 medication for weight loss, you need to know how it could affect your facial appearance. “Ozempic face” is an unofficial term used to describe the volume loss and skin changes that can occur in the face after rapid weight loss due to GLP-1 or similar medications. 

These changes might look like: 

• Sunken eyes
• Hollow-looking cheeks
• Sagging skin, especially around the cheeks and jowls
• More pronounced fine lines and wrinkles

Think of it as Ozempic face aging a person’s face prematurely, since the effects look a lot like the volume loss and looser skin people usually experience with age. 

Here’s why it happens: 

When you shed pounds quickly, your skin doesn’t have enough time to gradually adjust to each incremental size along your weight loss journey. Factors like age and skin quality also play their parts: a younger person’s skin may tighten up faster, while an older person’s may not. 

Meanwhile, the amount of weight has an effect, too: in the case of massive weight loss, there may simply be too much excess skin for it to stretch smoothly again across a face with significantly reduced volume.  

How Can You Fix Ozempic Face?

The good news is that there are a variety of treatments to help, so you can feel as confident about your face as you do about your new body size!

Here are some of our top recommended procedures, some surgical and some non-surgical, to help fix Ozempic face (and all of which we offer here at The Lucas Center): 

Non-Surgical Aesthetic Treatments for Ozempic Face

For milder cases of Ozempic face or for patients opting for less-invasive procedures, there are several good options: 

• Soft-tissue fillers: Injected into targeted areas, fillers restore volume and a smoother, firmer skin profile.
• Fat grafting: Although sometimes combined with surgical procedures, fat grafting can be done in-office as a standalone service to rejuvenate targeted areas using your own tissue.
• Ellacor treatments: With revolutionary micro-coring technology, Ellacor removes tiny fractions of excess skin in the mid- to lower face without the hassle and recovery time of surgery.

Plastic Surgery for Ozempic Face

For more pronounced cases of Ozempic face and for patients who want a longer-lasting solution, facial surgery may be the way to go. 

Here are a few Ozempic face plastic surgery options: 

• Face lift and/or neck lift: Often performed together, these popular procedures involve removing excess skin and repositioning as needed to provide long-lasting, firmer, and smoother results. 
• Eyebrow lift: If your concern is specifically around the eye and forehead area, a brow lift removes and repositions skin above the eyes as needed to reduce forehead creasing and drooping. 
• Blepharoplasty: Also known as eyelid rejuvenation, this specifically targets the eyelid area, removing and adjusting extra skin and fat to give the eyes a brighter, more open appearance. 

Pro Tip: For more on the difference between an eyebrow lift and eyelid rejuvenation, check out our blog comparing the two.

Your Ozempic Face “Fix” Should Be Customized to You

We know that the treatment you choose, whether surgical or non-surgical, is a personal decision based on your specific needs. It’s also a decision worth making with help from an expert who can assess your unique facial structure, skin quality, and health as part of the process. 

When you come to The Lucas Center for a consultation with Dr. Lucas, he will evaluate those factors, taking the time to learn about your specific goals. From there, he can make a tailored recommendation of which surgical or aesthetic procedure is likely to deliver the results and confidence you’re seeking. 

Schedule your personalized consultation online or give us a call at (865) 218-6210. We can’t wait to hear from you!