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Beauty Bytes with Dr. Kay: Secrets of a Plastic Surgeon™

749: Ozempic Face: What It Is, Why It Happens, and What You Can Do About It

Beauty Bytes with Dr. Kay: Secrets of a Plastic Surgeon™

Kay Durairaj, MD, FACS @beautybydrkay

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Arts, Management & Marketing, Fashion & Beauty, Business

5604 Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s Five Minute Friday, Dr. Kay dives into the hot topic of Ozempic Face — the facial volume loss and sagging that can occur with rapid weight loss from GLP-1 medications like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro. She explains what causes these changes, how to recognize the signs, and when to take action. Learn how strategic filler placement, collagen-stimulating injectables like Radiesse, Sculptra, and Renuva, and preventative planning can help restore youthful structure and preserve your facial foundation. Whether you’re just starting weight loss or already seeing changes, this episode is your guide to looking as vibrant as you feel.

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0:00.0

Hello, hello, guys. You're listening to Beauty Bites with Dr. K., secrets of a plastic surgeon,

0:19.7

and it's time for a five minute for

0:21.6

Friday. Yay, it's Friday. Beauty's, it's me, Dr. Cam, facial plastic surgeon in Los Angeles.

0:29.0

For those of you don't know me, I host Beauty Bites with Dr. K. Secrets of a Plastic Surgeon,

0:33.8

and today we're talking about something that's flooding my DMs, comments, consults,

0:39.7

it's Ozempic face. I am so interested in this phenomenon of what happens to the face when we

0:47.1

go on these weight loss shots. They are revolutionary. They are life-changing. But if you're one of the

0:52.2

many patients using GLPs like Ozempic, Wagovi, Manjaro,

0:56.2

Tersepetide, Zep bound, these drugs definitely affect facial fat, and they change the way you age.

1:04.7

Let's get into it.

1:05.8

So your metabolism might be great after taking weight loss shots.

1:10.1

Your body weight and BMI are going to be

1:13.0

amazing and you will feel so good but you will look in the mirror and feel a little older first of all

1:19.0

what is a zembek face it's a nickname that refers to these facial changes that occur losing weight

1:25.2

rapidly especially on the new injectables. And we've had similar conditions

1:30.3

occur for a long time when people had gastric bypass, stomach stapling, extreme athlete face,

1:37.4

all of the weight loss things, the fads, the things that people have done in the past. And

1:41.9

these side effects with facial fat loss, they sometimes are

1:46.6

difficult to reverse and nobody's talking about it right now until it's too late. So I'm seeing

1:51.7

patients come in with a lot of devastation of their facial fat aging and actually the face

1:57.0

needs fat to remain youthful. So unlike traditional dieting, it's a much faster weight loss

2:03.7

and it's related to the subcutaneous fat. And unfortunately, that includes areas of youthful fat

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