Suddenly facing a loss of firmness in skin and slackening of facial contours? The culprit could certainly be the natural aging process. But, if you’re one of the millions of Americans taking GLP-1 medications like Ozempic for weight loss or to treat type 2 diabetes, you may be experiencing visible facial volume loss, colloquially referred to as “Ozempic Face”.
What causes loss of firmness?
With the effects of time, your skin undergoes numerous changes, which occur in stages. What begins as a first fine line in your late 20s, gradually accelerates as the effects of aging take a toll. Importantly, collagen levels decline by 1-1.5% per year, causing surface wrinkles to deepen and a significant loss of firmness and density by age 50.
Additionally, the skin barrier thins as a result of skin aging and cumulative photodamage, leading to dryness and dehydration due to an increase in trans-epidermal water loss (TEWL).
What is Ozempic Face?
GLP-1 medications like Ozempic can accelerate multiple signs of aging, particularly facial volume loss. This unnatural loss of skin density leads to Ozempic Face. While not a medical condition, Ozempic Face is a common side-effect of GLP-1 medications for weight loss.
Signs of Ozempic Face include sagging skin, particularly in the cheeks and jawline, hollowness around the eyes, and a rapid loss of facial volume leading to a gaunt, aged appearance.
What are the skin changes in GLP-1?
If you’re wondering what is happening in your skin due to GLP-1 agonists, the substances driving the efficacy of medications like Ozempic, you’re not alone. GLP-1 skin changes include:
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breakdown of connective tissue
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change in the quality of the skin
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decrease in the skin’s ability to retain its shape
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loss of fat, leading to a significantly older appearance with sagging skin and deep folds at the mouth and jowls
Our breakthrough approach to Ozempic Face
To treat loss of facial volume and other signs of Ozempic Face, Image Skincare collaborated with Dr. Raja Sivamani, an Integrative Dermatologist and Adjunct Associate Professor of Dermatology at UC Davis. Dr. Sivamani has identified the root causes of facial changes due to rapid weight loss.
Introducing VOL.U.LIFT™ GLP-1 4D Skin Rebound Complex
VOL.U.LIFT™ GLP-1 4D Skin Rebound Complex is the first treatment developed for facial changes due to rapid weight loss when using GLP-1 agonists. This revolutionary topical treatment improves the appearance of facial skin in 4D: deflation, deep wrinkles, dehydration and density.
VOL.U.LIFT™ GLP-1 4D Skin Rebound Complex is a firming face cream designed with next generation hyaluronic acid, collagen fragments, bakuchiol and amino acids with lipofilling results. The complex of potent actives in our skin tightening crème works synergistically to improve skin impacted by GLP-1 induced facial volume loss and skin texture decline by addressing the appearance of lost volume, sagging, crepey skin texture, dehydration and wrinkles.
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