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Re:Ozempic is changing people's skin, say plastic surgeons by anakaine on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @06:27PM (#41240498)
This, and there's seems to be a number of people with a misconception that getting medical assistance is either cheating, or you're not trying hard enough.

As someone who is quite strong and fit, but has a family history of obesity, and who has been packing on the kilos into their 40s - I've recently started with ozempic and it's a breakthrough drug. The incessant never ending demand to eat, that voice which never goes away and pervades every part of the day and task, the call which is almost impossible to ignore ore even after months of dieting and managing macros - it got moderated down from a 10/10 volume to about a 2/10 volume. I've started dropping the gut fat, and 6 weeks in my energy is coming back up to levels it was at 10 years ago.

I'm hoping that this isnt a permanent solution, but that it permits me to reset my bodies relationship with food, insulin, fat accumulation and hunger signals in the long term as the signalling cells senesce, the fat is reduced and demands less maintenance, etc.

Re:Ozempic is changing people's skin, say plastic surgeons by cm2187 on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @10:16PM (#41241932)
Yeah, that's the force that makes you go out of the cave to chase a mammoth. Strong force to fight back.
Re:Ozempic is changing people's skin, say plastic surgeons by rswskg on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @05:29AM (#41244259)
It isn't a permanent solution, it's purely designed to drop weight. You have to do the mental and physical work to be able to maintain which is a different mindset.