What Is an Ozempic Face and How Can I Treat It?
Weight loss is a life-changing achievement, enhancing your overall health. However, many who have lost a significant amount of weight with medications such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Zepbound, or other weight loss drugs can experience an unexpected consequence: The face can begin to appear gaunt. This phenomenon, often called “Ozempic Face,” occurs when fat loss in the face leads to hollowed cheeks, pronounced wrinkles, sagging skin, and a drooping jawline.
At Cheng Plastic Surgery in Silicon Valley, we understand you want to look as vibrant and youthful as you feel. Fortunately, advanced treatments like facial fat grafting can help restore volume and restore a healthy look.
What Causes Ozempic Face?
Ozempic (semaglutide) and similar medications help with weight loss by suppressing appetite and reducing fat stores throughout the body. While this is highly effective for slimming down, the face is often one of the first areas to show the effects of fat loss.
Since facial fat plays a crucial role in maintaining a youthful, lifted appearance, its depletion can lead to:
- Sunken or hollowed cheeks
- More pronounced wrinkles and folds
- Skin laxity and sagging, particularly around the jawline
- A tired or older look
How to Restore Facial Volume and Firmness After Weight Loss
Reversing Ozempic Face requires a customized approach that addresses lost volume, sagging skin, and overall skin quality. At Cheng Plastic Surgery, we offer a range of cutting-edge solutions, including Facial Fat Grafting, Facelift Surgery, and CO2 Laser Resurfacing.
Facial Fat Grafting: Restore Volume Naturally
Facial fat grafting is one of the most effective ways to replenish lost volume using your natural fat. The procedure involves harvesting fat from another body area, such as the abdomen or thighs, purifying it, and injecting it into the face to restore fullness and smooth contours.
- Restores lost facial fat for a youthful, natural look
- Softens deep lines, wrinkles, and hollows
- It uses your own fat, making it a safe and biocompatible option
- Provides long-lasting, natural-looking results
Because the transferred fat integrates with your existing tissues, the effects of fat grafting are soft, natural, and long-lasting—helping to reverse the sunken appearance of Ozempic Face.
Facelift: Lift and Tighten for a More Defined Contour
A facelift is the gold-standard solution for individuals experiencing significant sagging, jowls, or skin laxity. While fat grafting restores lost volume, a facelift lifts and tightens underlying facial tissues for a more youthful and sculpted appearance.
- Tightens loose skin along the lower face and jawline
- Lifts sagging cheeks for a rejuvenated look
- Redefines the jawline and reduces jowls
- Enhances overall facial structure for a more youthful balance
A facelift can be performed as a sole procedure or combined with fat grafting to address both sagging and volume loss—delivering a comprehensive and transformative result.
CO2 Laser Resurfacing: Improve Skin Texture and Elasticity
Beyond volume loss and sagging, Ozempic Face can also lead to thinner, more fragile skin that reveals wrinkles and fine lines. CO2 laser resurfacing is a powerful non-surgical solution that stimulates collagen production and enhances skin quality.
- Improves skin texture and firmness
- Reduces fine lines and wrinkles
- Stimulates collagen for enhanced skin elasticity
- Minimizes sun damage, age spots, and overall skin aging
By restoring volume with fat grafting, lifting sagging skin with a facelift, and rejuvenating skin quality with CO2 laser resurfacing, our expert team at Cheng Plastic Surgery can help you achieve a balanced, youthful, and refreshed appearance.
Is Ozempic Face Reversible? Absolutely.
If you’ve experienced facial aging after weight loss, you don’t have to settle for a hollowed or tired appearance. With today’s advanced treatments, you can restore facial volume, tighten sagging skin, and enhance your natural beauty—without looking overdone.
Losing weight is an exciting and rewarding experience—but the weight changes should enhance, not detract. With facial fat grafting, you can achieve a refreshed, youthful look that complements your slimmer figure. At Cheng Plastic Surgery in Silicon Valley, we offer cutting-edge facial rejuvenation techniques to resolve “Ozempic face” for the long term.
If you’re concerned about the effects of weight loss on your face, we’re here to help. Contact Cheng Plastic Surgery today to schedule a consultation and explore personalized treatment options tailored to your needs.