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By: In the excitement of finally identifying a safe, effective, and sustainable means of shedding your excess weight, you may find yourself self-conscious about your sagging skin. Often referred to as “Ozempic face”, “Ozempic butt”, and “Ozempic body”, sagging skin is something many on GLP-1 medications experience. At Valley Medical
In the excitement of finally identifying a safe, effective, and sustainable means of shedding your excess weight, you may find yourself self-conscious about your sagging skin. Often referred to as “Ozempic face”, “Ozempic butt”, and “Ozempic body”, sagging skin is something many on GLP-1 medications experience.
At Valley Medical Weight Loss, we’ve helped thousands of patients navigate their GLP-1 journey, including addressing the skin laxity that can come with rapid weight loss. The good news? You have options, and many of them don’t require surgery.
Let’s explore what causes GLP-1 skin sagging and the non-surgical treatments that can help restore your skin’s firmness.
Yes and no. Skin laxity is not technically a side effect of GLP-1 medications, but rapid weight loss is. Although losing weight is your objective, the more weight you lose, the greater your likelihood of sagging skin. If not full-on sagging, laxity makes your skin look wrinkled and crepey.
Common areas affected:
The severity depends on how much weight you lose, how quickly you lose it, your age, and your skin’s natural elasticity.
Your skin is resilient and naturally elastic. When you gain weight, it stretches to accommodate your weight gain. When you lose weight, your skin immediately begins the natural process of restoring its firmness. While restoration is immediately activated, the natural tightening process takes about 6 months. If you’re still losing weight during this time, it may take longer.
Think of it like pregnancy:
For example, after a woman gives birth, it’s common to have excess abdominal skin. This sagging and laxity will gradually tighten over the next few months. For some women, the skin will return to its pre-pregnancy firmness. For others, med spa skin tightening may be required to restore firmness. The same is true of GLP-1 skin sagging. Minimal laxity may self-restore, but the more severe the sagging is, the more likely a targeted approach will be required.
Factors that affect recovery:
If you gain and lose weight multiple times (including pregnancy weight gain) the more likely medical intervention will be required.
Skin laxity may leave you feeling a mix of emotions. Excited that you’re shedding your excess weight, and self-conscious about the loss of skin elasticity. These emotional and psychological impacts aren’t to be underestimated.
Coming to terms with the fact that your body isn’t returning to its former shape or size, or that even with weight loss, your body won’t ever look like photoshopped magazines, media, and Instagram photos can lead to body-image issues. You may need to seek therapy and tools that help you love the body you’re in at every season of life.
There’s only one you, and you are perfectly imperfect!
In addition to your emotional and psychological well-being, skin folds can pose a variety of health risks.
This includes:
If excess skin is causing these issues, it’s important to address them with your healthcare provider.
Weight loss may be the primary driver behind your current skin laxity, but it may not be the only reason your skin isn’t firming up on its own. If your collagen and elastin have been damaged, or production has slowed for any reason, it will be difficult for your skin to recover from GLP-1 skin sagging without a targeted approach.
Elastin is a protein that enhances flexibility in the skin, organs, blood vessels, cartilage, hair, joints, and ligaments. Although elastin only represents between 2% and 4% of the skin’s dermal layer, it’s a critical percentage.
What elastin does:
The problem: Elastin’s ability to recoil declines with age. Also, after prolonged periods of being overstretched. Repetitive motion can also accelerate skin laxity.
Collagen is your body’s most plentiful protein. Both your skin and your connective tissue (fascia) consist primarily of collagen.
Natural collagen decline:
Add to this factors that prematurely damage collagen and elastin, and you can lose far more than 1% per year. This loss can intensify your GLP-1 skin sagging.
Other factors that damage collagen and elastin include:
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Your skin will gradually begin to tighten within 30 to 60 days, with maximum tightening at around 6 months. The challenge is that if you’re still losing weight during this time, it will take longer for your skin to catch up to your weight loss.
Natural approaches to support skin tightening:
Learn more: Managing Menopause Skin Changes with HRT
Valley Medical Weight Loss and Med Spa provides a variety of non-surgical treatments that can address GLP-1 skin sagging, post-pregnancy skin tightening, and laxity caused by ageing and other factors. These treatments are scientifically proven to stimulate collagen and elastin production.
In addition to tightening your skin, these treatments contour the body, accelerate fat loss, improve skin quality, and firm, smooth, and rejuvenate skin. We may suggest a combination of treatments for optimal results.
Forma Skin Tightening is a top option. This revolutionary treatment utilises painless radio frequency to promote the regrowth of collagen.
It can be used to tighten skin on the:
Benefits:
Benefits:
Morpheus8 is another exciting option to consider. It combines radiofrequency and microneedling to contour, tighten, and resurface skin. One of the factors that makes Morpheus8 unique is that it can be used to minimise sagging on the face and body.
It can be used to treat the:
Benefits:
We offer a few types of Thread Lift Treatments for the face and neck. Threads are often referred to as a non-surgical facelift. In addition to a lifting effect, threads stimulate collagen production, improving the texture and tone of skin over the next 6 to 12 weeks.
Threads are effective for:
Benefits:
Transparent pricing:
We also provide supervised GLP-1 injections and weight loss programs to take a multi-pronged and personalised approach to weight loss, health, and wellness. Supervising your weekly injections tailors your weight loss and minimises the side effects that can come with GLP-1 medications.
Our GLP-1 programs include:
Learn more: GLP-1 Injections
If you live in or around Phoenix, Tempe, Chandler, or Glendale and have skin laxity of any kind, we invite you to schedule a consultation with Valley Medical Weight Loss and Med Spa.
During your consultation, we’ll discuss:
Why choose Valley Medical Weight Loss:
Visit us at any location:
Aesthetic Services Disclaimer: Aesthetic services are elective, and results vary by individual. Multiple sessions may be recommended. Treatments are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
Program Disclaimer: Valley Medical Weight Loss does not guarantee outcomes. Programs are medically supervised, but results vary by individual. All treatments require evaluation and prescription by a licensed provider.
Gallery/Photo Disclaimer: Results vary. Photos shown with patient consent.
Valley Medical Weight Loss has been helping individuals achieve their health and wellness goals for over 15 years, with more than 80,000 patients served across the Phoenix metro area. Our four convenient locations in Phoenix, Tempe, Glendale, and Chandler offer physician-supervised weight loss programs, advanced treatments, and personalised support, all with transparent pricing and no hidden fees. We believe in making effective weight loss accessible, affordable, and sustainable for everyone. Learn more about our approach.
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Valley Medical Weight Loss | Chandler, Arizona
In the excitement of finally identifying a safe, effective, and sustainable means of shedding your excess weight, you may find yourself self-conscious about your sagging skin. Often referred to as “Ozempic face”, “Ozempic butt”, and “Ozempic body”, sagging skin is something many on GLP-1 medications experience.
At Valley Medical Weight Loss, we’ve helped thousands of patients navigate their GLP-1 journey, including addressing the skin laxity that can come with rapid weight loss. The good news? You have options, and many of them don’t require surgery.
Let’s explore what causes GLP-1 skin sagging and the non-surgical treatments that can help restore your skin’s firmness.
Yes and no. Skin laxity is not technically a side effect of GLP-1 medications, but rapid weight loss is. Although losing weight is your objective, the more weight you lose, the greater your likelihood of sagging skin. If not full-on sagging, laxity makes your skin look wrinkled and crepey.
Common areas affected:
The severity depends on how much weight you lose, how quickly you lose it, your age, and your skin’s natural elasticity.
Your skin is resilient and naturally elastic. When you gain weight, it stretches to accommodate your weight gain. When you lose weight, your skin immediately begins the natural process of restoring its firmness. While restoration is immediately activated, the natural tightening process takes about 6 months. If you’re still losing weight during this time, it may take longer.
Think of it like pregnancy:
For example, after a woman gives birth, it’s common to have excess abdominal skin. This sagging and laxity will gradually tighten over the next few months. For some women, the skin will return to its pre-pregnancy firmness. For others, med spa skin tightening may be required to restore firmness. The same is true of GLP-1 skin sagging. Minimal laxity may self-restore, but the more severe the sagging is, the more likely a targeted approach will be required.
Factors that affect recovery:
If you gain and lose weight multiple times (including pregnancy weight gain) the more likely medical intervention will be required.
Skin laxity may leave you feeling a mix of emotions. Excited that you’re shedding your excess weight, and self-conscious about the loss of skin elasticity. These emotional and psychological impacts aren’t to be underestimated.
Coming to terms with the fact that your body isn’t returning to its former shape or size, or that even with weight loss, your body won’t ever look like photoshopped magazines, media, and Instagram photos can lead to body-image issues. You may need to seek therapy and tools that help you love the body you’re in at every season of life.
There’s only one you, and you are perfectly imperfect!
In addition to your emotional and psychological well-being, skin folds can pose a variety of health risks.
This includes:
If excess skin is causing these issues, it’s important to address them with your healthcare provider.
Weight loss may be the primary driver behind your current skin laxity, but it may not be the only reason your skin isn’t firming up on its own. If your collagen and elastin have been damaged, or production has slowed for any reason, it will be difficult for your skin to recover from GLP-1 skin sagging without a targeted approach.
Elastin is a protein that enhances flexibility in the skin, organs, blood vessels, cartilage, hair, joints, and ligaments. Although elastin only represents between 2% and 4% of the skin’s dermal layer, it’s a critical percentage.
What elastin does:
The problem: Elastin’s ability to recoil declines with age. Also, after prolonged periods of being overstretched. Repetitive motion can also accelerate skin laxity.
Collagen is your body’s most plentiful protein. Both your skin and your connective tissue (fascia) consist primarily of collagen.
Natural collagen decline:
Add to this factors that prematurely damage collagen and elastin, and you can lose far more than 1% per year. This loss can intensify your GLP-1 skin sagging.
Other factors that damage collagen and elastin include:
Join our newsletter for expert insights on injectables, facial rejuvenation, and the latest aesthetic treatments. Our medical team shares practical advice to help you look and feel your best.
Your skin will gradually begin to tighten within 30 to 60 days, with maximum tightening at around 6 months. The challenge is that if you’re still losing weight during this time, it will take longer for your skin to catch up to your weight loss.
Natural approaches to support skin tightening:
Learn more: Managing Menopause Skin Changes with HRT
Valley Medical Weight Loss and Med Spa provides a variety of non-surgical treatments that can address GLP-1 skin sagging, post-pregnancy skin tightening, and laxity caused by ageing and other factors. These treatments are scientifically proven to stimulate collagen and elastin production.
In addition to tightening your skin, these treatments contour the body, accelerate fat loss, improve skin quality, and firm, smooth, and rejuvenate skin. We may suggest a combination of treatments for optimal results.
Forma Skin Tightening is a top option. This revolutionary treatment utilises painless radio frequency to promote the regrowth of collagen.
It can be used to tighten skin on the:
Benefits:
Benefits:
Morpheus8 is another exciting option to consider. It combines radiofrequency and microneedling to contour, tighten, and resurface skin. One of the factors that makes Morpheus8 unique is that it can be used to minimise sagging on the face and body.
It can be used to treat the:
Benefits:
We offer a few types of Thread Lift Treatments for the face and neck. Threads are often referred to as a non-surgical facelift. In addition to a lifting effect, threads stimulate collagen production, improving the texture and tone of skin over the next 6 to 12 weeks.
Threads are effective for:
Benefits:
Transparent pricing:
We also provide supervised GLP-1 injections and weight loss programs to take a multi-pronged and personalised approach to weight loss, health, and wellness. Supervising your weekly injections tailors your weight loss and minimises the side effects that can come with GLP-1 medications.
Our GLP-1 programs include:
Learn more: GLP-1 Injections
If you live in or around Phoenix, Tempe, Chandler, or Glendale and have skin laxity of any kind, we invite you to schedule a consultation with Valley Medical Weight Loss and Med Spa.
During your consultation, we’ll discuss:
Why choose Valley Medical Weight Loss:
Visit us at any location:
Aesthetic Services Disclaimer: Aesthetic services are elective, and results vary by individual. Multiple sessions may be recommended. Treatments are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
Program Disclaimer: Valley Medical Weight Loss does not guarantee outcomes. Programs are medically supervised, but results vary by individual. All treatments require evaluation and prescription by a licensed provider.
Gallery/Photo Disclaimer: Results vary. Photos shown with patient consent.
Valley Medical Weight Loss has been helping individuals achieve their health and wellness goals for over 15 years, with more than 80,000 patients served across the Phoenix metro area. Our four convenient locations in Phoenix, Tempe, Glendale, and Chandler offer physician-supervised weight loss programs, advanced treatments, and personalised support, all with transparent pricing and no hidden fees. We believe in making effective weight loss accessible, affordable, and sustainable for everyone. Learn more about our approach.
GLP-1 and Weight Loss:
Med Spa Services:
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