Sherine Youssef<\/p>\n
Oct 5, 2026 \u2013 5.00am<\/p>\n
There is an unmistakable look one acquires after Ozempic-induced weight loss, like skin being stretched over a skeleton. Whenever I see someone to whom this fate has befallen, I think of that quote \u2013 attributed to French cinema legend Catherine Deneuve \u2013 that, after a certain age, you have to choose between your face and your arse.<\/p>\n
The sentiment will be familiar to anyone who has watched a plump face disappear along with the kilograms. Rapid weight loss might get you back into your jeans, but it can leave the face looking gaunt, with skin that appears looser, duller and more deeply lined. Social media has dubbed it \u201cOzempic face\u201d<\/a>, but Professor Greg Goodman, a dermatologist and clinical professor at Monash University, has a more vivid description: \u201cAgeing on steroids.\u201d<\/p>\n Loading…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sherine Youssef Oct 5, 2026 \u2013 5.00am There is an unmistakable look one acquires after Ozempic-induced weight loss,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":916298,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[64,63,137,490],"class_list":["post-916297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-health","tag-medication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=916297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/916298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=916297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=916297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=916297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}