{"id":968894,"date":"2026-11-13T07:46:27","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T07:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/968894\/"},"modified":"2026-11-13T07:46:27","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T07:46:27","slug":"women-are-getting-work-done-to-fix-their-ozempic-temples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/968894\/","title":{"rendered":"Women are getting work done to fix their \u2018Ozempic temples\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joan Rivers would have loved Ozempic<\/a>, according to her daughter, Melissa Rivers. Melissa would know \u2014 she\u2019s been on a GLP-1 herself.<\/p>\n

After realizing her metabolism had slowed during menopause, the 58-year-old TV correspondent went on Mounjaro and lost 25 pounds over six months, she revealed to The Post.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything that used to work wasn\u2019t working any longer,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

But there was one downside: She suddenly experienced temporal hollowing, also known as temporal wasting<\/a>, in which rapid weight loss leads to a loss of volume in the temples, potentially aging the face.<\/p>\n

Melissa Rivers lost 25 pounds on Mounjaro \u2014 and got work done to fix aging issues like temporal hollowing. Courtesy Dr. Lisa Goodman<\/p>\n

\u201cI always had a close eye on my temples, even before the weight loss, because I\u2019m narrow in that area naturally \u2026 but it just became a bigger issue afterwards,\u201d Rivers said.<\/p>\n

To save face \u2014 literally \u2014 she turned to Lisa Goodman, a pioneer in regenerative aesthetics and the founder of GoodSkin Clinics, to add volume back with NuvaSculpt and Xerf. The former combines localized fat growth with tightening and firming, while the latter uses radiofrequency for skin-tightening and lifting.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s about having a soft touch; nothing was ever dramatic,\u201d Rivers explained. \u201cIt was literally progressive, and I became a laser junkie \u2014 it\u2019s become a sickness.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt made a world of difference,\u201d she added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Transforming from a raisin back into a grape<\/p>\n

Rivers is far from the first person to find that weight loss success on a GLP-1 drug can also be aging \u2014 and she\u2019s certainly not the only one getting procedures to fix it. Some are even fully going under the knife.<\/p>\n

\u201cTemporal hollowing is part of the aging process \u2014 fat atrophies as we get older,\u201d explained Dr. Anthony Berlet, founder of Berlet Plastic Surgery in NYC and New Jersey. \u201cBut when you\u2019re on a GLP-1 like Ozempic and losing a lot of weight suddenly, the loss of facial fat can make you appear to age prematurely, and we have to put volume back where it\u2019s supposed to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

After losing 50 pounds over the course of six months on Ozempic, 33-year-old Veruzka Scavo Krause \u2014 who was Miss South America at the World Next Top Model pageant in 2012, Miss Tourism Venezuela 2015 and Miss Europe Spain of 2015\u00a0\u2014 was ready to reverse her face\u2019s new \u201chollowed-out\u201d fate.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Veruzka Scavo Krause, a former Miss South America, also tackled her Ozempic temples. MILA Face<\/p>\n

\u201cI always felt a pressure to keep up with the standards of beauty, especially between the proper weight and measurements,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a crazy feeling when you start gaining weight and don\u2019t even recognize yourself anymore, but now I feel like I look back to my early 20s again,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Considering her young age, Scavo Krause\u2019s plastic surgeon, New York-based Dr. Spero Theodorou, was surprised at the level of laxity in her skin from being on the GLP-1, prompting him to perform a fat grafting technique which involved harvesting her own fat from her waist, or flanks, and injecting it into her temples.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce you lose over ten pounds, it really starts showing in your face,\u201d Dr. Theodorou, founder of Theodorou Plastic Surgery and Park Avenue Smart Lipo, explained. \u201cIt\u2019s not even so much about the number, but rather how fast you lose it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The treatments he uses to \u201creset\u201d the face make it rounder and not as hollow-looking by targeting the skin and the muscle.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe sagginess is completely gone,\u201d she said after her fat grafting procedure. MILA Face<\/p>\n

\u201cThe sagginess is completely gone,\u201d added Scavo Krause, who also tightened her jowls with liposuction.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While some techniques to battle temporal hollowing involve hyaluronic acid fillers or lactic acid injectables, Dr. Theodorou prefers injecting a patient\u2019s own fat over a foreign body.<\/p>\n

Dr. Berlet agrees that fat grafting \u201cis really my best tool for combating that very scary, skeletal look that temporal hollowing creates.\u201d<\/p>\n

As temporal hollowing can create visible depressions on the sides of the forehead, he sometimes also performs a lateral brow lift, creating a smoother transition from the outer eyelid and brow into the temples.<\/p>\n

Another tempting reason to undergo a fat grafting procedure, which typically takes about half an hour and can be done under local anesthesia, is that it can offer plumping.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter becoming a raisin on a GLP-1, you can transform back into a grape,\u201d said Berlet.<\/p>\n

While it offers natural-looking results, Berlet noted that fat grafting does have some potential drawbacks, including occasional lumpiness or unevenness.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a bit of an art, but reaching the ultimate goal is easier when using micro fat,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Patients who have lost substantial weight also have to contend with the possibility that there is limited fat available for harvesting. When it\u2019s scarce, Berlet typically turns to the inner thighs, which are \u201cpretty reliable\u201d sources.<\/p>\n

Diane Petrowsky noticed hollowness in her face after weight loss and saw Dr. Berlet for fat grafting. Courtesy Dr. Anthony Berlet<\/p>\n

Slimming down and aging backwards<\/p>\n

Diane Petrowsky lost a whopping 134 pounds \u2014 70 the old-fashioned way, and the remaining 64 with Ozempic. But after the serious slimdown, she hated how she looked.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know I\u2019m aging because I\u2019m 63, but with the hollowness in my face after weight loss, I found myself very ugly,\u201d said Petrowsky, a New Jersey resident who works in education counseling.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

To restore the lost volume, she saw Dr. Berlet for fat grafting, including around her temples. She also got a face and neck lift, a lip lift, and surgery on her upper and lower eyelids.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince the fat already contains your own regenerative cells, including stem cells, it may also help improve skin quality in addition to restoring lost volume, making the eyes and skin look younger and healthier,\u201d Berlet said.<\/p>\n

Petrowsky is happy with the results: \u201cI got a glow.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I wake up in the morning and look in the mirror, I realize how much this has changed my life, especially with how it refines your face,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She eventually wants a breast lift as \u201cgravity has taken a hold with the weight loss,\u201d but for right now, she is just glad to be \u201cfeeling back to herself\u201d and not having to \u201chide\u201d when she goes out.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI used to wear big clothes and hoodies and now I wear bright colors,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A booming business<\/p>\n

Both surgeons agree that they are busier these days due to the popularity of Ozempic.<\/p>\n

\u201cLosing fat in the face can dramatically affect your appearance, no matter how much weight<\/p>\n

you\u2019ve lost overall,\u201d said Theodorou.<\/p>\n

But he notes that it\u2019s not a good idea to rush into nip\/tucks post-slimdown. Instead, he suggests giving yourself a good six months after starting a GLP-1 to give everything a chance to settle before deciding on any particular procedures to correct hollowing or sagging skin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joan Rivers would have loved Ozempic, according to her daughter, Melissa Rivers. Melissa would know \u2014 she\u2019s been…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":968895,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[49,48,361,65076,31565,282,14589,13663,84,377,2095,26294,953,406],"class_list":["post-968894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity-plastic-surgery","tag-celebrity-weight-loss","tag-exclusive","tag-fashion-beauty","tag-glp-1","tag-health","tag-medication","tag-ozempic","tag-plastic-surgery","tag-weight-loss","tag-wellness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=968894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/968895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=968894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=968894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=968894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}