{"id":611331,"date":"2026-04-28T14:03:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/611331\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T14:03:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:03:48","slug":"sex-scientist-explains-bizarre-phenomenon-of-ozempic-penis-and-its-impact-on-sex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/611331\/","title":{"rendered":"Sex scientist explains bizarre phenomenon of Ozempic penis and its impact on sex"},"content":{"rendered":"

A sex scientist explains the bizarre phenomenon of ‘Ozempic penis’ and its impact on sex in a new episode of the Diary of a CEO podcast with Steven Bartlett.<\/p>\n

GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic<\/a> and Mounjaro have become a popular option in the healthcare community<\/a>, offering a rapid route to weight loss through a weekly injection.<\/p>\n

High-profile figures like Elon Musk<\/a>, have also helped push the medications into mainstream conversation after admitting to using Mounjaro<\/a> in a previous Christmas post.<\/p>\n

But the reality behind these drugs is not yet clear-cut. Side effects including so-called Ozempic breath<\/a>, a heightened risk of osteoporosis<\/a>, and concerns about mental health<\/a> have caused the World Health Organization<\/a> to reconsider its position on them.<\/p>\n

\"OzempicOzempic can reportedly impact your libido (The Good Brigade\/Getty)<\/p>\n

Now, there are growing concerns about how these semaglutide injections can impact our private parts and sex lives.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Steven Bartlett’s Diary of a CEO podcast<\/a>, sexual health expert Dr. Rena Malik shared how GLP-1 medications can interact with libido, arousal and sexual function.<\/p>\n

On the positive side, the scientist<\/a> explained the many benefits of taking Ozempic, including ‘improvements in metabolic diseases, diabetes, heart disease and overall health<\/a>.’<\/p>\n

Healthier blood vessels mean improved blood flow to the genitals, which can result in ‘stronger sexual function and arousal,’ Dr. Malik said.<\/p>\n

She also addressed the commonly dubbed ‘Ozempic penis’ in which users reported having a longer penis since taking the drug.<\/p>\n

Dr. Malik went on to say that as Ozempic reduces body fat, the fat pad above the penis also reduces in size, making more of the penis visible.<\/p>\n

“It’s not actually that your penis is getting longer, it’s that this fat is going down, so now you’re seeing more of your penis,” she noted.<\/p>\n

However, on the downside, users’ libido can take a hit. Ozempic also works on the brain’s reward system, the same pathways that regulate desire for dopamine habits like eating food, smoking, drinking alcohol<\/a> and gambling.<\/p>\n

Because sex sits within that same reward system, the drug can dampen the desire for it too, Dr. Malik pointed out.<\/p>\n

“Because it works on the same pathways, it could also decrease desire for sex,” the sexual health expert suggested.<\/p>\n

“There’s so many people on these medications, there’s so many metabolic benefits that I worry that people may not even realise that their sexual desire is changing.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Malik added that more data is needed to confirm the link between GLP-1 drugs and libido, but any changes in sexual desire are ‘something to be aware of,’ as we could ‘start seeing more of it.’<\/p>\n

“If you start feeling like you have less desire for sex […], talk to your doctor because maybe your dose is just too high and maybe it just needs to come down a little bit,” she advised.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A sex scientist explains the bizarre phenomenon of ‘Ozempic penis’ and its impact on sex in a new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":611332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[97,249],"class_list":["post-611331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-health","tag-ozempic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}