Many people end up taking medications to help them feel better when all they really need is to optimize their nutrition
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Decisions about starting, continuing, switching, or stopping any medication, including any GLP-1 receptor agonist, should be made in consultation with a licensed healthcare provider who knows your individual history, comorbidities, medications, and clinical context
If something promotes tissue repair or cell migration, shouldn't we worry about those signals reaching the wrong cells
For a subset of plastic surgeons, the GLP-1/aesthetics crossover moment also included prescribing semaglutide (the active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy) to select patients before body-contouring procedures, like tummy tucks, to help them reach a safe weight for surgery (higher BMIs are associated with a greater risk of complications) and to shrink the visceral fat in their abdomens, allowing for a more dramatic cinching of waistlines
Sermorelin takes longer to show results but is considered safer for long-term use