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What Is ‘Ozempic Face’? Explaining TikTok’s Discussion on Rapid Weight Loss Treatment’s Side Effects

A quick search for “Ozempic face” on TikTok will take you down a rabbit hole flooded with more than 7 million views with a range of reactions, from people sharing their body transformation experiences with the medication to conspiracy-theory discussions about the weight loss boom in Hollywood. The injectable drug, which was originally intended to treat type 2 diabetes, has been propelled to the spotlight for its off-label use as a weight loss treatment with rapid results. Overall, anecdotal videos on the streaming platform have generated more than 700 million views, and the drug has also risen in Google searches, revealing a hunger for news related to its promised get-thin-quick effects. Chelsea Handler last month called attention to the surge in interest in Ozempic for weight loss during the Critics’ Choice Awards. “For those of you who don’t know, gaslighting is when someone tries to convince you that your own perceptions of reality are wrong,” said Handler, “like when celebrities say they lost weight by drinking water but really it’s because everyone’s on Ozempic. Even my housekeeper’s on Ozempic.” More recently, a trending topic came from within the Ozempic discussion — the “Ozempic Face.” Videos are going viral from people who claim that

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