What do we REALLY think about the weight loss jabs?

I know 5 people on the jabs - all look amazing so far. My neighbour looks years younger actually, the weight seemed to make her look older. No sign of ozempic face or whatever, just looking healthier with a slimmer face & loss of the double chins. Me & my neighbour have both lost between 4-5 stone each - so perhaps loose skin isn't too much a problem with that loss. I have some loose skin on my stomach, but tbh that's probably as much to do with 3 pregnancies as MJ.

I do think people that are against the WLI have a bit of bitterness, that we're losing weight too easily or something - we should suffer more. Some of it's just bitchy, "oh she's lost the weight but she looks so old now - like people aren't allowed a win and just to be happy, there just HAS to be a downside. It's judgy - women are always being judged for something, not thin enough, no that's too thin now! Not young enough...

Yes this is where I take issue as well, the WHO issued an edict and said all countries with a functioning health care system should make them available to their populations and to tackle the cost issue, but of course it’s not that simple.

in the uk we don’t have the money in the nhs to pay for them, the government needs people to pay privately. Get healthier, thus using less nhs resource and freeing it up to be spent elsewhere.they estimated it would cost 9 billion a year to treat everyone eligible with the meds. However the nhs plan to prescribe to 200k people in 3 years is shockingly low.

the price will come down, there are many other meds in final stages now.and of course the pharma companies need to not just recoup the billions they spent on development and testing but infrastructure, they need to make a return on that investment, whilst continuing to develop the next round of meds, which will arguably sell for less due to competition. It will become a crowded market but s few years to go. Right now two players have a global stranglehold.

trump did try but all he succeeded in doing is increasing the uk price and a marginal reduction in the USA. Governments can’t dictate what private companies sell for. The manufacturers need to balance between affordability and making a return. As well as the value of the product, it is not priced on a cost plus model. But a market value one.

in a decade it will be widely available at a much lower cost. Maybe even in 5 years, with prices slowly coming down. But it’s a shame so so many now would benefit from the medication and can’t access it. And so many of those will die or have life altering impacts due to their obesity.

thr nhs spends over 14 billion a year on obesity and obesity related illnesses. 14 billion. But that will reduce the more people use the meds. But it will take time. The USA is only now seeing obesity rates reverse, and they have had it longer than us and more widely available due to the insurance structure there.

I’ve noticed that, I know 7 people on tnem, they all look much healthier, sort of glowy, I assume it’s as their bodies are healthier. It’s a mix of men and women.

me, I lost over 6 stone and when I hit goal I did look like I’d lost weight, not on my face, but my body when I was naked, or in under wear/swimwear.

i didn’t really have much loose skin as such, but crepey upper arms, some minor folds under my backside and some loose skin on my tummy if I twisted, but I went straight into body recomp, and it’s all gone. I’ve been this weight for over 18 months, you’d never look at me and know I have lost weight now , you’d think I was always this weight.

my daughter is very blunt with me, and when I hit goal she commented I looked thin and you could see I lost weight, a few months ago she proactively commented and said you can’t tell any more, you just look normal 😂

my face I think looked younger when I hit goal , but I then had some filler into my nasio labial fold and marionette lines, and wow what a difference, she restored lost volume and did a fantastic job, it’s completely natural looking. However I would have had that ageing anyway due to age,

I never ever thought my double chin, or puffy face or matronly bust on a big belly was youthful and I never met anyone who looks at someone’s face in isolation, more they look at the overall package. And for my money, being a healthy weight is always more youthful on people than under or over weight. And I see that in my friends, for myself, we are our own harshest critics.

but I do think when you hit goal it’s important to do body recomp. Rebuild any lost muscle and give your body time for the skin to shrink back naturally . I’m off on holiday in a few weeks and I look very different in my swimwear now than I did a year ago. Fat goes soft as it shrinks, but when you stop losing weight it firms up, giving a much firmer appearance, and then when you combine it with increased muscle, and skin which has tightened over time. It can alter someone’s appearance noticeably

My DH has type 2 diabetes and was put on the jabs in January. He’s in chronic heart failure and has severe peripheral arterial disease resulting in the loss of both legs. Since he’s been on Mounjaro not only has his blood sugar been brought down to pretty much normal levels but his heart, liver and kidney function have all improved and his overall health is much better. His diabetes nurse told me confidentially that she hopes eventually Mounjaro will be available to everyone in controlled doses because it seems to improve overall health

Yes totally agree - exercise to curb muscle loss is very important, especially as we age.
I do have some Marionette lines, which I've been thinking about getting filler in, but this is just age combined with weight loss, not specifically due to WLIs.
I had what my sister calls "carb face" before - sort of doughy, fat face where the fat smoothed out all the lines, but not in a remotely attractive way!

Yeah me too, I took a selfie of my daughter and I before I lost weight and I couldn’t work out whay was wrong with my face, it was so puffy and well fat. It wasn’t remotely attractive, or youthful,

Me too I wish people wouldn't post such nonsense. I've lost 5 and half stone over 2 years on mounjaro. I look 10 years younger. My blotchy bloated (sad) face is now healthy ! I walk loads and play sport once a week. My health has improved 100 fold.
Its bitterness and loss of their skinny moral superiority they just cant bear it.