Shocked by Sharon Osbourne's appearance

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I recently saw a photo of her- she looks ill and aged. Apparently down to Ozempic - she hasn’t been able to put weight on since she stopped taking it. A shame as she was an attractive woman

Thousands of women wishing Ozempic permanent actually could change your body chemistry and make you unable to put on weight.

That's not how it works. Once it leaves your body, your apetite returns. That's very well documented.
Irreversible thiness is not.

More likely she has an ongoing eating disorder but would prefer to blame Ozempic.

Ozempic doesn't stop food adsorption.

Sharon has always struggled with her weight on and off. It's shocking to me to see her now but I get it and her choice. Maybe the lasting effects will make other people think. She's not young. Ozzy's appearance shocks me too because I've always seen him as such a powerhouse through and through, you can't remove bold personalities, but time goes on and people age, with a variety of conditions. Never mind previous decades of addiction.
I like to think more of Sharon being a bloody powerful woman as she always has been. The lady takes no shit, she's always made that clear.

I'm inclined to agree but I doubt it's the drug more the fast weight loss.

I had mild (mild as in only really visible to me) sagging under my chin. But after starting mounjaro 6 weeks ago I've lost 1.9 stone and it's becoming much more noticable. I've yo-yo dieted for years and it's never had any effect on my neck. I'm older now at 42 but I honestly think if it continues this way I'll be looking at a neck lift down the line. I've already started to feel self conscious about it and I've another 3 stone to lose.

My face is still pretty much wrinkle free though.

Total shock plus her voice has changed.

Not sure it’s all ozempic, she has gastric bypass too?

Being a little underweight is likely to increase your life expectancy where being a little (or a lot) overweight will shorten it.

So her losing weight is not all cosmetic. She has probably extended her life.

Actually, once you are her age, being underweight is a disadvantage. It means you have no reserves, when ill. Along with fat loss, there is also muscle loss, and sarcopenia is a major cause of frailty and ultimately death in the older population - the heart, for instance, is a muscle.

I think she looks better. Really can’t see the issue.

Yes, its a thing- "Ozempic face" - it causes fat wastage so particularly noticeable in the face.

Quite shocking really

I'd have thought it was fairly obvious that an inability to absorb nutrients needed by the body is not going to result in anyone looking well if it becomes prolonged and irreversible. Clearly this weight loss method comes with risk, and those risks should be understood. However to use the appearance of an individual woman as the springboard for that, encouraging spiteful commentary on her looks, makes you a key part of the problem. While we persist in scrutinising and berating women for what they look like, we should not be surprised if women resort to risky methods to try to bring their appearance in line with what is considered acceptable.

None of the weight loss drugs (which are diabetic drugs too) cause an inability to absorb nutrients.

If people are going to comment on something at least know and understand what you're talking about

People who are slightly overweight (not obese) usually live longer.

Absolute rubbish. You have no idea who is losing weight by taking injectables. Oxempic isn't magic, it just causes weight loss by reducing calorie intake. It's impossible for it to have some special different effect on the face to any other type of weight loss.

No it's not. This is a social media construct.

That's not how this medication works. No 'chemical change' has taken place. Once you stop taking it you literally go back to the appetite you had before. Oxempic doesn't prevent food absorption.

Yeah and i don’t believe the guff about not being able to put weight on since stopping taking it. I think she still takes it but doesn’t want to admit it. I can imagine it’s easy to get psychologically addicted to it like a form of an eating disorder.

Especially when you didn’t need to lose weight in the first place.

Well said as always.
Women only resort to this stuff because they are criticised if they age naturally. Then they are mocked for plastic surgery.
The only way to avoid these judgements is to not age which is impossible, or to die. How lovely.

Absolutely. Some of the plastic surgery is horrendous. Priscilla Presley for one. She used to be very pretty., and Meg Ryan too.

Who'd have thought it, that taking these drugs would have side effects and consequences ?

There is no magic bullet.

Who says there is?
sharon Osborne is lying about the long term effects of ozempic for a start, and secondly she should never have been prescribed it as she wasn't obese.

The phrase is- but it is a known side effect https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37541662/

That article is written by facial plastic surgeons for a start and also it says nothing other than rapid weight loss can lead to facial fat loss and facial changes. In fact facial fat loss isn't a bad thing! Faces definitely look different with more or less fat on them and when the difference is greater than a stone or so it can look very stark to observers but that doesn't mean the person looks gaunt.

That article and the concept of 'ozempic face' also depends on the assertion that weight loss on semaglutides is uniformly rapid which is not the case. A small number of people respond very strongly to the drug but most people lose at a fairly steady rate, no faster than a calorie controlled diet.

I lost 3.5 stone in a year and my face looks like a deflated balloon and not used injectables.😂