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Mahmood explains, adding that some studies have shown that the skin in patients who have undergone massive weight loss is weaker due to the fact that the collagen and elastin fibres become damaged and are thinner overall. There have been some preliminary studies looking at the ways GLP-1s specifically might affect tissues, says Steven Dayan, MD, a board-certified facial plastic surgeon in Chicago who co-authored a recent review of the available data on GLP-1s and accelerated facial and skin aging, published in the Journal of Aesthetic Surgery
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Weight loss continues at 12 lbs per week on average
"There are so many people on these medications, but they won't speak up about [the side effects]," says Reilly