‘I LOVE my new Ozempic face – I look 10 years younger’

A woman has shared how being on weight loss jab Ozempic has given her a “new face” – and she says she looks 10 years younger.

Alejandra Salomon started the medication to shift a few pounds before her sister’s wedding, but ended up dropping more than four stone (60lbs) in eight months.

While other users have reported having ‘Ozempic face’ – a more gaunt, aged appearance around the cheeks, jawline and eyes – as a result, the young woman says she couldn’t be happier with her results.

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“My weight loss made me look 10 years younger – no Botox needed,” Alejandra, who is in her late twenties, told Need To Know.

“It looks like I got jawline filler but really, I lost 60lbs and got in the best shape of my life.”

The marketing manager, who is based in Salt Lake City, Utah, US, started on Semaglutide, a compound version of Ozempic, in October 2023.

At the time, she weighed 13st 3lbs and was wearing a size 16 (US 12), which gave her an obese BMI given her height of 5ft 3ins.

She said: “I started because my parents thought it would be a good idea to lose 20lbs for my sister’s wedding.”

But Alejandra, who has PCOS, which can make weight loss difficult, dropped triple that amount in eight months, and now weighs 8st 9lbs, wearing a size 6 (US 2).

She said: “It has without a doubt been the best decision for both my health and confidence.

“I’ve never been happier or healthier.”

Commenting on the ‘Ozempic face’ commentary online, Alejandra said: “A lot of people refer to ‘Ozempic face’ as a negative side effect to rapid weight loss.

“It’s when your face slims down quickly and people forget that looking different isn’t a bad thing.

“It’s just one part of your health journey – and you’re still you, just with sharper cheekbones.”

She even previously believed her ‘round face’ was genetic, but after dropping the weight now believes it was simply inflammation.

For Alejandra, the worst “side effect” she has experienced has been unwarranted comments from critics.

Despite being told she would gain the weight back after coming off the jabs, nine months after stopping, she has maintained her svelte physique and says she has “found herself again” with newfound confidence.

But while the jabs have helped, Alejandra also worked out and ate a high protein diet throughout her weight loss journey – particularly the more weight she lost.

In a video detailing the process, she said: “It started to work right away, but it wasn’t just the GLP1 medication that helped me to lose weight.

“It is not an easy solution and is not a magic trick.

“I started to eat so much protein and switch up my workouts.

“At first [when taking the jab] I was going to the gym and walking on the treadmill, and that helps, but you get to a point where you lose so much muscle with GLP that you need to rebuild it – and you can only do that by lifting weights and doing low intensity workouts.

“I continued to do that and I ended up losing 60lbs in eight months and am no longer on medication, and am maintaining my weight!”

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