“Ozempic ears” are all the rage in plastic surgery these days. They seem to be the new side effect of using GLP-1 meds such as Ozempic and Wegovy. Apparently, people are showing up with thinner, sagging earlobes and asking for fillers or reductions. The media have dutifully turned this into the latest reason to panic about weight-loss drugs. What the hysterics are missing, though, is that like most things in life, there are trade-offs. In this case, very, very big ones.
When I weighed 320 pounds at 5’4,” nobody cared about my earlobes. To be fair, they were one of my daintiest parts. Nobody worried about my jowls, whether my arms were toned, or whether my skin would someday sag. The message was simple: Lose weight. Now that millions are finally doing it, the media is hyping the side effects of weight loss with little discussion of what people are gaining.
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