‘Ozempic butt’ is latest bizarre side effect of trendy weight loss drug
There’s reportedly a new side effect to add to the list of repercussions from taking Ozempic: “Ozempic butt.”
Ozempic is the latest weight loss craze, and users are claiming that they now have saggy butts as a result.
Some have even said their rear ends have flattened “like a pancake” — including one person who reportedly had undergone a previous Brazilian butt lift.
Ozempic is a medication designed for people with Type 2 diabetes that has become widely used as a weight loss drug.
Ozempic and Wegovy are semaglutides, which help the pancreas release the right amount of insulin when blood sugar levels are high.
The Eli Lilly counterpart Mounjaro is a tirzepatide that has been shown to help control blood sugar as well.
All three drugs, however, seemingly don’t choose one specific area of weight to target, such as the stomach.
TikTok user @jocelyngarcia3514 shared a video showing what her butt currently looks like after her 16th injection of Ozempic, noting that she had a BBL about seven years ago.
“Nothing to brag about — it’s just loose skin,” she said in the video with 27,300 views.
The results of “Ozempic butt” are similar to that of “Ozempic face” — just in the behind.
“Ozempic face” causes facial skin to look saggy and aged because the face has lost fat so quickly, intensifying wrinkles and causing some people to look ill.
The term “Ozempic butt” has 1.2 billion views on TikTok, with many users offering their personal experiences.
User @lynnesjourney shared a video saying, “I don’t have Ozempic face; however, I do have Mounjaro butt!”
“I have no butt left. It’s all gone,” she shared in the video.
“I always said that if I ended up with saggy skin in my face, I’d have a facelift,” she continued. “But what am I going to do about my butt?”
Many people wrote in the comments that they were experiencing the same thing.
In general, though, major weight loss can lead to excess and saggy skin.
“It’s an unfortunate side effect of losing weight and many more people are likely to see this effect on their tummies, but it is a sign that Ozempic is having a positive effect on their weight,” Dr. Simon Cork, a senior lecturer in physiology at the UK’s Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, told the Daily Mail.
“The buttocks are one of the areas of the body where we deposit excess fat, more so in some people than others. So as people lose weight some people will see this come off their buttocks more than other areas,” he explained. “Skin is like an elastic band. It stretches very easily, but the longer it is stretched the less likely it is to revert to its original size. This means that as people lose weight their skin stays stretched.”
A running list of side effects has been reported by users of Ozempic.
“Ozempic finger” has digit and wrist sizes shrinking, and jewelers have reported that women are coming in droves to size down their rings and bracelets — up a shocking 150% compared to last year.
Some users are rushing to the restroom and waking up with soiled sheets, and some say they joined a “s–t the bed club,” saying they’ve woken up to find themselves covered in their own poop.
About 30% of Wegovy users say they’ve suffered from diarrhea, while 24% have experienced constipation, according to Insider.
Another nasty side effect is “Ozempic burp” — specifically “sulfur burps” smelling of rotten eggs.
Users of the drug have also claimed they experienced odd dreams about Hollywood stars. People have been sharing bizarre slumber fantasies on social media that include joining the cast of “The Golden Girls,” preparing to rob a museum with Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck, and carrying Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s baby and then blending their families.
Doctors are now reportedly witnessing a spike in ER admissions among users of the prescription drug, too.
Medics are also sounding the alarm about additional side effects, including blurred vision, kidney failure and gallstones.