Should I do body contouring after losing weight on a GLP-1?
Often yes, but wait until your weight has been stable for several months. Rapid loss on a GLP-1 commonly leaves skin laxity and areas that did not reduce proportionally. Treating while weight is still moving wastes sessions, and skin continues retracting on its own for a year or more.
Why this comes up so often
Loss on these medications is frequently faster and larger than people achieve otherwise, and skin retracts more slowly than fat is lost. The result is laxity — the face first, then arms, abdomen and inner thighs.
Uneven reduction is the other complaint. Fat does not leave proportionally, so areas that were previously in balance can end up out of it.
The right sequence
Reach a stable weight and hold it for several months. Keep resistance training throughout — the single most effective thing for both the skin envelope and the lean mass these medications tend to cost you.
Then assess. Decide whether the remaining issue is volume, which calls for fat reduction, or skin, which calls for tightening. They are different problems and the wrong treatment will not help.
What to be realistic about
Non-surgical tightening does well with mild to moderate laxity. Substantial excess skin after a very large loss is a surgical matter, and we will say so rather than sell you a course that cannot address it.
If you are still on the medication, protein and resistance training matter more than any contouring treatment — they determine what there is to contour. A consultation at Marina del Rey can cover both sides of that.
General information, not medical advice, and not a substitute for seeing a clinician who can assess you. Cryohealthcare Marina del Rey is a wellness practice; our treatments are not medical treatments and do not treat medical disease. We do not sell peptides or prescription medication from this website.
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