For a subset of plastic surgeons, the GLP-1/aesthetics crossover moment also included prescribing semaglutide (the active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy) to select patients before body-contouring procedures, like tummy tucks, to help them reach a safe weight for surgery (higher BMIs are associated with a greater risk of complications) and to shrink the visceral fat in their abdomens, allowing for a more dramatic cinching of waistlines
They are contraindicated in patients with a personal or family history of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) or Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia type 2 (MEN 2), and both carry warnings for pancreatitis, gallbladder disease, and acute kidney injury from dehydration
Current cardiovascular guidance recognizes apolipoprotein B, lipoprotein(a), hs-CRP, and elevated triglycerides as markers that may help refine a persons atherosclerotic cardiovascular risk
Vitamin C, E, B1, B2, B6, B9, B12 and minerals selenium, zinc, magnesium are cofactors for glutathione production
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