Three Essential Skin-Care Products if You’re on a GLP-1
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As Catherine Deneuve once said, “At a certain age, you have to choose between yourfaceandyour ass.”If you’re taking a GLP-1, the skin of both is getting looser than you’d probably like. Squats will round out your butt, but you’ll need a different approach for your face. The mechanism for accelerated aging we’re seeing in the faces of people on GLP-1s is not perfectly understood by the medical community. The thought now is that skin looseness and wrinkles are caused by therapidity of the fat loss. As a general matter, loss of volume and firmness is notoriously difficult to treat by yourself, but there are some at-home remedies that can help. To keep things simple, we’ve picked the three products for people on GLP-1s that’ll have the most impact. When you’re having a skin issue you don’t need to start your routine over from scratch (in fact, you probably shouldn’t). Too much change when you’re already in the middle of an issue can be overwhelming for both you and your skin.
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Dermatologist Doris Day, M.D.,likesNeova Crème de la Copper, with a proprietary Copper Peptide Complex that “stimulates collagen production, reduces inflammation, and enhances the skin’s natural healing abilities,” she explains. “I find that it makes mature skin look more buoyant and elastic.”
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One in-office treatment that’s segued to skin care is exosomes, “small vesicles that contain messages that command the cells what to become and what to do,” explainsDr. Alexander GolBerg.Exocueticals EXO Face Perfection Moisturizeris packed with eXo3 exosomes and instructs your cells to optimize turnover, boost radiance, and hold on to skin-plumping moisture.
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If you’re a regular here, you know the Strategist team are big fans ofred light. Dermatologist Michelle Henry, M.D., says it can be additive for people on GLP-1s, too, depending on how rapidly they’re using weight. “They may need more help, yes. But red light is great for potentially stimulating collagen,” she said. This mask byCurrentBody is one of our favorites, but you have to use it regularly for it to work — around five times a week to start.
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