Woman Gets Life-Changing Surgery for Common GLP-1 Side Effect

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Anthony Berlet;The Daily Beast Weight-loss transformations from positive lifestyle changes can dramatically improve a person’s day-to-day experience.

But dropping pounds can also create difficulties when you look in the mirror.

After Diane, a New Jersey-based 62-year-old who works in education, lost over 100 pounds, she felt better in myriad ways.

Still, she worried that the sudden slimdown made her look 10 years older.

“About eight years ago, I got very, very sick,” Diane told The Looker.

“I lost the vision in my left eye from it.

And I went into this, like, depression and pity party, and ate my way up to 264 pounds.” After realizing her situation was “bad” and telling herself to “wake up,” Diane began her weight loss journey with exercise and diet changes.

After a year, she started GLP-1 drug Wegovy, and later switched to Mounjaro.

Soon, she had lost over 120 pounds.

But she was left with a different kind of problem.

“I’m down to 135 pounds, and I love it,” she recalled thinking.

“But I was aging very fast, too, as the weight started coming off.

So I had this hang-up, like, ‘OK, I’m getting healthier, but I’m looking older.’” “There’s no question that any weight loss accelerates aging,” board-certified plastic surgeon Dr.