GLP-1 medications have helped many patients achieve meaningful weight loss. However, rapid weight reduction and metabolic changes can have some predictable side effects:
- Hair shedding
- Loss of muscle mass
- Facial volume loss
- Skin laxity
- Persistent fat pockets
- Cravings and mood changes
- Pelvic floor weakness
These changes occur because the body may lose weight faster than cells can adapt. Hair follicles, muscle fibers and collagen enter a stress phase, which leads to functional decline. Fortunately, many of these effects can be prevented or treated.
Total body optimization
At Dermagnify we look at the skin as part of a larger system. The skin axis connects your gut, metabolic, hormonal and vascular health and the brain, so a plan that protects your skin during weight loss looks at all of them. It starts with advanced lab testing, including a Metabolic+GLP-1 Weight Loss Panel designed to help optimize GLP-1 and peptide-based therapies safely.
Protect your hair during weight loss
- TED non-invasive hair restoration
- Micronutrient evaluation
- Medical therapies when appropriate
- Targeted nutraceutical support
Preserve muscle and strength
- Emsculpt Neo to conserve muscle mass
- Emface for improved facial muscle tone
- Metabolic and protein optimization
Prevent volume loss and loose skin
- Sofwave ultrasound collagen stimulation
- Ellacor micro-coring skin removal, part of our wrinkle treatments
- Exion Face hyaluronic acid boost, part of our skin tightening options
Support brain health and pelvic floor function
- Exomind TMS for craving and mood regulation
- Emsella pelvic floor strengthening
Refine your body shape after weight loss
- Exion Body skin tightening and fat reduction, part of body contouring
- Individualized body contouring protocols
Where to start
Every plan follows the five pillars of health and wellness: a personalized health and lab assessment, medical-grade skincare and nutraceuticals, hormone evaluation and optimization, medical and peptide therapy, and skin rejuvenation, hair restoration, body sculpting and strengthening. If you are on a GLP-1, or planning to start one through our medical weight loss program, book a wellness consult and we will build a plan around your goals.
