While it was originally designed to treat Type II Diabetes, Ozempic has become an enormously popular weight loss drug that delivers dramatic results. Many patients on Ozempic lose weight faster than what is normal for weight loss. Ozempic and Wegovy patients are also maintaining weight loss while on the drug.

When it comes to medications, side effects can be expected. But sometimes it can take us by surprise. Ozempic is a diabetes medication that has been linked to an unexpected side effect: Ozempic butt. Though it doesn’t happen to everyone, some people have experienced flat or a saggier-than-normal butt after taking the medication.

Today, we're talking about how to treat Ozempic Butt.

Click here to read Dr. Burns' blog on treatments for Ozempic face.

It's no question that both welcome and unwelcome body changes often accompany rapid weight loss. Ozempic butt is the latest effect to be linked to the popular type 2 diabetes drug Ozempic. Users of the medication have reported a saggier butt as a result of the drug’s weight loss effects. While this is an uncommon side effect, experts say it can be attributed to such rapid weight loss due to Ozempic use.

The increase in popularity and use of Ozempic has led many social media users to share their experiences. Some of these include off-label usage for weight loss and associated adverse effects such as ‘Ozempic face’, and now ‘Ozempic butt’. 

The butt muscles can also be strengthened with specific exercises that target the butt muscles. For accelerated results, we offer Evolve body contouring to cut down on hours one might traditionally spend in the gym trying to improve their butt.

More recently, effective nonsurgical technologies have been developed to stimulate muscle contraction and growth in areas like the butt, arms, and abs, etc. InMode's Evolve nonsurgical body contouring handpieces Tite, Trim, and Tone address skin remodeling, cellulite reduction, and muscle toning. 

 While fat stores in Ozempic patients are depleted, I'll use a technique called skimming with a device called VASER® ultrasound-assisted liposuction to harvest fat from multiple body areas. Skimming is ideal for patients who have benefited from weight loss but continue to have micro-stores of fat available for buttock contouring. For these patients, I'll take fat from the back, arms, abdomen, flanks, and thighs. I'll also contour the back and love handles to carve out a better transition between the lower back and the buttocks.

In severe cases of Ozempic butt, the skin may need to be removed to lift the buttocks and tighten saggy skin after weight loss. This is done with a circumferential abdominoplasty where the tummy tuck incision is designed to include the lower back skin with a circumferential incision. This is sometimes called a lower body lift. 

Dr. John L. Burns Jr. MD is board-certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and President of the Dallas Plastic Surgery Institute, one of the largest plastic surgery group practices in the United States. Dr. Burns dedicates his practice to aesthetic or cosmetic plastic surgery.