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Was this article written by an LLM? I had to scroll so far to get to the core content it kept promising, it's like it wasn't written for human consumption. Ul

Was this article written by an LLM? I had to scroll so far to get to the core content it kept promising, it's like it wasn't written for human consumption. Ultimately this article is kind of a FUD nothing-burger. People's skin behaves the same anytime there is rapid weight loss.

throwup238 2y ago
> These are changes he hasn’t noticed in patients who have lost significant weight in other ways—like through diet or gastric bypass surgery—which makes him think it’s unique to GLP-1 usage.
- metadat 2y ago
  TFA contains mixed messaging. The part you quoted is discussing face skin, then later, also talking about face skin: > (“We see a similar pattern in other causes of rapid weight loss, including gastric bypass surgery, he says.) In some cases, the loss of subcutaneous fat is significant enough that it impacts a patients’ ability to get injectables .. So which is it? My takeaway was that losing weight fast == problematic. The article dials up the FUD factor to the max, which makes me question the quality of reporting and any intent to accurately inform vs. just get clicks.
  - ineedaj0b 2y ago
    I had an internship with a researcher who swore skin had different properties between races (not including color). Black populations had a different feel to adipose tissue. I think I could tell but he had examined thousands, he didn’t want to be the guy publishing a paper on that.
  - carlmr 2y ago
    >and any intent to accurately inform vs. just get clicks. This is missing one option. The source - plastic surgeons - may be people that profit from liposuction treatment. To keep patients they might not want people to use ozempic, or at least get people to notice changes in the face faster and get a facelift.
PhasmaFelis 2y ago
I've got no dog in this fight, but the article explicitly says this is different from the normal effects of rapid weight loss on skin.

throwup238 2y ago

> These are changes he hasn’t noticed in patients who have lost significant weight in other ways—like through diet or gastric bypass surgery—which makes him think it’s unique to GLP-1 usage.

metadat 2y ago
TFA contains mixed messaging. The part you quoted is discussing face skin, then later, also talking about face skin: > (“We see a similar pattern in other causes of rapid weight loss, including gastric bypass surgery, he says.) In some cases, the loss of subcutaneous fat is significant enough that it impacts a patients’ ability to get injectables .. So which is it? My takeaway was that losing weight fast == problematic. The article dials up the FUD factor to the max, which makes me question the quality of reporting and any intent to accurately inform vs. just get clicks.
- ineedaj0b 2y ago
  I had an internship with a researcher who swore skin had different properties between races (not including color). Black populations had a different feel to adipose tissue. I think I could tell but he had examined thousands, he didn’t want to be the guy publishing a paper on that.
- carlmr 2y ago
  >and any intent to accurately inform vs. just get clicks. This is missing one option. The source - plastic surgeons - may be people that profit from liposuction treatment. To keep patients they might not want people to use ozempic, or at least get people to notice changes in the face faster and get a facelift.

PhasmaFelis 2y ago

I've got no dog in this fight, but the article explicitly says this is different from the normal effects of rapid weight loss on skin.