Patients are increasingly seeking medications such as Ozempic, Mounjaro, or compounded semaglutides to optimize health and weight. These blockbuster medications are now commonly used to control diabetes, weight, and other inflammatory conditions. This class of medications are known collectively as GLP blockers or semaglutides. No matter which brand is utilized, significant weight loss is often seen as a result. Rapid weight change with these treatments result in muscle loss and skin laxity—leading to terms such as “Ozempic butt” and “Ozempic face”. Muscle loss almost always happens before fat loss when it comes to losing weight, and maintaining a healthy muscle mass can be challenging on these medications as patients reduce their overall caloric intake.

What are Semaglutides?

Compounded or branded semaglutide medications such as Ozempic and Mounjaro have been proven to be an advanced and effective tool in regulating blood sugar levels and promoting weight loss. These medications work by mimicking the GLP-1 protein, which slows gastric (stomach) emptying and increases insulin secretion. This leads to an enhanced feeling of fullness and reduced appetite, helping patients achieve significant weight loss. 

The use of terms like “Ozempic butt” refers to the rapid loss of muscle mass and resulting sagging that occurs as often weight loss affects muscle before the loss of fat. Maintaining good muscle mass while on semaglutides is crucial for optimal health, bone density, and better comprehensive medical benefits. 

Why Pair Semaglutides with Emsculpt Treatments?

Emsculpt in a non-invasive 30 minute body sculpting treatment that utilizes high-intensity focused electromagnetic (HIFEM) energy to induce super-contractions on various muscle groups throughout the body. Emsculpt’s HIFEM technology induces powerful tesla powered muscle contractions and synergistic use of muscle groups that cannot be achieved through voluntary exercise.

Pairing Emsculpt with Semaglutides

We have found many patients who are on this class of medication injections to have significantly decreased muscle mass that even results in skin laxity. In the case of semaglutides and Emsculpt, the combination of medical advancements can be paired with cutting-edge technology to aid in healthy weight loss, maintaining muscle tone, and offering a more comprehensive benefit than the medications alone.

Emsculpt utilizes super-muscle contractions to build muscles in areas like the buttocks, abdomen, arms, and legs in an optimized manner compared to traditional exercise. When combined with weight loss shots like Ozempic, Emsculpt offers a complementary mechanism to help retain and rebuild muscle and improve the appearance of sagging skin on the body. Using once weekly and maintenance of twice per month sessions of Emsculpt, patients can achieve an even more holistic approach to weight loss that optimizes the health benefits of these medications with improved muscle mass along with overall appearance and confidence.

Are You a Candidate for Emsculpt?

Emsculpt offers muscle building benefits for anyone who is seeking more tone and more strength. Emsculpt can be particularly beneficial for those on Ozempic-like medications who are on a healthy weight loss journey but want to optimize their muscle mass and core strength in conjunction with their new lifestyle. If you are interested in treating the so-called “Ozempic butt” and/or “Ozempic face,” book a complimentary consultation with our office to see if this treatment is appropriate to enhance your individual health conditions and goals.

We all would like to feel more confident about our bodies on the beach or at the pool with friends and family. But our genetics, together with aging and hormonal changes, seem to be weighed against our efforts at losing fat and building muscle.

Even though we stick to a healthy diet, follow a rigorous workout routine, and have an active lifestyle, those suborn areas of fat refuse to budge. And yes, your personal trainer is correct: regardless of the number of crunches you do or carbs you cut, for many people, that layer of fat simply won’t go away.

However, at The Derm Institute at North Redondo Beach, California, we have a revolutionary non-invasive body sculpting technology, EmSculpt, that can melt away stubborn body fat, build muscle mass, and improve body contours. With this treatment, you’ll be able to flatten and tone that tummy bulge, lift the butt, and bring muscular definition to your thighs.

How Does EmSculpt Work?

Approved by the FDA to treat the belly, thighs, and buttocks, EmSculpt can increase muscle mass by up to 16% and reduce waist size by as much as 19%. The technology works by emitting an electromagnetic pulse that penetrates the skin and targets the muscles beneath the stubborn pockets of body fat, causing them to contract at a rate of 20,000 times in just 30 minutes! These contractions are referred to as “supramaximal contractions” and can build muscle and burn fat faster than a traditional workout ever could.

EmSculpt’s supramaximal contractions force the muscles to work so hard that they release fatty acids, which in turn break down fat cells to provide energy to feed the hard-working muscles. During this process, the body destroys fat cells outright and permanently—a welcome side effect to the muscle-building process.

What Is EmSculpt Treatment Like?

Each treatment takes about thirty minutes and is administered, at a customizable intensity, using a patented device and a rubber pad through which the electromagnetic pulses are delivered. The treatment is not painful, but the fast contractions will leave you feeling like you just completed an intensive targeted workout!

At the end of your treatment, which could be administered during your lunch break, you are free to get back to your daily routine with no downtime for recovery.

What Are the Side Effects of an EmSculpt Treatment?

While it may feel as though you’ve just had a particularly intense workout, the speed of the treatment works the muscles so quickly that it simultaneously flushes lactic acid out of the treated area. As a result, your muscles are often less sore and uncomfortable than they would be after an intense workout at the gym.

How Many EmSculpt Treatments Will I Need?

Your initial course usually consists of four treatments delivered over two weeks, with the results becoming visible 2-4 weeks after this initial course. Your results can be seen to continue to develop for several weeks after that, improving over time.

Unfortunately, although the supramaximal contractions permanently destroy fat by targeting muscle, the muscle gains are not permanent and will lose firmness and strength, just as they would if you’d been working out at the gym. EmSculpt maintenance treatments are recommended every 6-12 months to preserve your results.

Is EmSculpt Safe?

Since the technology uses the body’s natural processes to strengthen muscle and burn fat, each session is like packing many strenuous workouts into a single, highly focused half-hour workout. The process uses no chemicals or medications, only your muscles.

Learn More about EmSculpt in North Redondo Beach, CA

To find out more, we invite you to call us at (310) 939-9800 or contact us online to schedule a personalized consultation with Dr. Annie Chiu!

EMSCULPT is a non-surgical procedure that will tighten and tone your body! This procedure induces deep muscle contractions to help you remove fat in those stubborn areas.

Interested? Contact us for a consultation or call us at (310) 939-9800.