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Something I am seeing more and more of in clinic this year.

A woman comes in after losing a significant amount of weight, often on a GLP-1 medication like Ozempic or Mounjaro. She is happy with her body but unsettled by her face. It looks tired, hollow, somehow older than it did a year ago. You may have seen this called “Ozempic face” online.

The mechanism is fairly simple, and it is not the medication damaging your skin. Your face is supported from underneath by deep pads of fat that sit over the cheekbones, around the eyes and along the jaw. When weight comes off quickly, those pads deflate. Skin that used to drape over a fuller structure now has less to rest on, so it reads as looser, flatter and more shadowed. The same thing happens with rapid weight loss from any cause. GLP-1 medications are simply the reason so many of us are seeing it now, and faster than a face would ever change on its own.

So if that is you, it does not mean anything has gone wrong. Your face is responding exactly as expected to a real loss of volume.

What I talk through with clients:

Eating well while the weight comes off, because this is the foundation everything else sits on. Your skin is built largely from protein, so adequate amino acids give your body the materials to make collagen and elastin. Vitamin C is the cofactor that lets that collagen form at all, and a colourful diet rich in antioxidants and micronutrients helps your skin repair and protect itself. This matters even more on a GLP-1, where a smaller appetite often means you are simply eating less of everything at the very moment your skin and muscle need the input most. Enough protein and regular resistance training also help preserve muscle and soften the deflation.

A considered aesthetic plan rather than volume everywhere. The aim is to rebuild support where the scaffolding has gone, not to inflate the whole face.

Treatments that work on skin quality and collagen, because firmer skin drapes better over a changed foundation.

If you have lost weight and your face no longer feels like yours, book a consult and we can look at what would actually help you. Happy to share the research behind any of this, just as

She told me the treatment didn’t work.

When we actually sat down and talked it through, something else became clear. The treatment had done its job. What failed her was the promise she was handed before she ever started. She had been given a finish line that was never realistic for her body, and when her real results didn’t match that picture, she felt like she had failed.

She hadn’t failed. She had been handed the wrong map.

Here is what I want you to take from this. Setting honest expectations is not the gentle bit that happens before the real care begins. It IS the real care. And the research agrees. How satisfied a woman feels with her results has less to do with the result itself and more to do with the gap between what she was promised and what she actually lived.

So when you work with me, you will not get a fantasy timeline. You will get what the evidence says is realistic for your body, your hormones and your stage of life. Less hype. More honesty. Results you can actually feel proud of.

If you have ever felt let down by a plan that promised you the world, send me a DM with the word HONEST and let’s talk about what real change looks like for you.

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Thank you Dr. Sean Arendse for a great educational event.
It was an honour to meet the founder of my forever favourite SPF .official Frances ! Love supporting an Australian female owned and run brand and my clients are forever grateful for your beautiful products !

If you’re waking at 2am with a racing heart, anxious for no reason, and suddenly can’t tolerate wine or cheese the way you used to — it might not be “just hormones.”

It might be histamine.

Here’s what most women aren’t told.

In perimenopause, oestrogen doesn’t just drop — it spikes. And every time it spikes, it pulls histamine up with it.

Normally, progesterone keeps histamine in check. But progesterone is the first hormone to drop in perimenopause — so your natural brake disappears right when you need it most.

That’s when you start to see:
→ 2am wake-ups
→ Anxiety that feels chemical
→ Heavier periods
→ Migraines, hives, flushing
→ New food and wine reactivity

This pattern is real. It’s measurable. And it’s addressable.

If this is you, come and talk to me. Link in bio.

On Sunday 31 May, I’m joining in Leichhardt for an afternoon dedicated to peri-menopause and menopause!

Three women, three lenses on what’s actually happening in your body, your skin and your mind.
My session Fuel the Change ,covers how to eat, move and supplement through this transition. What your body now needs more of, what it tolerates less, and why the protocols that worked in your 30s quietly stop working.
You’ll also hear from:
— Sabrina Masterson on hormonal ageing and the skin
— Psychologist Katja Bulic on the emotional shifts
Plus an infrared sauna session, complimentary massages and skin consults, bubbles, canapés, and a gift bag valued at over $250.
🗓 Sunday 31 May 2026, 1–4pm
📍 GOSS Aesthetics, 62 Norton St Leichhardt
🎟 $139 — register at gossaesthetics.au
If you’ve felt your body shifting and want to understand the why underneath, this afternoon is built for you.
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You’ve been told your results are normal.
You’ve been told it’s just stress.
You’ve been told this is what getting older feels like.

But you know something is off. And you deserve someone who will actually look.

👩‍⚕️I’m Anna-Klara — a Registered Nurse and Integrative Women’s Health Practitioner based in Sydney.
I specialise in working with women in perimenopause and midlife who are done being dismissed.
Women who want someone to sit with their whole story, connect the dots across symptoms, and help them understand what their body is actually trying to tell them.

I don’t do quick fixes. I do thorough, evidence-based, clinically grounded assessments — and I take the time that the standard healthcare system often can’t.

My patients tell me the same thing: “Thank you for believing me.” 🌺

That’s the work. That’s what I’m here for.

If you’re ready to stop managing symptoms in isolation and start understanding the bigger picture — I’d love to hear from you. 🩷

🔗 Book a Health Assessment: link to Myma Health in bio