“In practice: patients and clinicians should look at the scalp (itching, redness, scaling) and not only at hair shedding when starting or monitoring GLP-1 RA therapy; nail changes should be interpreted in the context of the patient’s overall health rather than automatically blamed on the drug, while persistent or progressive nail detachment deserves dermatological attention”

Important to note this is a singular study that hasn't undergone peer review yet, and doesn't establish a casual link (or even claim to).

Also important to note that temporary hair loss is a potential side effect of extreme weight loss in general. Same with what's being called "Ozempic Face." A lot of people are freaking out and fear mongering over the drug because we're not used to seeing a weight loss drug actually work. And because it basically undermines the whole snake oil "wellness" industry. Which will make it difficult to identify actual side effects.

persistent or progressive nail detachment

This is so repulsive to me and it's like, not that big a deal, generally? When I've had a nail detach because of an injury, it sucked, and it hurt, but it didn't bother me to the degree that just thinking about nail detachment bothers me. Weird.

Doesn't sound like they know for sure ozempic is the cause yet.

Whatever happened to the shrunken heart muscles thing, or was that a different peptide that caused that?

Do the studies control for calorie intake?

There was a Big Bang Theory episode where Bernadette cheerfully remarked that one of her company's pharmaceuticals makes your hair fall out. I hope we're not going to start seeing prediction videos like The Simpsons prediction videos.

I bet Elon's gross toes are nasty right now.

Rarely seen such obsession over a medicine to try to create distrust.

Also the article bssicsy says "nothing is reliable, and even if it were, it'z likely to be caused by preexisting conditions and not by the GLP"

People really are terrified of others losing weight, huh.

Just as I dont take medical advice off social media, I won't be taking medical advice off gizmodo.

We gonna turn into some bald ass zombies with broken nails.

But the guy on YouTube with a PhD told me it was safe! It was the miracle drug!