I Write the Prescription and I Do the Surgery Two Years Later: What Everyday Health Asked Me About GLP-1s
October 07, 2026 | Body Contouring, Patient Planning, Weight Loss
I am in an unusual position: I prescribe GLP-1s, and I am the surgeon those same patients come back to about their skin. Everyday Health asked me about Saxenda for a telehealth guide. This is the part of the answer that belongs on a surgical site: what the rate of loss does to the operative plan, the scars and the result, and why that conversation has to happen in month one.



