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Gemma Collins has spoken candidly about her experience of using a weight loss injection.
The former The Only Way Is Essex star (TOWIE), 44, revealed in January that she been taking the NHS-approved Mounjaro injections and claims to have so far lost two stone.
While thrilled with her slimmed down frame, Collins has admitted she is concerned that the medication could be responsible for her “looking older” as she highlighted her “next level” crow's feet to her 2.2m followers on Instagram.
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Collins - who infamously refers to herself as “The GC” - said: “I really don't know what's happened to me, I really don't, It's just come on me overnight. But it has been a year since I've had any little tweakments.”
“I don't know if it's since I've been losing weight. I sure haven't got ‘Ozempic face’ yet, but it would be the dream right now.
“I've always had a fuller face, as you know. I do like expression around my eyes. I want to look natural still. But this just isn't right. What has happened? I am 44 but this is taking it to levels that I never, ever imagined it'd get to.”
“Ozempic-face” is a term used to describe a hollow or gaunt look usually caused by rapid weight loss.
A source told The Mirror that the Essex native - who is engaged to businessman Rami Hawash - had been left genuinely concerned by this turn of events.
A source said: “She’s eating really healthily and has broken some of the bad habits with food, It was a bit of a shock to her to really see the effect the weight loss has had on her face'.
“She doesn’t want to suddenly look older than she is, which is why she’s sorting it and being honest about it. Gemma’s always been really open and honest about her relationship with her body and she’s been through some really horrible times with it, but that’s all in her past now.”
They added to the publication: “The wrinkle tweakments are all part of her wanting to feel and look good. She knows there’s no point losing all the weight and just being unhappy, so she’ll happily make little changes to keep herself feeling her best.”
The Standard has contacted a representative for Gemma Collins for comment.
