Weight Loss Drugs Show Increasing Benefit in Skin Disease

[Karma-Electron]

Weight Loss Drugs Show Increasing Benefit in Skin Disease

Improvements with GLP-1 RAs in psoriasis and other chronic skin diseases point to their increased use in dermatology and a potential role for dermatologists in obesity management.

www.medscape.com

Thinner and more beautiful? Hard to beat that.

I'm 70 and got a quarter-sized patch of psoriasis on one ankle last year. Dermatologist couldn't care less. But in the 3 months since I started tirzepatide, the patch is smaller and no long itchy.

 

[Iamnew2this]

This med is nothing short from amazing 👏

 

[Oxcolette]

I have it on my scalp. It’s helped tremendously!

 

[zanny-kanny]

Tirz has anti-inflammatory action. Probably all GLP1s have it, but there are currently no studies showing this. Probably will be in the future, if not already in the works.

Reta is definitely anti-inflammatory. I know because I used Reta exclusively from June 2024 to April 2025, had 3 blood draws during that time, and watched my inflammation level decrease on each draw.

 

[feijao]

Tirz has anti-inflammatory action. Probably all GLP1s have it, but there are currently no studies showing this. Probably will be in the future, if not already in the works.

Reta is definitely anti-inflammatory. I know because I used Reta exclusively from June 2024 to April 2025, had 3 blood draws during that time, and watched my inflammation level decrease on each draw.

Happy to hear this! If the weight loss can take some pain off the joints and reduce inflammation via some other mechanism that's an A plus plus for me!