Dr. Terry Dubrow gave Ozempic a go, but stopped because he missed his appetite

Dr. Terry Dubrow tried Hollywood’s recurring Ozempic craze.

“I have tried it. I thought it was incredible.” “I didn’t have that much weight to lose,” the cosmetic surgeon, 65, exclusively tells Page Six while promoting Season 8 of his E! reality program, “Botched,” alongside Dr. Paul Nassif.

“But I wanted to try it because so many of my patients were on it, and I wanted to see what it was like when you’re not diabetic and only have 10-15 pounds to lose,” he says, adding that he had “some side effects” while taking the medicine.

Nonetheless, Dubrow stated that he is a “huge fan” of the popular medicine intended for type 2 diabetes patients but used by many others, including an increasing number of celebrities, for weight loss.

“I think it’s a miracle,” he says. “The biggest breakthrough in medical history.”

Still, the “low-grade nausea” Dubrow experienced, as well as an acute disinterest in food, were not worth the faster slim-down.

“I thought, ‘You know what? I sort of want to regain my appetite. “The holidays are coming, and I want to enjoy myself,” he adds of his decision to leave.

“You go on vacation, maybe you don’t exercise, you eat too much,” the doctor explains. “It was kind of like, ‘Well, I want to go on a food vacation,’ meaning I want to be able to eat again.”

Ozempic, an FDA-approved prescription medicine, is one of the brand names for semaglutide, also known as Wegovy, which works in the brain to sustain fullness and decrease appetite.

Dubrow adds that the medicine ruined his appetite and “took all the joy out of eating.”

The doctor, who is married to champagne fan and “Real Housewives of Orange County” star Heather Dubrow, cautions present and future users to avoid alcohol.

“You can’t drink on it,” he says, referring to the stated risk of pancreatitis for individuals who take Ozempic while simultaneously drinking.

“You’ve got to be really careful with alcohol because people are being put in the hospital with pancreatitis.”

Terry’s co-star, Nassif, 61, feels Ozempic possesses features that might lead to “living longer,” but he has witnessed an increase in plastic surgery patients requesting that he operate on drooping skin caused by fast weight reduction.

“Your skin does not accommodate, so it hangs,” he adds of the “Ozempic body and face.”

“Then you lose muscle, you’re not taking enough protein and then they’ve got a lot of hanging skin.”

Terry has also addressed this issue in his practice. “For patients who want to try [Ozempic], you have to realize your skin is going to loosen up a lot faster,” he said. “You will lose lean muscular mass. You need to eat more protein and exercise more.”