Is Ariana Grande's weight loss due to stress or diet trends?

It's long been known that Hollywood harbors many unhealthy obsessions, including the constant pursuit of unrealistic beauty ideals. This seems to be the case for Ariana Grande. However, it’s not about plastic surgeries, which have become common in the world of ubiquitous tweaks and Instagram filters, but rather about the artist's slim figure. Although she has always been petite, some internet users find her recent photos alarming.

Fans of Ariana's talent are openly concerned and wonder if she's okay. Meanwhile, the Daily Mail website "kindly" took it further and asked experts about her figure. As is often the case with distant tabloid diagnoses, the conclusions can be extreme. Dr. Dennis Schimpf, a plastic surgeon, for example, claims that her vegan diet might be to blame.

"Vegan diets do tend to have issues with protein which causes muscle wasting. Often, people who are strict vegans have to take significant protein supplements or add protein powders to their smoothies," he explained.

Additionally, as the tabloid reported, experts do not rule out that the weight loss could be due to stress from the intense promotion of the film or the use of the currently trendy Ozempic among celebrities. Schimpf also attempted to examine Ariana's face but encountered difficulties, making a thorough analysis impossible.

"Pale skin can [also] be indicative of nutritional stress, although, honestly, it is really hard to assess in these celebrities. They're not ever photographed completely untouched or without make-up or bronzer or some kind of concealer on their skin." Dr. Schimpf said.

One expert's opinion was not enough, so another plastic surgeon, Dr. Michael Salzhauer, also known as "Dr. Miami," was consulted. He disagrees with his colleague’s claim that veganism is to blame and highlights another issue.

"I don't think it's veganism per se," he said, according to DailyMail, "because I know some larger vegans — so I do wonder whether there is something else going on. The recent picture I saw of her online, she does look, I would say, "scary thin", and you know that is concerning as a doctor. If you look in her temple region (the area on the side of the head between the forehead and the ear), you can see it is hollowed out in Ariana, which happens when you have malnutrition or wasting. It is concerning when you see that."

Expert number three, Dr. David Shokrian, also a plastic surgeon, focused on the Ozempic issue.

"It doesn't have to be Ozempic, it could be natural weight loss, but the speed that it happened... It is just more difficult when you are already thin to become even thinner in that amount of time without a real change in diet and exercise routine," the expert stated. "In Ozempic, you see these dramatic shifts in a short amount of time," he added.

With so many experts weighing in, only Ariana knows the truth, and that’s how it should remain. Do any of the celebrity doctors' "diagnoses" convince you?

Source: Daily Mail