This might have a shot at the best Halloween costume this year.
Online costume emporium Yandy has cashed in on the Ozempic weight-loss drug craze with a new Halloween costume inspired by fat-fighting injections.
“Everyone is doing it,” wrote the costume bazaar on its site, where the company has infamously hawked sultry, if strange, Halloween getups inspired by current events like a COVID-19 pandemic-themed hand sanitizer getup of 2020.
Emblazoned with the words “Snatched: Semaglutide Injection,” the costume allows revelers to cosplay as an anti-flab jab, such as Ozempic, which was one of the most talked-about drugs of 2024.
The satirical outfit, titled “Sooo Snatched Costume,” features a two-piece set vaguely fashioned to resemble an Ozempic syringe, with a skimpy, body-hugging blue and orange tanktop-style dress and pill-box hat.
The total price for “Sooo Snatched”: $39.95
“Jump on that semaglutide bandwagon in Yandy’s Sooo Snatched Costume,” the listing reads, with a warning to “consult your doctor before you head outside wearing this costume [as] side effects could be humorous.”
The getup couldn’t have come at a better time. Pound-purging drugs like Ozempic have become all the rage among civilians and celebrities alike due to their quick effect on weight loss.
They work by mimicking a hormone that tells the brain it’s full, thereby curbing the appetite and inducing rapid pound-shedding.
However, this so-called fast-forward button for fat loss has also been associated with side effects ranging from constipation to personality changes.
In January, several Ozempic devotees claimed they ceased taking the drug and ended up regaining more weight than they lost.
Arguably the most notorious symptom is “Ozempic face,” an affliction defined by a saggy, emaciated-looking visage, which makes the user appear older and more deflated.
Surgeons have claimed that the condition is an epidemic in Hollywood, accusing A-listers ranging from John Goodman to Sharon Osbourne of being afflicted by it.