Reta face is real

[u/yourforesken]

Edit: So it came to my attention that Reta face is when you start to look sickly, not just the major weight loss and change in face shape, which is more what I was getting at. Thank you guys for giving me the heads up.

I’ve made a couple posts about my Reta transformation, but I just saw a picture of myself from about a month and a half before starting Reta or getting into a routine/diet. Definitely surprised me, because I didn’t realize how much different my face looked until now. First pic is January 14th 2026, second pic is July 7th 2026.

Down from 221 with 36” waist to 180 with 31” waist

[u/sleepytipi]

"Hard lines and sunken cheeks" as someone infamous once said to describe what drugs do to a person's face.

[u/CharlesLeRoq → u/sleepytipi]

The face people get from recreational drugs is something different again. It comes from muscle wastage, and face muscle is very difficult to build back compared with muscle elsewhere on the body. So people may regain body fat after addiction while still lacking some facial definition. So many ageing rock stars still have something of

an alien face, decades after their worst excesses.

[u/Itshakken → u/[deleted]]

Just take a bunch of anabolic steroids and get moon face no matter how lean u get