You Don’t Have Cortisol Face

[emmabrooker]

Selfies and social media are creating a whole lot of delusion.

[Jo-ijmu]

I have PCOS and I absoluetely get moon face. It's a thing for some people with different endochronological issues.

[And...owch]

Dr. Dray is *EVERY BODIES* auntie. Do you 👂🏾 me?!
“If cortisol is impacting your face, you need to see a medical professional, not chasing some hack on TikTok.”
🤣😂🤭

[beeherehomehomeschool]

I get moonface when on Prednisone for a while 🤷‍♀️ I wish people wouldnt hate on it and be alarmist about it because it can make those of us who HAVE to take steroids to survive pretty self-conscious. I try not to be vain, but it's hard when it is being focused on as something that is ugly and there is nothing you can do to avoid it. (Especially since most of these people worrying that they have it have no idea what it really looks like.)

[tonyamathis]

I think the main issue is - lack of actual health care. I personally haven't had health insurance or the ability to see a Dr in over 20 years. So ppl like me with out access. Then we have ppl with access, but the Dr won't listen or misdiagnosis them. So .... ppl turn to self diagnosis and homeopathic treatments.

[samanthiabeavers]

I did have Cushing's and it was very difficult to get it properly diagnosed by an endocrinologist because it is rare

[kdr]

I had moon face; I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. I take Synthroid. No more moon face.

[SometimesPerplexed]

I don’t have TikTok (very intentionally) but I still get pulled into short form videos (whoa I’m responding to a short form video now!) sometimes on other platforms and the INSANITY about not just health, but finance, travel, education, government, personal tech, whatever. Mostly attractive mostly young people just make up stuff or repeat stuff someone else made up and say it fast in a confident voice and voila apparently some people believe them. 🤯

[luckyneko]

I had no hump, no moon face, no steroids but I have Cushings. Per my Endocrinologist.
They could not find a tumor. They can be extremely tiny, tiny. Cushings is not as rare as doctors say, and my doctor agrees with me.

[kimalderson]

I have Cushings and had to have a pituitary tumor removed. My moon face and buffalo hump is terrible . But he’s so rare!

[sarahb.]

My horse was diagnosed with Cushings! He was hanging onto his winter coat too long, not shedding as he should. And he has a tumor on the pituary (sp?) gland..

[sara.m]

I don't have the classic moon face, but my face is so puffy due to stress.

[elderlypoodle]

I asked my doctor if the reason my face was puffy was due to me eating salted almonds. She talked me down once again and again… 😁 I was sure I had blocked lymph nodes, Cushings,
Congestive heart failure and many more ailments from the vast choices of Web MD.

[a.j.o.y.c.e]

My primary doctor said this VERY THING. I got a second opinion by a functional doctor, who got lab work done after I asked - and guess what - I DID HAVE IT!

[ify]

I do I have non congenital hyperplasia. A moon face but small but for sure the neck/back hump

[heatheralice]

So true. I'm a transplant patient and have unfortunately had to have s few rounds of month long periods on prednisolone and trust me... until you've been there, don't talk to me about moon face 😅😂. I was so puffy but those medications saved my life.

[Healerslightnlove]

Thank you!! I believe that we as women age, may have other medical underlying issues that we choose to not address. Let’s remove that bandage and look into root causes??? Thank you for this direct message ❤❤❤

[TLOH]

I do suspect I’m dealing with cortisol problems. Why? If I do a 24 water fast my face will look way way more better and snatched than the day before, after eating, my face gets “bigger” again. I tend to stress easily. We all know that high stress = high cortisol, plus others factors play a role on this too…so, it’s not like we’re delulus…many are, but some aren’t.

[Ida-Adriana]

Actually, pituitary tumours were wrongly thought to be rare, they are found in 25% of people in post mortem. So it is with many other endocrine illnesses, medical gaslighting is very real.

[simply.skye__]

Unfortunately, cortisol face is just slang for the changes that really high cortisol has on the body and the appearance of the face as well. It is real I experience & it’s very unpleasant . I do see a doctor and all is too high and it does affect the face .in This particular instance you’re just wrong.