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"Cortisol face" is a viral term to describe facial swelling, allegedly caused by high levels of cortisol. Can stress cause a puffy face? Experts weigh in and debunk the condition.
Other areas of the face prone to puffiness include the cheeks, where fluid retention may be influenced by sleeping positions, and the jawline, particularly in individuals with poor lymphatic drainage.
Social media influencers claim “moon face,” a round, puffy face that comes with the use of steroids, can be caused by everyday stress. Here’s what the experts say.
Moon face is among the most frequently reported adverse events of systemic glucocorticoids, along with insomnia (58%), mood disturbances (50%), and hyperphagia (49%). [ 8 ] Another long-term study of 88 patients on prednisone showed that lipodystrophy, such as moon face, was the most frequent adverse event, experienced by 63% of patients.
Cheek reduction: Bilateral extraction of buccal fat, assisted with lipoinjection to the bilateral malar eminences. Buccal fat pad extraction or buccal fat removal is a plastic surgery procedure that removes a piece of buccal fat-pad tissue from each side of the face. This reduces the appearance of cheek puffiness, creating a sharper jawline.
“You’re not fat, you just have cortisol face,” is something you might hear on TikTok, where users have taken to diagnosing a rounder-looking appearance as the result of having high amounts ...
Angioedema of half of the tongue Angioedema of the face, most strikingly in the upper lip. The skin of the face, normally around the mouth, and the mucosa of the mouth and/or throat, as well as the tongue, swell over the period of minutes to hours. The swelling can also occur elsewhere, typically in the hands.
My For You Page has been flooded with people complaining about a puffy face due to high levels of cortisol from daily stress, but before I get sucked into yet another internet craze, I chatted ...