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.” 🤣😂🤭
Auntie? She’s not auntie.🙄Girl bye. When people use the word auntie it’s code word for calling someone old. She’s more like someone’s sister or cousin. Stop with the auntie bullshit. Unless your mom or dad is her sibling 🙄
@@Taty14002 Bye yourself. If *YOU* feel old when the word “AUNTIE” is uttered, that’s on you. You may consider *WHY YOU* feel that way. Where I’m from & *MANY* other cultures “AUNTY” is a way of denoting *RESPECT* and the *SOUND* reasoning, of a woman who is not a grandmother. Stop projecting your insecurities onto others.
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.)
I 100% understand what you are saying, and have so much empathy for you. My face has been so huge on steroids that people stare & make comments. It isn’t pleasant, but I take it as the price I had to pay to see my kids grow up. Well worth it in my opinion.
Yep, it's tough, and I think only the ones who've been there really get it. I hate it, and I hate Prednisone, but when you have to...best wishes to you.
Thank you! I have PCOS and it causes my face and body to swell, but it's not the same thing as having Cushing's, etc. But, according to TikTok now everyone has high cortisol. It's been driving me nuts. LOL
I also have PCOS and it messes with my endocrine system and I do get swelling on occasion but noooo. It is not cortisol moon face. I swear ppl will fall for any gimmick they see on tiktok shop
Amy Schumer genuinely has or had this condition and bc she was doing a press tour while during the time this was going on she was left with no choice than to address it publicly bc of all the nasty comments people were making about her appearance. If people really had this “moon face” situation they would KNOW and they would be at the doctor! It’s no joke!
Why do we have Tiktok teens pretending to be doctors? And worse why do people beleive them? One of the things I hate the most about Tiktok is how fast it spreads misinformation more
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.
The dr doesn’t listen to us women with health insurance. Thought it was because they think I am poor even though my bills are paid. No it is the holier better than you drs. I’ve had some real asses in the last 5 yrs
Yeah. They get told "think horses not zebras" so much that "it can't be that" becomes blinders when the zebra shows up. I felt Awful. Had a doctor tell me I was just exhausted and stressed. Had a foot doctor X-ray my feet and immediately dismiss my pain and swollen, purple-red toe as "probably broken toes, but they're healed now" Had my family sympathetically telling me, when they saw me very stiff in pain, having a hard time getting up and down from chairs or out of cars "it's hard getting older" ...keep in mind, I was 27! I had worsening exhaustion, painful joints, horrible stiffness, especially in the morning when I struggled to get out of bed and get into a hot shower. Thank God my husband was there, telling me "this isn't normal" Turns out I had psoriatic arthritis. Left undiagnosed, it can do a lot of damage. My swollen toe was a classic sign, and if that doctor looked at my chart at all, he'd have seen "psoriasis" right away.
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.
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!
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.
That is benign tumours that are *not* adenomas i.e not secreting hormones. I had a pituitary adenoma 15 years ago - the incidence of them becoming adenomas is around 1in 100,000. Mine encroached into my optic chiasm and permanently damaged my optic nerve - leaving me with tunnel vision and legally blind in one eye. 25% of people do *not* have a pituitary adenoma. They have a little growth less than 5 millimetres (typically less than 1mm) and it's more like 1 in 6.
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. 🤯
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 ❤❤❤
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..
The funny thing is, so very many of us have seen doctors.... over, and over, and over again. 🙄 It took me 2 decades of misdiagnosis to finally get diagnosed with ADHD, and that is one tiny part of my health journey. The reality is women are often dismissed and gaslit by medical professionals for years, sometimes decades. Not to mention the sheer cost that some are forced to pay to access Healthcare in the first place, and that's if they can even afford it. This take is so unbelievably privileged.
Getting diagnosed with ADHD is fo different than being diagnosed with an endocrine problem... One requires blood tests and/or imaging and/or biopsies. The other is mostly from self reported symptoms. It's not gaslighting to say you can't have moon-face without having high cortisol. And that high cortisol to the level of causing moon face and other physical symptoms is relatively uncommon.
@JaneDoeowo the point wasn't about ADHD specifically. 🙄 It was about the medical gaslighting experienced by many women and minority groups. I'm sorry it flew so high above your head.
I go through the same thing. If you ever find a good doctor that listens it’s like finding a unicorn. Out of frustration you don’t want to go. And you end up self diagnosing , etc.
I hope those people who post these messages see Dr Dray's commentary. Hopefully, it will humble them and learn from Dr. Dray's highly decipllined training. In addition to her MD, I believe she also has a PhD.
@@monermccarthy7198 Yeah she's amazing, I LOVE HER, she's got a wealth of knowledge, never have I found a problem with any of her recs. She's a blessing.
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.
@@melissavidic2895I don’t know why people do that. My friend is in her late 30s and recommends people who have severe acne to go to an aesthetician for treatment instead of a dermatologist. The lack of common sense in people is very scary
@@melissavidic2895 I agree with you, but I think I can also see how we got here. I have heard from SO many people that they don't feel heard by their doctors. I personally don't believe that is the doctors' faults but I'm guessing it is the profit driven insurance industries driving doctors to see as many patients as possible per day? But people aren't feeling heard at their MD's office, stop trusting MDs, stop going to them, and look for answers elsewhere. Or they don't stop going but they do look for answers elsewhere so they can self diagnose and go tell their doctor their "symptoms" that some random person on TT told them they have. It is really sad but I think that is what we're seeing.
My endocrinologist wrote in my chart I have the hump. It is a real thing. Being on steroids for 2 years, well it gives moon face and hump and it’s devastating
@@Username0467 a person can have 4 cortisone epidurals within 2 months, develop Cushing’s, HPA axis suppression, widespread avascular necrosis… so yeah, two years of steroids can give her what she’s dealing with.
I have second adrenal insufficiency, when i first started hydrocortisone I was taking it orally and my dose was not right yet. I ended up with some moon face/buffalo hump - and other Cushing symptoms. Now I get the right dose of hydrocortisone through a “cortisol” pump, aka insulin pump, and now I don’t have those issues. I really hate how “adrenal fatigue” and now “cortisol/moon face” are being taken out of context and is spreading so much misinformation! Adrenal conditions are already rare, can he very serious and life threatening, and social media is using the words for “views” and ~*money*~
Apparently, a mass majority of people have pituitary tumors so.. maybe you're just annoyed? 🤷♀️ Also, if people genuinely think it's cortisol, maybe suggest them to see their doctor in an understanding manner? A simple blood test will confirm/reject their suspicions about Their Own Bodies 👏
🤣 this was spot on. Some people on tiktok really need some brain cells. Even my coworker the other day showed me this $5 micro needling device she was buying from Amazon. Have fun getting a giant infection on your face. Just wild
Dr Dray your face looks stunning. Have you done something new? Change products ? Any filters? Whatever it is you look really good. Please share if anything new. And thank you for all your knowledge.
I've been following Dr Dray's for a while. She is emphatic when it comes to sunscreen, I've lost count how many times. She signs off Sunscreen and Subscribe. I just wanted to offer my 2 cents if you're new here.
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.
Dr. Dray! You're refreshing. Do you have a video about eczema on the eyelids? I had eczema as a child on the backs of my legs and now suddenly as a 40yo woman on my eyelids. Probiotics? Staff? Sunscreen? I'm lost in the info I'm seeing all over the Internet...
Tik tok is always doing the most 😂 I took predinose for lupus for 19 years straight and finally tapered off late last year. I remember having moon face
I was on a high dose of prednisone for a couple months. I looked noticeably different but from the reactions I got even from perfect strangers you would’ve thought I was walking around with no skin on my face or something. I didn’t think it was that bad
I was on steroids in hospital...my girlfriend is a quick wit... She said" now we know what Buddha would look like as a 45 y.o. white girl .."...my normally angular face with high cheekbones...was obliterated...I mean like 2 cups of water had been injected into my eyes cheeks and lower face, I remember laughing so hard I thought my face would crack...the skin gets tight like you are 10 months pregnant...It was a necessary cure but quite intense....it even elevated my low blood pressure and blood sugar!. Godspeed Dee
i found a paper saying that my adhd meds (vyvanse) raises cortisol levels. i mean the stimulants work on your adrenal glands. I also get gout which young ish women shouldn’t get. I just want someone to check that i’m actively harming my organs
I know this is off topic, but it's so cool to me that you commented on this, I love Feel-good dietician's videos and yours, a full interview between you both would be really interesting!!
I thought moon face was associated with thyroid complications rather than cortisol, but I’m not an endocrinologist. I think cortisol irregularities can cause other physical signs though
I’ve been seeing professionals for two years and they still can’t figure it out. What now? Edit: I don’t have cortisol face but i definitely think something endocrine related is happening. Doctors are stumped and I’m tired of going.
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.
I have PCOS,psoriatic arthritis, Vasculitis( not active) psoriasis and eczema. When I go on prednisone I get a moon face. But all these tic toc people have a mental disorder I think…🧐
I used to be so scared that I was undiagnosed cushings because of the back of my neck and stretch marks, turns out I just have a connective tissue disorder and my heavy chest pulls my posture forward a little too much
@@blueseptember2174 Usually starts with unexplained musculoskeletal pain, low muscle tone, fragile skin (+ intense stretch marks, redness, and weird scars), lots of bruising, may be accompanied by allergic reactions, early spider veins and/or dysautonomia. GP sends you to PT, PT measures your hypermobility ‘wow you’re bendy *and in pain* could be HSD/EDS”, then you go back to your GP get tests for Lyme, Lupus, RA- GP sends you to Rheumatology (possibly cardio for the dysautonomia). Rheumatology will either listen and suspect EDS or even Marfan and send you to Genetics or say it’s “just fibromyalgia” and call it a day. Genetics will likely turn you away or make you wait years because they’ll only take you if you’ve had serious vascular complications (remember connective tissue is everywhere and can effect practically anything). When they finally do take you, you can see which of the 9-13 types of EDS or Marfan symptom you have-UNLESS you have the most common type of EDS (Hypermobile Ehlers Danlos) which *surprise* geneticists haven’t found the genetic marker for yet. After all this they basically say ‘tough luck kid, go back to PT and try not to get osteoarthritis at 26’
@@blueseptember2174it’s not letting me send the whole thing because too many red flag words. Basically, unexplained musculoskeletal pain and skin issues bring people to their primary care doctors, a good primary care provider will check for conditions that cause musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, etc. The send you to PT, telltale sign of a connective tissue disorder is hypermobility. Once the PT diagnoses your hypermobility your primary care provider will send you to rheumatology or genetics. Cushings breaks down collagen and connective tissue disorders are caused (basically) by defective collagen so you can get gnarly stretch marks that mimic cushings
I have primary adrenal insufficiency (Addisons)! If you're on the correct dose of steroids daily you shouldn't have the side effects normally though because it's just supposed to replace what you don't have. Stress dosing though... Ugh. The worst
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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.”
🤣😂🤭
Auntie? She’s not auntie.🙄Girl bye. When people use the word auntie it’s code word for calling someone old. She’s more like someone’s sister or cousin. Stop with the auntie bullshit. Unless your mom or dad is her sibling 🙄
@@Taty14002 Bye yourself. If *YOU* feel old when the word “AUNTIE” is uttered, that’s on you. You may consider *WHY YOU* feel that way. Where I’m from & *MANY* other cultures “AUNTY” is a way of denoting *RESPECT* and the *SOUND* reasoning, of a woman who is not a grandmother. Stop projecting your insecurities onto others.
Selfies and social media are creating a whole lot of delusion.
I had moon face; I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. I take Synthroid. No more moon face.
Same here! Synthroid changed my life
@@Alicia-Rene Absolutely! Without Synthroid, you and would be goners!
Whats a moon face?
I believe it’s when the face puffs up so large it resembles a moon due to reaction to medications/disease processes.
@@daughterofpalestine7130 The face puff up from Hypothroidism. Thyroid medication relieves the puffiness.
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.)
I 100% understand what you are saying, and have so much empathy for you. My face has been so huge on steroids that people stare & make comments. It isn’t pleasant, but I take it as the price I had to pay to see my kids grow up. Well worth it in my opinion.
Same same same !!
THIS right here
I wish you the very best with your health 🙏🏼 ❤️
Yep, it's tough, and I think only the ones who've been there really get it. I hate it, and I hate Prednisone, but when you have to...best wishes to you.
Thank you! I have PCOS and it causes my face and body to swell, but it's not the same thing as having Cushing's, etc. But, according to TikTok now everyone has high cortisol. It's been driving me nuts. LOL
I also have PCOS and it messes with my endocrine system and I do get swelling on occasion but noooo. It is not cortisol moon face. I swear ppl will fall for any gimmick they see on tiktok shop
But I also take Prednisone that does make me a little puffy lol
Amy Schumer genuinely has or had this condition and bc she was doing a press tour while during the time this was going on she was left with no choice than to address it publicly bc of all the nasty comments people were making about her appearance.
If people really had this “moon face” situation they would KNOW and they would be at the doctor! It’s no joke!
@@juleswickpeople hate Amy bec she loves genocide, so they'll pick on her face.
Why do we have Tiktok teens pretending to be doctors? And worse why do people beleive them? One of the things I hate the most about Tiktok is how fast it spreads misinformation more
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.
Yrs! Thank you!
The dr doesn’t listen to us women with health insurance. Thought it was because they think I am poor even though my bills are paid. No it is the holier better than you drs. I’ve had some real asses in the last 5 yrs
Medical misogyny is alive and well so even if you did have an appointment they’ll call you stupid.
I did have Cushing's and it was very difficult to get it properly diagnosed by an endocrinologist because it is rare
It took me 8 years to be properly diagnosed. It was hell.
@@absinthemindedJ 12 years here and I was made to feel crazy and lazy! It was miserable. I hope you are doing well now
Yeah. They get told "think horses not zebras" so much that "it can't be that" becomes blinders when the zebra shows up.
I felt Awful. Had a doctor tell me I was just exhausted and stressed. Had a foot doctor X-ray my feet and immediately dismiss my pain and swollen, purple-red toe as "probably broken toes, but they're healed now"
Had my family sympathetically telling me, when they saw me very stiff in pain, having a hard time getting up and down from chairs or out of cars "it's hard getting older"
...keep in mind, I was 27!
I had worsening exhaustion, painful joints, horrible stiffness, especially in the morning when I struggled to get out of bed and get into a hot shower.
Thank God my husband was there, telling me "this isn't normal"
Turns out I had psoriatic arthritis.
Left undiagnosed, it can do a lot of damage.
My swollen toe was a classic sign, and if that doctor looked at my chart at all,
he'd have seen "psoriasis" right away.
It's not even that rare, just increadibly underdiagnosed together with many other endocrine disorders.
@@Poppy-zm2yh hm. I wonder why. 🧍🏾♀️
Medical misogyny perhaps.
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.
This is not about you
@@wendyamsterdam8482 🤣
@@wendyamsterdam8482 cuz, chill 😅😅
Thanks for dropping knowledge
@@wendyamsterdam8482 The point of the comment is that it's not as rare as people are saying. No point of being an asshole.
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!
Me too!So,there is such a thing.
I bet you went to a concierge provider 😒
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.
Source?
People need an MRI to diagnose it. I had to go to a neurologist to get it.
That is benign tumours that are *not* adenomas i.e not secreting hormones.
I had a pituitary adenoma 15 years ago - the incidence of them becoming adenomas is around 1in 100,000.
Mine encroached into my optic chiasm and permanently damaged my optic nerve - leaving me with tunnel vision and legally blind in one eye.
25% of people do *not* have a pituitary adenoma. They have a little growth less than 5 millimetres (typically less than 1mm) and it's more like 1 in 6.
@@richardwright9292 I had an ACTH secreting pituitary adenoma. Still suffering from Metabolic damage after having it removed 2 years ago.
I have Cushings and had to have a pituitary tumor removed. My moon face and buffalo hump is terrible . But he’s so rare!
Me too😢 it's not fun! After having it for so long metabolic damage is an ongoing healing process.
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. 🤯
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 ❤❤❤
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..
I do I have non congenital hyperplasia. A moon face but small but for sure the neck/back hump
The funny thing is, so very many of us have seen doctors.... over, and over, and over again. 🙄 It took me 2 decades of misdiagnosis to finally get diagnosed with ADHD, and that is one tiny part of my health journey. The reality is women are often dismissed and gaslit by medical professionals for years, sometimes decades. Not to mention the sheer cost that some are forced to pay to access Healthcare in the first place, and that's if they can even afford it. This take is so unbelievably privileged.
Getting diagnosed with ADHD is fo different than being diagnosed with an endocrine problem... One requires blood tests and/or imaging and/or biopsies. The other is mostly from self reported symptoms. It's not gaslighting to say you can't have moon-face without having high cortisol. And that high cortisol to the level of causing moon face and other physical symptoms is relatively uncommon.
@JaneDoeowo the point wasn't about ADHD specifically. 🙄 It was about the medical gaslighting experienced by many women and minority groups. I'm sorry it flew so high above your head.
I go through the same thing. If you ever find a good doctor that listens it’s like finding a unicorn. Out of frustration you don’t want to go. And you end up self diagnosing , etc.
@@JaneDoeowoRead learn to comprehend…
But, in the linked video from 1 year ago the Dr. says those things can be high cortisol symptoms. 🤷♀️🤷♀️
We need a compilation video of Dr. Dray being the Brutal Savage badass that SHE IS.
I hope those people who post these messages see Dr Dray's commentary. Hopefully, it will humble them and learn from Dr. Dray's highly decipllined training. In addition to her MD, I believe she also has a PhD.
@@monermccarthy7198 Yeah she's amazing, I LOVE HER, she's got a wealth of knowledge, never have I found a problem with any of her recs. She's a blessing.
@@monermccarthy7198 Is that why she didn't know not to use salicylic acid on her eyes? SMH
Right on, doc!
She is great if you have a problem Yes
AGREED!! THANK YOU doc!! ❤
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.
Thank you Dr. Dray
This is news to me, but then again I don’t have TikTok. It’s hideous what people follow and believe in.🙄
Yea, tell us about it. It’s crazy. TikTok is so bad. Many “influencers” with no medical degree giving awful advice and people listen to them
@@IvanaGirl I just can’t wrap my head around why would they follow an influencer? With no medical credentials whatsoever. 🙄
@@melissavidic2895I don’t know why people do that. My friend is in her late 30s and recommends people who have severe acne to go to an aesthetician for treatment instead of a dermatologist. The lack of common sense in people is very scary
@@melissavidic2895 I agree with you, but I think I can also see how we got here. I have heard from SO many people that they don't feel heard by their doctors. I personally don't believe that is the doctors' faults but I'm guessing it is the profit driven insurance industries driving doctors to see as many patients as possible per day? But people aren't feeling heard at their MD's office, stop trusting MDs, stop going to them, and look for answers elsewhere. Or they don't stop going but they do look for answers elsewhere so they can self diagnose and go tell their doctor their "symptoms" that some random person on TT told them they have. It is really sad but I think that is what we're seeing.
I don't have the classic moon face, but my face is so puffy due to stress.
Is that even possible though??
@@silviarahim90 yes
I do think I have a cortisol imbalance and I do have a pituitary tumor but can’t get any doctor to take it seriously
My endocrinologist wrote in my chart I have the hump. It is a real thing. Being on steroids for 2 years, well it gives moon face and hump and it’s devastating
You’re the one she’s talking about here
@@Username0467 a person can have 4 cortisone epidurals within 2 months, develop Cushing’s, HPA axis suppression, widespread avascular necrosis… so yeah, two years of steroids can give her what she’s dealing with.
I needed this short last year 😂
I have second adrenal insufficiency, when i first started hydrocortisone I was taking it orally and my dose was not right yet. I ended up with some moon face/buffalo hump - and other Cushing symptoms.
Now I get the right dose of hydrocortisone through a “cortisol” pump, aka insulin pump, and now I don’t have those issues.
I really hate how “adrenal fatigue” and now “cortisol/moon face” are being taken out of context and is spreading so much misinformation! Adrenal conditions are already rare, can he very serious and life threatening, and social media is using the words for “views” and ~*money*~
Apparently, a mass majority of people have pituitary tumors so.. maybe you're just annoyed? 🤷♀️ Also, if people genuinely think it's cortisol, maybe suggest them to see their doctor in an understanding manner? A simple blood test will confirm/reject their suspicions about Their Own Bodies 👏
A lot of it is weight gain tbh lol the symptoms are pretty similar. Hump on the back, discoloration, big face etc
You can stress 😬 this to us. We are microwave minded. We want all today not tomorrow. We believe what these unprofessional TikTok 😮😂❤ over facts
🤣 this was spot on. Some people on tiktok really need some brain cells. Even my coworker the other day showed me this $5 micro needling device she was buying from Amazon. Have fun getting a giant infection on your face. Just wild
PCOS.... gives you moon face. However people's lymphatic issues and it can change the shape of your face
Dr Dray your face looks stunning. Have you done something new? Change products ? Any filters? Whatever it is you look really good. Please share if anything new. And thank you for all your knowledge.
I've been following Dr Dray's for a while. She is emphatic when it comes to sunscreen, I've lost count how many times. She signs off Sunscreen and Subscribe. I just wanted to offer my 2 cents if you're new here.
I tried all of those mentioned and I agree with Dr Dray
I have PCOS and I absoluetely get moon face. It's a thing for some people with different endochronological issues.
I didn't know there was a faddish hysteria about this. As someone who was on prednisone 8 yrs for SLE, I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
Thank You Dr. Dray for calling this hacks out. Love the Channel. Make Your Day a Good One‼️🌻
Thank you so much for addressing these crazy online crazy disorders
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.
These influencers Out here giving incorrect information. Smh. Finally medical professionals are speaking out on this.
Kudos Dr. Dray
My friend had been on a large dose of steroids due to Wegener's. I was shocked to see the shape of her face.
Dr. Dray! You're refreshing. Do you have a video about eczema on the eyelids? I had eczema as a child on the backs of my legs and now suddenly as a 40yo woman on my eyelids. Probiotics? Staff? Sunscreen? I'm lost in the info I'm seeing all over the Internet...
I saw similar on Insta. Someone demanded their GP did cortisol tests and was convinced they had Cushing’s disease. It gets really silly sometimes.
Omg thank you! I was tired of all the tiktok bs.
Tik tok is always doing the most 😂 I took predinose for lupus for 19 years straight and finally tapered off late last year. I remember having moon face
I was on a high dose of prednisone for a couple months. I looked noticeably different but from the reactions I got even from perfect strangers you would’ve thought I was walking around with no skin on my face or something. I didn’t think it was that bad
Because of social media, I have so many patient s now who are convinced they have POTS too.
Thank You for this. I'm like where the hell this come from. ❤❤❤
I was on steroids in hospital...my girlfriend is a quick wit... She said" now we know what Buddha would look like as a 45 y.o. white girl .."...my normally angular face with high cheekbones...was obliterated...I mean like 2 cups of water had been injected into my eyes cheeks and lower face, I remember laughing so hard I thought my face would crack...the skin gets tight like you are 10 months pregnant...It was a necessary cure but quite intense....it even elevated my low blood pressure and blood sugar!.
Godspeed
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Lovely gaslighting video
i found a paper saying that my adhd meds (vyvanse) raises cortisol levels. i mean the stimulants work on your adrenal glands. I also get gout which young ish women shouldn’t get. I just want someone to check that i’m actively harming my organs
You're like the Judge Judy of the Tik Tok skincare world, and I love it.
Very unlikely ? I know personally 2 person how has that. One being my sister, and it was because of medication the take.
Everytime I see somone talking about the TikTok shop I immediately delete the app like they push so many narratives it’s irritating
Oh I took that as the person saying to stop overfilling your faces to that extent.
You don’t need to have CUSHINGS to have elevated cortisol…
i have a pituitary Tumor & gey cortisal face sometimes... Also Pituitary Tumors are common so...
Thyroid nodules/cancer spikes cortisol too for me and led to moon face and buffalo hump. 😕
My family and friends were like, you definitely have cortisol issues...went to the dr...cortisol is fine!
Heh, I’m getting tested for this. I believe I’m supposed to get a blooddraw in the morning as cortisol will be highest then.
Ridiculous. I get the dreaded moon face when I have to take steroids for my disease.
Yes! Thank you for putting it into straight terms. I am so tired of this trend.
I know this is off topic, but it's so cool to me that you commented on this, I love Feel-good dietician's videos and yours, a full interview between you both would be really interesting!!
My face is so puffy and my cortisole has been insane through the last 4 years
I had moon face on prednisone… but the fullness was actually an improvement 😢
Thank you!
Had it during chemo because of the steroids. I still have a hump... maybe poor posture 🤷♀️
Dr Dray needs to become the Joey Swoll of skincare posts 😂
Right but like some of us really do have those things.
*checks off the things* Yeah the medical professional ignored it for 20 years.
I thought moon face was associated with thyroid complications rather than cortisol, but I’m not an endocrinologist. I think cortisol irregularities can cause other physical signs though
Moon face = very high cortisol
I have a mass on my pituitary gland, so I'd actually love to hear about rhis cortisol facd lol
Facts! ❤ 😊
I suffer from hypothyroidism and do have the moon-face 🙄
I’ve been seeing professionals for two years and they still can’t figure it out. What now?
Edit: I don’t have cortisol face but i definitely think something endocrine related is happening. Doctors are stumped and I’m tired of going.
The only time i had cortisol face was when i was detoxing from benzo....not everything is cortisol !!!
I have adrenal insufficiency and a pituitary macro adenoma..
I take 5 mg of prednisone 4 times a week and even I dont have moon face, I do get a little swollen sometimes but not to the level of moon face
Heck yes. Facts.
Good day to find this video. Just got blood work back that says I have slightly higher than normal cortisol levels
I actually do have a Buffalo jump and I don't understand why. I've been overweight before but never had it before. Like, why do I have one now? 😢
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.
Hahaha so in summary i do have cortisol face 😂😂 (on systemic corticosteroids but sure not buying anything on tt shop hahaha)
….but what is a cortisol face?
I have PCOS,psoriatic arthritis, Vasculitis( not active) psoriasis and eczema. When I go on prednisone I get a moon face. But all these tic toc people have a mental disorder I think…🧐
I used to be so scared that I was undiagnosed cushings because of the back of my neck and stretch marks, turns out I just have a connective tissue disorder and my heavy chest pulls my posture forward a little too much
How does one diagnose a connective tissue disorder?
@@blueseptember2174 Usually starts with unexplained musculoskeletal pain, low muscle tone, fragile skin (+ intense stretch marks, redness, and weird scars), lots of bruising, may be accompanied by allergic reactions, early spider veins and/or dysautonomia. GP sends you to PT, PT measures your hypermobility ‘wow you’re bendy *and in pain* could be HSD/EDS”, then you go back to your GP get tests for Lyme, Lupus, RA- GP sends you to Rheumatology (possibly cardio for the dysautonomia). Rheumatology will either listen and suspect EDS or even Marfan and send you to Genetics or say it’s “just fibromyalgia” and call it a day. Genetics will likely turn you away or make you wait years because they’ll only take you if you’ve had serious vascular complications (remember connective tissue is everywhere and can effect practically anything). When they finally do take you, you can see which of the 9-13 types of EDS or Marfan symptom you have-UNLESS you have the most common type of EDS (Hypermobile Ehlers Danlos) which *surprise* geneticists haven’t found the genetic marker for yet. After all this they basically say ‘tough luck kid, go back to PT and try not to get osteoarthritis at 26’
@@blueseptember2174it’s not letting me send the whole thing because too many red flag words. Basically, unexplained musculoskeletal pain and skin issues bring people to their primary care doctors, a good primary care provider will check for conditions that cause musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, etc. The send you to PT, telltale sign of a connective tissue disorder is hypermobility. Once the PT diagnoses your hypermobility your primary care provider will send you to rheumatology or genetics. Cushings breaks down collagen and connective tissue disorders are caused (basically) by defective collagen so you can get gnarly stretch marks that mimic cushings
What about long term topical steroids.
My min pin looked like she had cushing’s - tiny head and big ole belly 😆.
Tiktok has become the new Google for self diagnosis... Send help for this generation 😂😂😂
Does Amy Schumer have it?
That would be something Amy would have to answer
Also adults who are not receiving regular bloodwork…side eye
Oooo. If you truly have them from RX steroid use, are they reversible?
Yes. I was on prednisone 8 years. Off steroids & not cushingoid in appearance now
She has it
lol me with daily steroids for secondary acquired Addisons with actual steroid face
Same. The phrase “adrenal fatigue” fills me with rage as well.
I'm primary Adrenal Insuffiency.
Same I have Panhypopituitarism hearing these people talk about this stuff is so frustrating. I have no idea what it’s like living with this.
I have primary adrenal insufficiency (Addisons)! If you're on the correct dose of steroids daily you shouldn't have the side effects normally though because it's just supposed to replace what you don't have. Stress dosing though... Ugh. The worst
"Are you sure it's not just your period"
I looovee jt! I’m soo proud of her. I want her to win so bad!
And dang seeing a fall from grace like this is CRAZY WORK sorry Drake.
I took prednisone for a while and it gave me moonface that was totally unavoidable. That ticktoc lady does not have a moonface. 😑
She never claimed she does?! She simply wanted the craziness about moon-face to stop 🤷🏻♂️
i in fact had a moon face 😭, my thyroid medication has saved me
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