moonface

im newly diagnosed with ibd.. not even confirmed if i have UC or crohns disease yet. but ive been on prednisone since june and im going to be off august 23rd. the moonface came recently and its really bringing me down. i dont really want to see a lot of people cause i feel like all theyre going to think its that ive gained weight. but i also dont want to have to reexplain why either. and im super nervous to go back to school. does anyone have any helpful tips besides "it'll go away eventually"? cause thats all i hear from anyone and it really doesnt help whatsoever. im already a super insecure teen and this makes it worse. can anyone help?

Truth is, it will go away.

The water retention in your face is your least problem. Make sure you take calcium with your prednisone. I didn't and ended up with osteoporosis and that will not go away so easily.

I beat moonface and steroid weight gain by working out like a maniac thanks to all of the prednisone energy. I also completely stopped eating pretty much all sodium and sugar. I also drank tons and tons of water. I was peeing about 20 times a day. Maybe you could try some or all of these to help lose the puffiness.

I would just tell people I am on a steriod and that usually is all you need to say. No one needs to know what for.

I started to see a difference within the first week of going off of pred. It's not overnight (don't we all wish) but I could stand to look in the mirror within a week if I remember correctly. I have a round face as it is and pred makes it look horrendous.

It usually depends how long you've been on them. If you respond the way I did (and no guarantees there), you'll start to see the swelling go down in 2 weeks and be back to normal within a month.

I didn't think about taking a diuretic
I like lemon water, I think I will try that
Thanks elpis

Family and friends never get it. My boyfriend told me yesterday that he likes me better with "chipmunk cheeks." One should never anger someone on prednisone.

Lol that reminds me when my dad told me the cookie I was eating wasn't healthy... I think I finished the plate of them cuz I was annoyed

Hi! I'm about to embark on my second course of Pred.

My last course resulted in Moonface that got so much worse when I was cold! I will be honest-it wasn't until around 3 weeks after stopping the pred completely that the mooning went down. It was the last symptom to go. Try getting active-go for a brisk walk twice a day and drink loads-that should help combat it a bit. Also leaving your hair down will hide a lot of the puffiness. I'll admit that when it was really cold out (I last took it Sept-Nov 2014) I just stayed at home-I was so paranoid about it.

I've warned my colleagues this time around and they've promised not to put the air con on in the office!

It's hard to stay positive-you have my empathy-let's Moonface together!!!