Fat Face

Hi I got diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis the 1st of july and was taking 60mg of prednisone a day for 4 weeks and have been tapering off of it by 5mg every 3 days...I'm on 35mg right now. Anyways I really had no signs of this moon face until 3 weeks in it just blew up. I look like an idiot my cheeks look so fat and swollen I don't even recognize myself. I start school the 27th and am really hoping as I'm tapering off the prednisone it will go away. Will it ever go away? I'm really struggling with it I just stay in my house everyday to embarrassed to go out.

it goes away once you're off the stuff, i used to get moon face, insomnia and acne from that drug. my GI mentioned i might have to go back on it, i'll be finding a new gi if that's the case...

favorite shows have been talked about lately - breaking bad is one of my favorites - try adopting the walter white look - go everywhere in your tighty whities and no one will even notice your face

You can also reduce, though not prevent or eliminate, moonface by avoiding salty foods and not adding salt to your meals- salt causes your tissues to suck up more water. My pred face would be largely gone a few weeks after getting below 10mg even if I settled at some low non-zero dose, and invariably disappeared when I got to zero or a very low dose like 2.5-5 mg.

Post Edited (Probiotic) : 8/9/2013 2:44:56 AM (GMT-6)

I'm wondering if one sits in a sauna or sweat it out with exercise if that would help reduce the swelling effect? I thought I remember reading about one person on here who avoided swelling by exercise and reduced salt intake too.

I've been off of budesonide for a month now, and my face is not back to normal yet.