Social media is always brimming with new trends and the latest example is ‘Cortisol face’ or ‘moon face.’ Cortisol Face is generally characterised by face swelling and bloating, resulting in a round, puffy appearance. Dr Vijay Murthy, PhD, a leading functional medicine doctor and co-founder of Murthy Health, told Healthline, that the notion of ‘cortisol face’ affecting everyone under stress …
Recently a topic is trending on TikTok incessantly – it is related to the moon facies. In an interview with HT lifestyle, Dr Pranav Ghody, Senior Endocrinologist at Wockhardt Hospitals Mumbai Central, said, “There have been some recent posts on social media about ‘cortisol face’ which means appearance of puffiness or rounding of facial features. Social media influencers are blaming …
You’re not fat, you just have ‘cortisol face’.” All over TikTok, women are convinced they have found the solution to facial puffiness – by turning their attention to their levels of cortisol, the natural “stress” hormone, produced by the body. “Take a look at paintings of Henry VIII at the end of his life: there’s a theory that he had …
