LaylaBird via Getty Images Experts say high cortisol can cause a rounder face appearance, but it's not as common as social media says. “Cortisol is what we call a glucocorticoid hormone, and it actually helps regulate your body’s response to stress,” said Dr. Divya Yogi-Morren, the medical director of the Pituitary Center at Cleveland Clinic. “If your body has too …
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 …
Kanawa_Studio via Getty Images Factors like too much alcohol and not enough sleep raise your body's levels of cortisol, your stress hormone. But “as with anything in our body, when it’s too high for too long or too low for too long, it becomes a problem.” Chronic high cortisol levels can lead to health issues like high blood pressure and …
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It’s been a year since the pandemic-induced lockdown and work from home put our daily schedules into disarray. But sleep deprivation affects different aspects of our lives,” says Dr Sibasish Dey, head, medical affairs, Asia and Latin America, ResMed—a digital health and connected sleep and respiratory care devices provider. A study published a few years ago established that many Indians …