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Finding a New Perspective After Medication Changed My Appearance

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Three years ago when I stared in the mirror, the face looking back at me was unrecognizable — swollen and puffy with what I now know is referred to as “moon face.” My body was similarly swollen, and most days I looked like I was seven months pregnant, another classic symptom of Cushing’s disease.

Thanks to my years of steroid treatment, I had medication-induced Cushing’s which came with many side effects including, gaining 50 pounds, thinning hair and said moon face.

And that was just what we could see on the outside. It took me three years on steroids to become “cushingoid” as they call it.

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