Medscape November 11, 2024
“Cortisol” has become a household word, popularized by social media and tagged in videos that garnered nearly 800 million views last year. This is linked to the also trending term “moon face,” which TikTok influencers and others have suggested is caused by high cortisol levels and, conversely, can be reduced through stress reduction.
Although it’s true that cortisol is a hormone associated with stress, elevated stress levels are unlikely, by themselves, to cause the rounded facial features associated with “moon face.”
“When we hear the term ‘moon face,’ we’re typically referring to Cushing syndrome [CS] or treatment with prolonged high-dose glucocorticoids,” Anat Ben-Shlomo, MD, co-director of the Multidisciplinary Adrenal Program, Pituitary Center, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at Cedars-Sinai...
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