Social media users just won’t stop talking about how the stress hormone cortisol can cause cheeks and eyelids to swell out of recognition, a condition dubbed “moon face.”
“Your face is like a moon, it can be very circular,” one woman claims on TikTok. “It can look swollen and inflamed.”
“It’s from high cortisol, aka high stress,” a woman says in another post. “When I was going through the pandemic I was like (she puffs out her cheeks) balloon face.”
Dermatologists cast doubt on chatter among social media users that high levels of the stress hormone cortisol can lead to puffy or rounded cheeks, a condition that’s been dubbed “moon face.”
As people scurry to fit more and more into each day, constant stress can be a reality in today’s busy society. But can such stress actually expand your face?
“While chronic stress can lead to increased levels of cortisol in the body, those levels …