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Posted 12/21/2011 7:02 AM (GMT -5)
When does it go away? I'm down to 20mg of Prednisone from 60mg started in October and I feel like my face looks rounder THAN EVER!!! At what point does moonface go away? It does eventually? Right? cry
Posted 12/21/2011 8:16 AM (GMT -5)
I'm so glad you posted this: I started prednisone, 100 mg QD in September. (Before that, it was 60 mg a day for 2-3 weeks per month since March.) I'm down to 15 mg a day *hooray!* and also feel things are worse, especially in my throat and neck. It's so hard to look down and turn my head! Do you have any swelling in your neck?

I have read that it can take as long for the swelling to go away as you were on prednisone in the first place- so for me, after I finish tapering, it could be another 4 months before I look "normal" again. I just have to look at this positively, like, okay, it will take a while but I should look myself again in time for me daughter's wedding this spring. <3

Can't wait to hear the responses from these lovely people. :)

Post Edited (psychomom) : 12/21/2011 6:29:45 AM (GMT-7)

Posted 12/21/2011 8:45 AM (GMT -5)
Hi Psychomom - thanks for the info! At least now I have an ideaish of when this "fat" face will go away!!! I haven't noticed anything different in my neck, but face is definitely WAY swollen. If you look at pics of myself like 2 mos ago, I feel like it looks like a different person. I hate having this uber round face, but I a grateful for feeling better...guess it comes with the territory.
Posted 12/21/2011 10:05 AM (GMT -5)
Sad to say mine didn't even start to go away till I was completely off of pred and then it took a few weeks to be completely gone but within a week I saw a big improvement. I hate moonface the most.
Posted 12/21/2011 10:05 AM (GMT -5)
Sad to say mine didn't even start to go away till I was completely off of pred and then it took a few weeks to be completely gone but within a week I saw a big improvement. I hate moonface the most.
Posted 12/21/2011 10:16 AM (GMT -5)
Yep, Sherbear that sounds right... I'm at 7.5mg right now trying to wean and I still have a little bit of it on my neck and face and a little on my back. It sucks... but the worst is waking up with the tiny ones under your nose. Painful...
Posted 12/21/2011 10:37 AM (GMT -5)
I stopped my Pred course in early September and only within the last two weeks would I consider my face normal--but moonface has always been this severe for me so I think it just takes me longer for whatever reason! It is the worst though. I can handle all the other awful pred side effects, but I HATE moonface.
Posted 12/21/2011 11:09 AM (GMT -5)
I am so happy somoene posted this today. I'd like to report that I finally got my chin back. I was on prednisone for about a year and most of the time, a dose under 20mg, under 10mg even, but as sherbear said, my moonface didn't even begin to disappear until after I was completely off prednisone and even after the moonface went away, I had this awful double chin that I thought would never go away. I honestly was beginning to think I had developed a double chin due to age coincidentally at the same time I was on prednisone. I have been off for about 6 or 7 months now and I have a chin again. I still have good days and bad days, bad days are ones where I have 2 chins... Think positive, you haven't been on it for too long, October to December is only 2-3 months, if you're off in another month, worst case, it could take 4 months to go away but probably less. The longer you're on and the higher dose, the longer it sticks around.
Posted 12/21/2011 11:56 AM (GMT -5)
Thank you so much for everyone's input - I don't know what'd I do without this forum!!!!
Posted 12/21/2011 3:37 PM (GMT -5)
Aw :) Where's the "Like" button when you need it.
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