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Posted 11/18/2015 10:44 PM (GMT -5)
So I recently had my coloectomy a Month ago and am ready to start a new life with a soon to come Jpouch, but one thing is kind of worrying me. When is this stupid prednisone moon face gonna go away? I'm currently a freshman in Highschool, and I've been doing Homeschool since the beginning of the year, but I'm going to public school next semester in January. I've been off prednisone for exactly a month now and with just a month and a half left to go, I'm starting to wonder if my face will go away by the time school starts. I also work out on a regular basis (just jogging and stuff about an hour a day. I recently got cleared to work out) and I'm wondering if that'll help lose it faster? I consider myself a fairly good looking guy but this pred makes me look like a pumpkin. Lol. Plus highschool is very judgmental and a little cruel sometimes. Any suggestions on how I can make it go away faster? I'm seeing slight changes & lost 5 of the 15 pounds I've gained but I'm not sure this is gonna be enough come January. I know this is a very minor problem compared to some things but it would be nice to know haha.
Posted 11/18/2015 10:48 PM (GMT -5)
It can take different amounts of time but generally people take longer to lose moon face when they were on high doses or for a long time.
Limiting sodium and sugar intake will help and make sure to drink plenty of water.
It will fall away. I stopped steroids in August and while I have not lost all of my weight my face is looking so much better. My pred acne is basically gone as well.

Good luck with starting school and have a speedy recovery.
Posted 11/18/2015 10:54 PM (GMT -5)
Yea, that's one of the problems I've had. I've been on a low dose of prednisone for about 3 years, no moonface, but I recently had a bad flare over the summer and was on 60 for basically a month. Thank you!
Posted 11/18/2015 10:58 PM (GMT -5)
Wow I'm sorry you had to take so much pred. The stuff is awful. I would suspect you will see improvement soon but I can't make guarantees.

Have you had your bone density scanned?
Posted 11/19/2015 8:56 AM (GMT -5)
I feel your pain. I was on 80mg of Pred for a while there-finally started tapering down. I had really bad moonface and pred acne (still have the acne :/). Mine is finally starting to go down-it took about a few weeks for it to be noticeable. As others have said, keep your sugar and sodium to a minimum. Drink plenty of water. You said you try to stay fit-that is good. I don't know if it helped, but after I was done working out at the gym I always spent a few minutes in the sauna/steam room.

Overall, you will just have to ride it out. I do believe that by the time school starts you should see a noticeable difference if it isn't completely gone.
Posted 11/19/2015 9:35 AM (GMT -5)
At least you're a good looking moon-face smilewinkgrin

Nothing else to add to all the good suggestions above.

Hang in there - it will get better !
Posted 11/19/2015 12:08 PM (GMT -5)
You get my vote for best user name on the forum.
Posted 11/19/2015 1:02 PM (GMT -5)
You have to stay well hydrated with an ostomy. It took a lot of begging for my surgeon to write me a script for Water-pill (Laxis) but they can help a little with the moon face but they can make you become dehydrated quickly.

I was on a high dose of predisone for 4 months before my colectomy. The good thing is that it goes down a little bit each day.

Also you need to watch for steroid withdrawal. It hit me hard after my colectomy and I had to go back on some Pred for a week to stop it. The withdrawal was brutal.
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