{"id":10743,"date":"2024-08-05T15:00:03","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T15:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=10743"},"modified":"2024-08-05T15:23:08","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T15:23:08","slug":"can-stress-really-give-you-a-round-cortisol-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=10743","title":{"rendered":"Can Stress Really Give You A Round \u2018Cortisol Face\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Online influencers claim the hormone can change the shape of your face. But experts say that misconstrues how cortisol works.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou\u2019re not ugly. You just have cortisol face,\u201d Mandana Zarghami told viewers at the start of a recent TikTok video<\/a>, one of many on the social platform blaming a rounded, puffy face on high levels of the hormone.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of lifestyle and beauty influencers have claimed online that they\u2019ve transformed their appearance by tackling stress. Many are sharing before and after<\/a> photos that contrast their once fuller faces with new, lean jawlines, attributing the difference to lower levels of cortisol, the hormone produced in response to physical and mental stress. Some are even selling products and programs they claim will reduce cortisol and lead to a slimmed-down appearance.<\/p>\n

Ms. Zarghami, 28, said in an interview that her aim on TikTok was to educate people about the effects of high cortisol, though she does have a wellness business, through which she sells a \u201chormone-balance tea.\u201d<\/p>\n

When she began experiencing visible swelling of her face and abdomen in 2020, Ms. Zarghami consulted a doctor, who suggested stress might be to blame. She felt frustrated by the response: \u201cHow can I control my stress if you\u2019re not giving me tools?\u201d she wondered.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ms. Zarghami made lifestyle changes that she believed had reduced both her cortisol level and her persistent facial swelling. These included drinking diluted apple cider vinegar after waking, and then green tea throughout the day. She also stopped weight lifting and instead started doing low-impact exercise and walking.<\/p>\n

Ms. Zarghami later shared those tips online, claiming that \u201ccortisol face\u201d could be tackled without drugs or expensive products. \u201cI did a lot of research on how to fix this naturally,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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Online influencers claim the hormone can change the shape of your face. But experts say that misconstrues how cortisol works.\u201cYou\u2019re not ugly. You just have cortisol face,\u201d Mandana Zarghami told viewers at the start of a recent TikTok video, one of many on the social platform blaming a rounded, puffy face on high levels of the hormone.Hundreds of lifestyle and beauty influencers have claimed online that they\u2019ve transformed their appearance by tackling stress. Many are sharing before and after photos that contrast their once fuller faces with new, lean jawlines, attributing the difference to lower levels of cortisol, the hormone produced in response to physical and mental stress. Some are even selling products and programs they claim will reduce cortisol and lead to a slimmed-down appearance.Ms. Zarghami, 28, said in an interview that her aim on TikTok was to educate people about the effects of high cortisol, though she does have a wellness business, through which she sells a \u201chormone-balance tea.\u201dWhen she began experiencing visible swelling of her face and abdomen in 2020, Ms. Zarghami consulted a doctor, who suggested stress might be to blame. She felt frustrated by the response: \u201cHow can I control my stress if you\u2019re not giving me tools?\u201d she wondered.Ms. Zarghami made lifestyle changes that she believed had reduced both her cortisol level and her persistent facial swelling. These included drinking diluted apple cider vinegar after waking, and then green tea throughout the day. She also stopped weight lifting and instead started doing low-impact exercise and walking.Ms. Zarghami later shared those tips online, claiming that \u201ccortisol face\u201d could be tackled without drugs or expensive products. \u201cI did a lot of research on how to fix this naturally,\u201d she said.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10745,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10743"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10746,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10743\/revisions\/10746"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}