Amy Schumer reveals trolling over her ‘moon face’ led to Cushing Syndrome diagnosis

AMY Schumer has revealed that the trolling she received implicit her satellite look led to her diagnosis of Cushing Syndrome.

Last year, the histrion and manager revealed she had been diagnosed with Cushing's Syndrome, which was caused by having steroid injections successful precocious doses.

According to the Mayo Clinic, "Cushing syndrome happens erstwhile the assemblage has excessively overmuch of the hormone cortisol for a agelong time."

The tract adds however it tin effect from "the assemblage making excessively overmuch cortisol, oregon from taking medicines called glucocorticoids, which impact the assemblage the aforesaid mode arsenic cortisol".

And present Amy has shared however she ne'er would person gotten her diagnosis of the information if it wasn't for net trolls.

Speaking connected the Call Her Daddy podcast hosted by Alex Cooper, she said: "A twelvemonth ago, the Internet truly came for me."

Amy was referring to however past January she appeared connected The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, erstwhile radical commented connected her "puffy" and "swollen" face.

Speaking connected the podcast this week, she explained however she ignored the comments astatine first, saying: "I was like, ‘Okay, everybody, like, relax’."

But past erstwhile physicians began to remark with imaginable diagnoses, she sat up and paid attention.

'YOUR FACE LOOKS CRAZY'

"Doctors were chiming successful in the comments and they were, like, ‘No, no... something's truly up. Your look looks truthful crazy.’"

"At first, I was like, ‘F—k off,’", Amy said, but past she thought: "Wait, I person been getting steroid injections for my scars."

Amy had a bosom simplification and Cesarean section, with the prima getting steroid injections to assistance slice her scars.

"So I got these was getting these steroid injections and truthful it gave maine this happening called Cushing syndrome — which I wouldn't person known if the net hadn't travel for maine truthful hard," she said connected the pdcast.

Amy went connected to accidental however she learned that she had the information close earlier she started shooting the comedy Kinda Pregnant, which comes retired connected Netflix adjacent month.

MOON FACE COMMENTS

Recalling erstwhile she got diagnosed, she said: "I learned I had this condition, and that I had thing called satellite face, and I'm starring successful a movie — and there's a camera close successful my face.

"Everyone's like, ‘You look great,’" she added, but past 1 of her friends was precise blunt.

"Your look is looking, like, a small spot insane," Amy recalled her person telling her.

She aboriginal said connected the podcast: "I was feeling truly down connected myself earlier I started filming this movi.

"I was, like, truly having occupation figuring retired however I was going to prima successful a movie portion I had this going on."

When Amy was initially trolled for her "moon face", she broke her soundlessness connected societal media.

AMY'S INITIAL RESPONSE

"Thank you truthful overmuch for everyone’s input astir my face," she said astatine the time.

"I’ve enjoyed feedback and deliberation astir my quality arsenic each women bash for astir 20 years.

"And you’re close it is puffier than mean close now."

The Hollywood prima explained: "I person endometriosis an autoimmune illness that each pistillate should work about.

"There are immoderate aesculapian and hormonal things going connected successful my satellite close present but I’m okay. 

"Historically women’s bodies person hardly been studied medically compared to men.

"The publication 'all successful her head' does a bully occupation explaining this. I besides judge a pistillate doesn’t request immoderate excuse for her carnal quality and owes nary explanation. 

"But I wanted to instrumentality the accidental to advocator for self-love and acceptance of the tegument you’re in. Like each different women/person immoderate days I consciousness assured and bully arsenic hellhole and others I privation to enactment a container implicit my head. 

"But I consciousness beardown and beauteous and truthful arrogant of this TV amusement I created. Wrote. Starred successful and directed. Maybe conscionable possibly we tin absorption connected that for a little. 

"I had backup dancers connected Fallon but my look is the header hahaha anyhow I anticipation you bask beingness and Beth. Love and solidarity. Amy."

She was past aboriginal diagnosed with cushing syndrome.

The star, who has present "got rid" of the syndrome, archetypal announced quality of her diagnosis successful aboriginal 2024 successful the News Not Noise Substack newsletter.