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I saw a brief clip on TV some months ago about the benefits of wrapping arthritic joints in cabbage leaves to relieve the pain. I can't remember any more than that, Has anyone tried this is there any info about it?

Cabbage leaves? Is this a serious question? On the slim chance that it is,
let me offer you this advice---It probably isn't going to do you any harm,
but the only benefit that I can think of that it might possibly have, is that
it may hold the heat in any joint it is wrapped around. And heat often helps.

But my advice to you, is-------make some rice socks instead!! -Char

5/9/01

Hi, my name is Evelyn and I`ve been on predisone 7 1/2 mgs a day since Sept. 2000. This may seem like a trivial question with all the serious ones on here..but I was wondering about the moon face. I`m starting to notice it on
me and I wondered if anyone had any ideas about makeup or hair styles that
would camouflage it. I know it sounds vain...but hey, I`d like to look my
best. Thanks, evei

I too had the moonface being on 10 mg of prednisone daily, per order of rheumatologist, my family Dr. saw me, and said &quoT;too much prednisone! called me moon face, I felt terrible! did he forget that it was he who sent me to see the rheumatologist? -Linda K.

I found that by wearing a drop earring, not necessarily a big one, that the resulting effect was a longer look to my face.&nbsP; Even a hoop earring helps. -Linda

My dear-Don't sweat the small stuff. There are so many other things that can go wrong with us, in association with these diseases. Instead, concentrate on meaningful things. Like-am I a good, honest and caring person? Am I setting a good example for the children in my life? (And they dont have to be your own kids. Nieces, nephews, the next door neighbors kids you run into almost everyday, are kids in your life.) Have I made a difference in this world?
Life is too short to sweat the small stuff. -Char

No need to worry about people thinking that you are vain asking this question! I had the moon face for a while and I'm always amazed at what people will tell you! I had so many people telling me how much weight I had gained, like they didn't think that I knew that already!

I started wearing my hair down and had it cut so that it framed my face instead of tucking it behind my ears. I also toned down my lipstick shade, instead of wearing bright colors, I used more natural neutral tones that didn't bring attention to the bottom part of my face and played up my eyes so that people would look up!

Go to your favorite make-up counter at a department store or similar store and have a make-up artist help you pick out colors and show you techniques. I was surprised at the reaction I got when I went to my local department store, the make-up artist was very understanding and helped me feel better by looking better!

Talk to your doctor about lowering your pred. doses (slowly) if possible. When I got down to 5 mgs a day, my face almost immediately got skinny again!
Good luck :-)
-Lucian

I too experience the dreaded moonface after taking 15mg of prendisone for the past 5 months.&nbsP; I have found wearing my hair in a fuller style seems to help the full face.&nbsP; My hair was in a straighter longer style and it seem the&nbsP; first thing I saw was a full face. I got a wavy perm and it seemed to help.&nbsP; I also try to wear more blush high cheekbones help also.&nbsP; I was told if you can cut out carbohydrates and sweets from your diet this also helps. I plan on going on a low carbo diet, I'll let you know if this helps. -??

Any advice for the dreaded moonface?

4/18/01 Hello, my name is suzanne, i have ra. Iam 39 years old and was diagnosed when i was 36. My pain is what i call tolerable. I have been on gold injections for quite some time. And i feel that for the most part, there working good. Ive had this problem though with inflammation in my hand. All my pain seems to be on my right side. Being my wrist and my foot. Recently my doctor suggested i try more drugs. Im not to keen on them though, because of what they can do to your insides. I feel that as long as im able to work, and function with the amount of pain that i have im better off just staying with the gold.ive already had a liver biopsy done because of the drugs, let me tell you, i dont want another one. Thank god it came out alright, being nothing is wrong. The drugs he wants me to try are methotrexate and remicade. He says my wrist is already 2/3rds damaged and i cant get that back. I would like to try surgery to remove the build up. Rather then the drugs. Metho scares the hell out of me. And i dont know much about remicade. I have a great doc though, he told me he will work with me...whatever i decide. Well thanks for listening, and if you have any input to my dilemma please let me know. Thankyou suzanne And your answers: Hi I am 55 and have been on MTX for 5 months I had side affect in the beginning so the dose was lowered.I still have the gold tabs as well I was like you scared but its worth going down that path if it helps.