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pat38625
pat38625

Hi, just diagnosed last month with PMR and am on 20mg of pred.  I have noticed a vertical indentation from the top/hairline running down my forehead.  It's not another wrinkle or line but definately an indentation.  It's been there for a couple of weeks now and it has got longer in size.  I have used search engines but really cannot find an awful lot about it.  

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  • EileenH
    EileenH pat38625

    Posted

    I have honestly never heard anyone comment about something like that before!!!!!

    Are you sure it isn't because of fluid retention due to the pred? Before losing a lot of pred weight I did have a couple of creases that can only have been due to lying against things, if you see what I mean.

    • pat38625
      pat38625 EileenH

      Posted

      Thanks Eileen but no it's not from fluid retention.  It has been there for a couple of weeks and is there permantly.  My face is not full and if I have put on any weight it hasn't been much.  I know the older you get you can get lines from lying on the pillow and they take ages to go away but this indentation is not for going.
  • Oregonjohn-UK
    Oregonjohn-UK pat38625

    Posted

    Interesting one!   Not come across that one personally. Only answer I can think of is - worry!
    • constance.de
      constance.de Oregonjohn-UK

      Posted

      Reply, through John.  No, don't worry. Worry makes PMR worse!,  See a doctor.  Good luck.
    • pat38625
      pat38625 Oregonjohn-UK

      Posted

      I know it is puzzling.  I have used the search engines and there was something about temporal arteritis among other things.  Because I have looked so much I cannot remember now where I saw it.  

      Worry (no chance) I don't waste mental energy on things I can do nothing about.  Thanks anyway

    • pat38625
      pat38625 constance.de

      Posted

      Thanks Constance no chance of me worrying and that's the truth.  Next time I'm at drs I will mention it, or show it.  I am in no hurry to be seeing a doctor unless I have to.
  • barb30898
    barb30898 pat38625

    Posted

    Hi Pat,

    this is quite weird.

    i was diagnosed with PMR, last April. Started  with 20 mg pred.

    i am not sure how long after I started, but I had developed a fairly long indentation across my left cheek.

    i mentioned it to my husband who absent mindedly agreed I had an indent( but of course, he wasn't concerned (it wasn't about him.)

    after a while, I stopped paying attention to it.after all, it's no big deal in the scheme of

    things.

    when I saw your post, I laughed and checked my cheek, and it's GONE!

    don't sweat the small stuff. Ok?

    barb

    • pat38625
      pat38625 barb30898

      Posted

      Thanks Barb, all information is very welcome.  It may nor may not be anything to do with PMR or pred and yet it might.  I honestly don't care that much about how it looks it's just so odd.  I really don't sweat the small stuff, if the vertical indentation stays it stays and if it goes it goes.  No worries.
  • Dinah54
    Dinah54 pat38625

    Posted

    That's weird - I had exactly the same on my forehead a couple of weeks ago. I'm only on 3.5 mg but I had just had two steroid injections in my knees. It only lasted a few days and then disappeared. Hopefully yours will too!
    • pat38625
      pat38625 Dinah54

      Posted

      Dinah thank you for your input.  I agree it's odd.  Mine has been there weeks now and as I said it doesn't matter how it looks, it's what it is.  I will find out sometime on my next visit to drs.
    • EileenH
      EileenH pat38625

      Posted

      It is SO bizarre - I now have a vertical "crease" running down my forehead into my eyelid about 1/3 of the way along my eyebrow! I noticed it after the last response I wrote here!

      It must be catching...

    • pat38625
      pat38625 EileenH

      Posted

      Well it is bizarre - you now have a crease running down your forehead and into eyelid.  Mine is definately an indentation and is slanted a bit but no where near my eyes.  

      Just got my appointment for Endocrinology 8th January, which is not that far away.  Why I am going I dinnae know but will soon find out when I get there.

    • EileenH
      EileenH pat38625

      Posted

      Apologies if I have missed this - but where are you from? Dinnae suggests a Scottish heritage to me...
    • Dinah54
      Dinah54 EileenH

      Posted

      Come on Eileen (sorry you must get that a lot) - you must be able to come up with a scientific explanation....
    • EileenH
      EileenH Dinah54

      Posted

      Funnily enough Dinah - no I don't! My family and friends obviously indulge in other types of music!!!!

      We don't have access to pictures on here do we? Maybe this is a discussion to transfer to the PMRGCAUK northeast forum - where we have a section for photos and stuff. Not that I could contribute, I don't even have a camera!!!

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