Pmr prednisone and breast enlargement

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im sure ive read about this before but now i cant find it. ive been on pred since sept 2016; am currently at 5 mg. it seems my breasts are getting larger. not sore, just bigger. since im kinda skinny (5'3" and 116 pounds) , its noticeable, at least to me. i havent gained weight recently. anyone else notice this? im thinking its long term pred use. i just talked with another pred friend this morning who has had pmr for 14 years; she said she noticed the same thing. thank you.

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  • Posted

    I certainly needed bigger bras but it was general weight gain and went back to normal once I got rid of 35lbs of PMR and pred associated weight gain! I just read a post on another forum where someone said that being on pred gave them a convex rather than concave chest shape for the first time in her life!

  • Posted

    Yes, this has come up before and one said "my cups runneth over". Still laugh over it.

    Everything runs on excess - even the epilator! Though I lost a bit in the eyebrows and lashes. It all subsides eventually.

    • Posted

      a good one! thank you, i feel all better now. looking forward to the subsiding part, arent we all?

    • Posted

      Got the moonface and revelled in no-lines?

      Nice to have them back.

  • Posted

    I cant quite understand it you are complaining or boasting 😃 . You can start rumors on new breast enlargement technique - no surgery necessary 😃... I did not notice any change, but again it would be a bit strange for men to have the same "

    • Posted

      HAHA, sorta. im jist a worrywart, i guess. this is tmi but because of my pred body that cant stand anything tight, i already buy size 2X bras at the big box stores. i swim in them but at least they arent tight. wonder what size i need now?

    • Posted

      If only you could carry them around for a month !!!!! It never ever occurred to me that Pred could be partly responsible. (I would put a mortified looking emoji here if only I knew how on this new 'site'. I have been blaming all my ancestors for leaving me with this burden.

  • Posted

    Yes, mine grew, as did my stomach! I don't like it one bit. None of my bras fit and had to go out and get sports bras just to be comfortable. I suspect it was from pred weight gain.

    • Posted

      Same here...disconcerting because i am (was) kinda skinny before pred. too skinny. now my tummy weight gain is blobby, very unnatural for me. think we'll get back to normal after we get off the stuff?

    • Posted

      I know people who have - albeit a 5 or 6 year older normal.

    • Posted

      oh yeah...i keep forgetting about that part. although i look so much older right now than my non-pmr friends.

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