{"id":165647,"date":"2024-10-31T18:23:35","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T00:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/?p=165647"},"modified":"2025-01-06T10:27:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T16:27:02","slug":"what-is-cortisol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/health\/what-is-cortisol\/","title":{"rendered":"Cortisol Face?: The Reality Behind the So-Called ‘Stress Hormone’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In a now viral TikTok, Mandana Zarghami starts by saying: “You’re not ugly, you just have a cortisol face.\u201d Published under the hashtag #cortisolface, the video was part of a trend of other wellness and beauty influencers explaining the term. But what is cortisol<\/strong>? How <\/strong>does it affect our body<\/strong>? And why has it drawn so much attention on social media?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, “cortisol is a hormone<\/strong> that we produce from birth and is essential for life,” explains Paola Portill<\/strong>o, who is a specialist in endocrinology at Hospital Zambrano Hellion in Monterrey of TecSalud<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the past few months, hundreds of people have shared videos claiming that their “cortisol face<\/strong>” – referring to a round and inflamed face – is due to high levels of this hormone<\/strong> in their body, which they associate with increased stress in their daily lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, for experts, the relationship between stress <\/strong>and cortisol<\/strong> is not as simple as social media would have us believe because this hormone -one of more than 50 produced by our body- has multiple functions in different areas of our body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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