When will my moon face go?

[hannaaah666]

I've been off Pred for about a week now after about 18 months of use because I've got a temporary stoma (which is driving me insane and causing some lovely depression and anxiety. yay)
When will the facial swelling go down? It's really really bugging me. I'm only 17 and I have quite a lot on my plate already without looking like a lollypop (the rest of my body is pretty skinny after my recent hospital stay)
Is there anything I can do to speed up the process of losing the moon face?

 

[Ckt]

I'm about 30 years older than you but in the past when I had come off prednisone,it just has taken time...and patience.limiting salt,at least stuff I know that's loaded with it has helped some a lot with moderate exercise like walking.maybe with your young age it will go down sooner..mine took a few months..

 

[hannaaah666]

That's great, thanks! I'm gonna feel crap anyway until my reversal Op (because I only need the stoma a few months) so that's pretty good! Hopefully by the start of next year I'll be ALMOST normal teenager-y.