'Pretty Little Liars' Star Sasha Pieterse Recalls Gaining 70 Pounds at Age 17 Amid PCOS Struggles

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Sasha Pieterse is opening up about her battle with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome aka PCOS. During a recent podcast appearance, the 27-year-old Pretty Little Liars actress recalled gaining 70 pounds at the age of 17, before doctors finally diagnosed with the hormonal disorder. Keep reading to find out more… “This is part of the health issues that I was speaking of while I was going through Pretty Little Liars,” Sasha recalled on The Squeeze podcast. “So when I mean it was documented it was like, the changes that were happening to me were documented on camera.” “When I turned, it was probably around 15-16 [years old], I started noticing a difference in just my metabolism in general,” Sasha recalled.

At the time, Sasha said that doctors weren’t able to give her answers for years despite her ongoing symptoms. “I never had a regular period ever and I was just always told by gynecologists that I was just young.

Like, ‘Don’t worry, it’ll regulate,’” Sasha said. Sasha went on to say that she visited “over 15 gynecologists,” but some of them blamed her for the weight gain. “It was the most frustrating experience and disheartening because no matter what I did, no matter how well I behave, no matter how great I treated my body, things were actually getting worse rather than better,” Sasha said. “It was very, very confusing.” Eventually, Sasha was recommended to an endocrinologist who finally diagnosed her with PCOS. “I was like what’s that?

I’d never heard of PCOS before. And it’s a disease, it’s not curable, it can be dormant,” Sasha said. “And the most frustrating part about this is that it’s fairly easy to diagnose.