Sasha Pieterse discussed the challenges of gaining 70 pounds at age 17 — while filming a hit TV series — due to her experience with polycystic ovary syndrome.“This is part of the health issues that I was speaking of while I was going through Pretty Little Liars.
The changes that were happening to me were documented on camera,” Pieterse, 27, said during the Wednesday, August 9, episode of Taylor Lautner and wife Taylor Dome‘s “The Squeeze” podcast.Pieterse recalled having symptoms of PCOS during her time playing Alison DiLaurentis.“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,’” the actress, who appeared on PLL from 2010 to 2017, noted. “ It was probably around 15 or 16 that I started noticing a difference in just my metabolism in general.
At 17, I gained 70 pounds in the year, for no reason. There was no explanation for it.”Pieterse visited “over 15 gynecologists” but wasn’t able to get a proper diagnosis.
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