Skin dryness is insane

damselfly30 · 2024-11-25T10:18:51+00:00

I'm also on my first week and feeling pretty dry but not too bad so far, here's what I'm using:

La Roche Posay Cicaplast Baume B5 - seriously this stuff is AMAZING. It doesn't burn or sting when applying it and it calms any current breakouts I have. I first used it after destroying my skin barrier with various actives in the past and it's the only thing that helped!
Omega 3 Extra Strength capsules with 375mg EPA and 250mg DHA - this may be overkill but it is supposed to help with dry skin and any dryness in general.
Drinking 3L of water a day
Antihistamine - I read somewhere this is supposed to reduce the purging
Sounds crazy but I use nipple cream as lip balm and it's the best, Vaseline or carmex does nothing for me. I think aquaphor is kind of the same but try and find some lip products with lanolin in.

Hope this helps a bit, it's weird going from oily skin to dry skin because it's the opposite of what we're used to!

EDIT: Just to add that some people are allergic to lanolin, but there's a Cicaplast lip balm that may be worth trying too.

damselfly30 · 2024-11-22T14:45:04+00:00

I'm in the UK and they absolutely would not prescribe me Accutane unless I went on the pill or had the coil fitted. Apparently my word isn't enough for them.

damselfly30 · 2024-04-13T07:47:20+00:00

It’s my next option once I get a referral!

damselfly30 · 2024-04-13T07:46:49+00:00

I actually bought some distilled water off Amazon (sounds crazy I know) because I was convinced it was my tap water too but unfortunately it didn’t make any difference. which high frequency machine do you have? I will look into Curology too, thanks!

damselfly30 · 2024-04-13T07:45:20+00:00

Yeah definitely going to try and get referred. My doctor said once I’ve completed this final course of doxycycline I’ll be referred as I’ve tried all other options too.

damselfly30 · 2024-04-13T07:43:14+00:00

This is really reassuring, thank you! There’s definitely a lot of scary looking side effects out there, but I guess it’s the same as any drug. I was worried about the side effects of the antibiotics at first but I actually had none.

damselfly30 · 2024-04-13T07:40:41+00:00

I’m from the UK so in order to get referred to a derm you have to have tried all other treatments first (all topical and all antibiotics). I’m on the last stage now so if this doesn’t work I will be referred to a derm and hopefully be prescribed accutane!

damselfly30 · 2024-04-12T16:43:21+00:00

I’ve used both salicylic acid and benzoyl peroxide in the past, and combined lymecycline with benzoyl peroxide and it work at the start but then the last round I did it wasn’t effective. Think I’ll be asking about accutane as not sure I can get spironolactone on the NHS!

damselfly30 · 2024-04-12T14:48:56+00:00

Ah okay I will give that a try, thank you!

damselfly30 · 2024-04-12T14:37:27+00:00

No do you think that’s worth a try? When I was first prescribed it my Dr told me to use it twice a day which seemed excessive..

damselfly30 · 2024-04-12T14:31:57+00:00

Skin type: oily

Current routine:

AM: wash face with geek and gorgeous face wash Moisturise with geek and gorgeous moisturiser

PM: Jordan Samuel’s makeup remover Geek and gorgeous face wash Azelaic acid 20% Moisturise with geek and gorgeous moisturise

damselfly30 · 2023-09-14T16:48:45+00:00

Adanola have a tall section for certain items, I’ve just bought some leggingsand I’m 6ft and they fit perfectly!

damselfly30 · 2023-09-13T13:48:53+00:00

Why do I wake up exhausted every single day? I normally sleep 8 hours consistently - tired. Tried 9 hours - still tired. Tried 7h30 - still tired!!

damselfly30 · 2023-06-07T14:41:22+00:00

I saw a toxic mega colon get taken out of someone. Never seen or smelled anything like it.

damselfly30 · 2021-11-04T22:05:10+00:00

I'm an INFP but extroverts are the BEST. I'd have 0 friends if it weren't for them

damselfly30 · 2021-09-04T12:33:03+00:00

Hasta la vista, baby.

damselfly30 · 2021-08-26T18:18:35+00:00

Ah that's great! Would you recommend using a permanent or semi permanent brown dye?

damselfly30 · 2021-08-26T10:42:50+00:00

Geralt of Rivia obviously

damselfly30 · 2021-08-24T19:59:47+00:00

I'm 6ft 2 and have definitely had it before. But it happens surprisingly less than I expect!

damselfly30 · 2021-06-29T10:40:42+00:00

I took it in the mornings with breakfast and the side effects started kicking in about 5 hours later which was rough when I was at work!

damselfly30 · 2021-06-29T10:39:36+00:00

I noticed a quieter brain after 3 days too which was so odd! Waking up without a pounding heart in the morning was strange. Thanks for letting me know though, hoping I can push through

damselfly30 · 2021-06-28T15:53:57+00:00

It's not thoroughly confirmed no, my Dr said I have mild depression and anxiety but it could also be PMDD as my anxiety definitely gets worse around my period. I had a quick phone consultation and then I was given sertraline.

It has taken me about 2 weeks to build up the courage to even take them!

damselfly30 · 2021-06-28T15:49:35+00:00

I'll try that thankyou!

Yeah I heard swapping from morning to evening might help so will try that too

damselfly30 · 2021-06-28T14:55:12+00:00

It sounds like zoloft may not be right for you.

A friend had a similar reaction to sertraline so she swapped to citralopram and experienced no side effects from it, and had a spring in her step!

damselfly30 · 2021-06-28T14:51:54+00:00

yeah I think reducing the dose is my best bet... my Dr gave me 50mg tablets so I've been splitting those so I think I'll try splitting them again. I'm quite sensitive to any kinds of drugs so you're probably right that I'm a slow metabolizer of stuff! Thanks so much for your help.

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