bitch and whine
Dec. 9th, 2005 08:41 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rmdman, ever since i hit menopause like a brick wall, my skin has been all sensitive. and in the past 48 hours, it's noticed "hey, it's winter! it's dry out! WOOHOO, TIME TO FREAK OUT."
i'm mildly itchy in various spots (at the moment, my upper arms and shoulders, but it varies), and i pulled a bandaid off last nite and there's still a mark where the adhesive was. (i'm not allergic to the adhesive or anything)
i have a doctor's appt soon, so i'll ask if it's okay to up my claritin dose in times like this.
*sigh*
meanwhile, time for ANOTHER mammogram. if L7 or joan jett covered "i enjoy being a girl", i'd have to listen to it a lot on a morning like this. (neither the original nor the phrank version quite fit my mood)
i'm mildly itchy in various spots (at the moment, my upper arms and shoulders, but it varies), and i pulled a bandaid off last nite and there's still a mark where the adhesive was. (i'm not allergic to the adhesive or anything)
i have a doctor's appt soon, so i'll ask if it's okay to up my claritin dose in times like this.
*sigh*
meanwhile, time for ANOTHER mammogram. if L7 or joan jett covered "i enjoy being a girl", i'd have to listen to it a lot on a morning like this. (neither the original nor the phrank version quite fit my mood)
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Date: 2005-12-12 08:13 am (UTC)- Really hot showers are bad for yer skin and will make you more itchy; shoot for warm-to-hot
- Baths help with exfoliation, which can help with the itching; if you soak in water, rather than just shower in it, you slough off more skin cells (sitting in a steam room has a similar effect, I think, if you combine it with a loofa-enhanced shower afterwards)
- Always test new products on a small patch of skin 24 hours before slathering y'self with it to test for sensitivity