Posted by Mitch on August 14, 2001, at 23:59:45
In reply to Re: dry skin/thinning hair antidotes?, posted by chloe on August 14, 2001, at 20:29:22
> BTW,
> Does anyone have any tips or hint of how to cope with the tight, dry, itchy skin and scalp induced by AC's? Is there any thing to do other than change meds? Is there something I could add???
>
> Many thanks
> A dried out ChloeChloe,
This is a really farout stretch, but have you had your thyroid function checked out lately? I had a thyroid tumor a couple of years ago, and I was asked a lot of questions by my endocrinologist. One of those questions (which related to hypothyroidism) was "is your skin dry, thin, and flaky"?
You possibly could be hypothyroid. Perhaps, unlikely, but maybe you need to see your GP, or a dermatologist, or get a thyroid profile done just in case. The only AC that I have tried that caused my skin to be itchy was Topamax and Trileptal. The others have been ok.Mitch
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