Has my skin become incredibly since my last update! About 2 weeks ago, I noticed that the edges of my upper and lower lips were incredibly swollen and rough feeling as though I had cold sores all over those areas. When I'd arrived home from work that day, I'd noticed that the immediate area around my mouth was also so parched dry that the skin was white and could almost be flaked off.
That night I set off applying layers of moisturisers, painted on the Sorbolene Cream and lip balm, much more than I had the past weeks. Even before heading to work, I'd apply three layers of moisturiser to my face and lip balm to my lips, once immediately after cleansing my face, then the other two times just before I stepped out the door to make sure that my skin is protected against the winter elements and office air-conditioning.
Even with all this intense moisturising, it took around a week to stabilise the dryness. I am still applying this same amount of moisturisers and lip balm but still have some small patches of flaking dry skin on different areas of my face, but for the most part, the dryness is under control.
That being said, another bout of dermatitis has reappeared on the back of my hands. After I stop applying the cortisol cream, the skin where the dermatitis is becomes incredibly dry. Again like before, I tried applying Sorbolene to the affected areas, but find that it stings and only becomes more red and angry-feeling. I changed to applying my facial moisturiser to the affected areas and it seems to be helping, slowly.
Tomorrow I have a checkup with my Dermatologist and am interested in seeing what he has to say about the dermatitis on the back of my hands. Are they anything to do with taking Roaccutane? I wonder.
Tuesday, 3 June 2008
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