Very unexpected HRT change

[Erica_Y]

 I am about 20 months HRT and I have pretty fair skin always have. As a result I used to get sun burnt very easily and really had to be on top of sun screen. Tanning was never really an option. I noticed this spring that my skin is not burning like it used to but is getting a nice tan instead after just being out for short or slightly longer times. This is a cool turn of events I was not expecting at all

Have others noticed the same where their skin response changed to sunlight good or bad?

[Mariah]

Burning instead of tanning first for me.
Mariah

I am about 20 months HRT and I have pretty fair skin always have. As a result I used to get sun burnt very easily and really had to be on top of sun screen. Tanning was never really an option. I noticed this spring that my skin is not burning like it used to but is getting a nice tan instead after just being out for short or slightly longer times. This is a cool turn of events I was not expecting at all

Have others noticed the same where their skin response changed to sunlight god or bad?

[stephaniec]

the sun doesn't bother me , but I have to be careful when I scratch an itch .

[charlotte15]

My skin turned darker in some places around my face, which I found really odd because I use SPF50 (I really like having a pale skin)

I suspect it was Melasma (google has some images). It went away by itself.

[Rudy King]

FYI: I'm IS.

I was born with PAIS, and Albinism.  I had white hair and skin, and would start to burn in about five minutes.


My body has been slowly producing pigmentation, since starting.  I can be out side for about an hour or so.  But I don't burn like I use to.

So, by unknowingly fixing one disease, it's curing the other.  Go figure.

[Ms Grace]

More freckles for me!!

[AshleyP]

...I have to be careful when I scratch an itch .

Ditto. stephanie. I've become quite thin skinned already and am not taking estrogen. Perhaps its the spiro or just aging, I don't know. I'm a little concerned about it getting even thinner if I'm able to start HRT.

-AshleyP

[katrinaw]

I still burn, I still see a dermatologist, I wish it could have changed my skin melanin.... oh well...
Happy for you Erica tho 

L Katy

[Jasper93]

I am about 20 months HRT and I have pretty fair skin always have. As a result I used to get sun burnt very easily and really had to be on top of sun screen. Tanning was never really an option. I noticed this spring that my skin is not burning like it used to but is getting a nice tan instead after just being out for short or slightly longer times. This is a cool turn of events I was not expecting at all

Have others noticed the same where their skin response changed to sunlight good or bad?

I got waaay paler.  It doesn't look that way in my profile picture, but I used to walk around getting mistaken as someone of Latino descent, while currently, I can't think of anyone off the top of my head who looks paler than I do lol.  Scared to go out in the sun for very long.

Ally

[Tessa James]

Those are interesting changes and conversely my skin is even more sensitive to sunlight.  I am reminded that after laser and using Retin-A products we are more susceptible to damaging UV with real damage and skin cancers a possibility.

[Erica_Y]

Hmm.. I do seem to be in the minority on this one. I have had numerous freckles come out as well especially on the arms which others have had.

I am by no means going to become a sun bather as I do not want to increase risk however it is nice to know I can get a bit of a tam over the summer instead of just burning.

[Jayne]

I too have had a surprising skin change on HRT, i've suffered eczema for my entire life, i've been in hospital many times & I was put on immno suppressants early last year.
I couldn't be out in direct sunlight for fear of my skin coming out in a heat rash thus opening the door for a severe flare up. Over the last year my skin has improved in leaps & bounds, I can now be out in sunlight for a couple of hours without the heat rash starting up, i've not had to take the immno suppressants for several months now & my skin has never been clearer. I knew that HRT could have a difference with regards to my eczema, there was an equal risk of my skin improving or getting worse, I got lucky with this roll of the dice.

My skin can still react badly to make-up so I rarely risk using it but at no other point in my life has my skin been so clear for so long.