Mine have reduced.  That's probably partly because I quit smoking a year ago.  I use Argan oil on my skin during the day and coconut oil at night.  Both are supposed to be pretty good for skin.  The Argan oil soaks in and dries after a few min while the coconut oil stays pretty oily on the surface


Sapere Aude

Hormones that work from the inside out and affect the deeper layers of the skin are the ones which truly make a difference. I have my doubts about any oils or creams applied to the skin.

I'm not sure if the coconut oil does anything for wrinkles but it does cure dry skin.  I was getting really dry skin on my arms and a few days of the oil fixed it.


Sapere Aude

Dry skin can be naturally countered by progesterone without having to resort to creams/oils to make the superficial layer of skin feel less dry. All you are doing by applying these creams/oils is you are just covering the dry skin with oil on top and not really addressing the issue from within, increasing/stimulating sebum production, the skin's natural oil.

I'm already taking progesterone though.


Sapere Aude

Quote from: Deborah on February 06, 2016, 02:35:00 PM
I'm already taking progesterone though.

Are you taking enough? Is E too high relative to P, causing dry skin? Doctors tend not to prescribe a high enough dose of P to make a significant difference as P is metabolized quickly and has poor bio-availability. The reason why doctors are cautious about prescribing progesterone and higher doses is because they confuse it with medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) which has several detrimental effects on the body and psyche and because of the WHI study which showed deleterious effects of MPA.

Taking P with food increases bio-availability twofold but please advise your doctor beforehand if you intend to take it this way.

I think it's a pretty high dose but honestly I'm not sure.  I take it twice a day (hopefully that doesn't violate the dosage rule).  My E has never been really high but then it hasn't been measured since Sept. 

My face hasn't really had a dry skin problem.  It was mainly my arms and legs a few weeks ago so I'm not really sure what was going on since it largely cleared up.

I did change my diet a week ago so maybe that is contributing to an improvement.  Basically I have switched to the type diet you have suggested before.  So processed carbs are eliminated and total daily carbs cut by more than 50%.  Over the past week I have averaged 123g/day down from 300g or more per day before.

This really is a grand experiment. :-)


Sapere Aude

My face seems fine... but my skin has become so thin... and I lost a lot of weight so the combination of the two have caused my skin on my arms especially to be a little wrinkled.. Of course I used to have 18 inch guns.. and now they are about 12 inches.. and my forearms are skinny and I used to have huge forearms.. I suspect it must be the loss of muscle.
Keri

Estrogen helps the skin from thinning too much but the loss of T definitely makes skin thinner.