Menopause Matters Forum
Menopause Discussion => All things menopause => Topic started by: lorrapaw on October 20, 2013, 02:43:42 PM
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Is this a side effect of menopause as both my sister and i get this. It drives me crazy, there is nothing to look at on skin but everytime i shower my skin starts itching like mad. My doc put me on antihistimes and i spend a fortune on body lotion. I use a shower gel which is natural and no nasties in it but it still is bad after shower also during day is sometimes itchy and i feels irritated like under the skin but is itchy most after shower. Can anyone reccomend anything.
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HORMONES >:(
For years my insteps itched as soon as I got into the bath. I would wake in the night with one heel scratching the other foot. Sometimes the back behind my shoulders would itch and last night I was convinced that I had been bitten. DH looked at my spine where the irritation was and couldn't see anything, but Boy a good scratch really helped!
Deep in my ears; back of my throat and nose ........ itch, itch, itch!
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HRT was the only thing that stopped my itchy skin lorrapaw.
Taz
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I itched all over after a hot shower or bath....feet to head!
HRT took care of it after 2 mo of taking it.
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Yes terrible itching on legs and back mostly. Have tried oilatum in bath but that did nothing. Antihistamine and E45 cream work as good as anything. It is intermittent thankfully.
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Cant go on HRT but am on vagifem. My sister is on hrt as she still gets the itching. Whats causes the itching at menopause?
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Me too. I can't take showers any more. A bath is less likely to produce the itching but will sometimes and I never know why. The itching lasts for about 20 minutes after the bath and I could cry with the wretchedness of it. I also get the itching in bed at random places on my legs. No rash, no redness but just crazy itchiness. I've tried all sorts of creams and even antihistamine tablets before a bath. Its nearly always my legs or wrists :-\
Ariadne xx
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I itch like crazy down one thigh but nowhere else. Is very strange
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Wow! That is really unusual.
A
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I am on HRT but still get itchy. It's confined to my back just where I can't reach it. It's not there all the time though thank goodness.
I don't know what the trigger is though. One day fine next day itchy.
Honeyb
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Withdrawal of oestrogen?
I itch background all the while but it is more noticeable as I go to bed ::) I use a long shoe horn to scratch my back ;D
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I bathe twice a day but don't linger in the bath.
Since I was a teenager after I have dried my skin and it is still is still damp, I have smothered myself in baby oil, I have never missed doing it.
Another thing I use in winter is a small Humidifier in the sitting room, it keeps the air from drying out, so no itchy skin.
Also oil the inside of your skin as well as the outer with essential fatty acids.
There is a thing called Formication that is associated with menopause, but mostly its described as a sort of crawling on the skin.
http://www.34-menopause-symptoms.com/itchy-skin.htm
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I had to read that word twice :o
I have a background itch today plus the edges of my eyes/lids are irritated .........
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;D ;D not fornication ::)
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Silverlady ..do u use baby oil inside too?
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No I don't think so.
Fish oils, primrose oil, oily fish. A good diet is what SL advise I think.
Better let her answer for herself though ;D
Honeyb
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Hi lorrapaw
Not sure how often you shower - but if every day I would stop - it isn't necessary! Let your skin rest and build up it's own protection. Maybe when you do - just be very quick and only use tepid water and no soaps or gels. You can wash yourself for the important bits ;). I think people bath and shower too much these days!! Not sure if this is any help.....
Hurdity x
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I only shower with soap every other day...and maybe go 3 days in winter. I shower with water-only in between and usually not very hot water. My hair and skin are so dry that they cannot take the soap too often. I had them check me for the auto-immune diseases that dry you out, but I don't have it luckily....can't imagine that too!
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Tingly only use baby oil on your skin, its not for ingesting.
I have been lucky with my skin and bathing twice a day has never dried it out, its taking long hot baths and soaking that can be detrimental, though can be very good for muscular pain.
Drinking plenty water and oiling skin when its damp after a bath seals in moisture and stops dehydration, and plumps the skin, also try using Baby Bath if its gentle enough for babies it will be gentle enough for menopause skin.
For ladies with very dry skin I recommend Johnsons Baby Oil Gel especially after shaving legs.
Bathing daily might not be necessary but for me its good for the soul and I love my baby soft fresh clean skin smell.
I never use soap though.
Something that I do indulge in and is sheet heaven for the skin is L'OCCITANE Huile De Douche Shower Oil and Huile Soapless Supple Skin Oil, once you have tried them its hard going back to a usual routine, but as they are expensive, I save for best.
The Supple skin oil is fantastic for the neck.
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Thanks SL....can easily get the bath oil gel here. I'm going to try it.
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SL
I got some of the bath oil gel....they only had lavendar scented but I liked it. It doesn't seem as greasy as baby oil....seems to go into skin a little better for me.
Thank you so much for the suggestion! :-*
A
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I have never been so itchy in my life since starting meno. Itchy legs in/after the bath...so bad I could rip my skin off. Soles of the feet - I have to stop and take boots off to scratch no matter where I am. I also get a sudden itch right in the middle of my back where I can't reach (especially as I had two frozen shoulders, and still do not have full movement) and it drives me MAD in bed at night. I bought four backscratchers from Poundland, keep one by the bed, one in the kitchen, one in the car and one in my handbag!!!
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Whoops! I was referring to the Johnson BABY oil gel..... Guess I am really missing my baths these days....... :P
A
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Katsclaws
Is yours worse when in sun or taking warm shower or bath, does it make your skin turn red even before you scratch? Does it come on quick all over like prickly, them turn to intense itching/burning real fast? That is how mine is and it is helped by Hrt.
ANdius
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Fortunately after a very good scratch the itcnyess goes off and doesn't keep me awake though I do wake sometimes with one heel scratching the instep of the other foot ::)