aged skin

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a,

I hate what you went through. You shouldn't have that kind of

childhood memories of your mother. I am so sorry. My parents did

without so much that I grew up feeling guilty for adding to their

financial woes. By that I mean my share of food, housing, clothing,

medical, etc. I am the baby of nine, didn't have much at all, but I

loved them dearly.

It isn't just my face but hands, arms, all over. I am fair skinned

and have never been a sun worshiper. I have tried to take care of my

skin but maybe it does have something to do with prednisone. Even

before the RA I had been on and off of it for years for my back

problems. I also had a radical hysterectomy 15yrs. ago and I know

that taking estrogen is not the same as your body producing it

naturally. I have also been on synthroid for 8 years but I don't

know if it has any effect on the skin. My skin is very thin now and

shows any and everything, especially my face when I am tired or

stressed.

Shirley

--- In , " patandpaula " <patandpaula@...>

wrote:

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> Shirley, my skin looks pretty darn bad and it is not a RA thing

for me, I just didnt take care of it; too much sun working in the

yard and not enought face creams, etc. My mother is 80 and has

always avoided sun and used the most expensive cream and she does

not have one wrinkle in her face. However, when she was using all

those expensive creams when I was growing up, my sister and I didnt

have enough to eat and shoes with holes in them so I guess It's all

a matter of priorities. a