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Remedy for Extremely Dry Face?

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My eyes & face are so dry they hurt & swell & peel. I am assuming this is from the Faslodex (& in combination with IBrance). I am on my 2nd round of Faslodex shots in 2 weeks. I have another round in two weeks then it goes to monthly, Does anyone else have this. If so, what do you recommend?

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Francesca10

Oh I have it too; makes me crazy when I put on eye makeup just flakes. Put on aquaphor at night plus moisturizer during day does not help. It’s definitely from the ibrance/ faslodex combo. I don’t know what else to do. I drink volumes of water every day. Sorry I am not much help but you are not alone💕

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Sunnydaz

Hope,

I think you should call your doctor. I had very dry lips that peeled when I first started Letrozole and Ibrance. Burts Bees in Mango is very soothing. My skin looked like the desert. I used coconut oil day and night. The swelling, Im not sure about. I hope all goes well. Keep us posted.

Robin xo

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Barbteeth

Elizabeth Arden 8 hr cream or oil...marvellous stuff...it was invented in 1930 as a treatment for her thoroughbred horses bruises!!

I’ve used it on and off for years and my dry skin looks good

Barb xx

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Have-faith in reply to Barbteeth

Love that the cream was originally intended for horse bruises? If anyone would know you would Barb! Faith

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Barbteeth in reply to Have-faith

I know!!.. fancy me using horse cream lol

Barb xx

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Tam-56

Utube has great recipes for skin cream using Coco butter, Shea butter and Coconut oil. I love it - no more dry skin! ❤️

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Barb5

I put Vaseline on my face every night great moisturizer even helped with wrinkles.

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nstonerocks

I sometimes get shrek feet. Very dry, flakey, ugh. I use a foot lotion w tea tree oil and it works well, very soothing. One of the best things I've used is a lanolin salve with chamomile. Works great and lasts. I had very oily skin. Now it tends to be dry, but not horrible. Finally, no more acne (at 65)!

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hopenowandtomorrow in reply to nstonerocks

Thank you!

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SpongebobMom

hyaluronic acid top with pure argan oil, especially at night.

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hopenowandtomorrow in reply to SpongebobMom

Is that a pill or topical?

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SpongebobMom

topical, LOL.

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hopenowandtomorrow in reply to SpongebobMom

Thank you!!!

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kearnan

When I was on Ibrance with the falsodex injections, my hands were so dry and skin was coming off no matter how much moisturizer I put on them. My feet also. But my hands were bad and I was embarrassed how they looked. Then I had to go to social services and they take your fingerprints, but they told me I had no fingerprints. They were unable to get a print bc of all the skin that came off. It eventually calmed down a bit.

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hopenowandtomorrow in reply to kearnan

So sorry to hear that @kearnan! I tried a good number of the recommendations here. The one that worked best for me was from SpongebobMom. You can order it on Amazon. I hope that helps your hands. All the best!

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