Hi, I don't know whether this is actually related to my thyroids but iv not changed my diet nor my facial routine, but since iv been on my thyroid medication (about a year now) every so often I get painful spots/pimples down my neck and chest, it looks like a rash of them. I don't suffer with any problem on my face with them (luckily). Can anyone give me advice?
I'm fed up of getting looks off people, it really has put abit of a downer on my confidence..
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Do you sweat more? I'm asking because I get sweaty from levo and have noticed a similar problem. So I just cleanse properly and apply some spot treatment. Kiehls blue herbal spot treatment is great and lasts a long time.
It has Salacylic acid in it which is great but what percentage? I used one from Avon years ago and it was 3% strength. No longer made, however. It was fabulous at drying up spots.
My daughter has been on levo. for three months and has come out with awful spots on her neck.
She has not had spots in years.
She went to her Doctor and of course they said it has nothing to do with the levo. or thyroid and gave her antibiotics.
I personally think when we have thyroid problems then all the other hormones are affected so if the hormones are un balanced then this can lead to spots.
I had acne on my face from teens to menopause with an underactive thyroid problem not diagnosed until many years later and not addressed properly then. I have since read research which speaks of the connection between the two. Many years taking antibiotics for months per time didn't help anything but as spots ruined what should of been my best years I would try everything.
With my current knowledge I put it all down to my dodgy thyroid.
If you can get the thyroid working properly then the skin is not stressed, good luck.
I had the same problem, Marymary7. I had 'adult acne' from 18 to 45 years old and was treated with everything except what I needed - thyroid medication. As soon as I was optimally treated (with NDT) the spots disappeared. I still have the scars on my face from the acne and I'm not talking 'ordinary' spots but boils. Looking back, like you, I lost the best decades of my life through being hypothyroid and not being diagnosed as such including my ability to have children.
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