Thickened thyroid skin

[Joanneconnor]

Anyone got the thickened skin that you can't pinch, I have it up the middle of my thigh a lot in the back of calf and a long ridge in upper arm

[jgelliss]

It's called mucin . It's thickened gel under the skin . It comes from being hypothyroid .

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[Joanneconnor in reply to jgelliss]

Yes I know what it is just. Wanted to know what degree other people had it and have they had any luck getting rid of it?

[Angel_of_the_North]

From just above knees to ankles - used to be whole leg so must be improving

[Joanneconnor in reply to Angel_of_the_North]

Right, are you on NDT or Levo ?

[Angel_of_the_North in reply to Joanneconnor]

T3 only

[Joanneconnor in reply to Angel_of_the_North]

Ohhh that’s good, my t3 is above the range so they might go eventually

[Angel_of_the_North in reply to Joanneconnor]

Over range T3 isn't necessarily good - depends how you feel and how long you left between last dose and test.

[Joanneconnor in reply to Angel_of_the_North]

I know that I've been over range for about a year nobody seems bothered only me

[greygoose]

The only skin on my whole body that I can pinch up is on the backs of my hands. The rest is mucin - more or less water-logged, depends. Had it most of my life without realising what it was!

[Joanneconnor]

I was like that then I went on auto immune paleo diet and a lot of the hard swollen skin went but I still have these solid ridges in places, a lot of my swellings was from the foods that didn’t agree with me