Dry skin.

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She's nuts.  I don't mean to sound harsh on you, guy, but this woman knows nothing about skin, or seemingly HIV.Drinking 8 glasses a day of water is one of those silly little nostrums that pervades the world of helpful people who don't know anything.  There is no reason to suspect this would do anything except working out your kidneys.I would ask to see a dermatologist.  The usual culprit for skin problems in the world of HAART is Crixivan which causes problems with keratin formation, leaving the skin thin, hair and nails brittle, and sebaceous glands to seem dry.  As keratin normally matures and rises to the skin surface, it breaks down in to oily stuff that helps maintain skin's feeling of moisture.If, after changing medications, a problem is not resolved, I would look for another issue.  The first thing that springs to mind is some kind of fungus, but dermatology by internet is dangerous stuff.If your eyes appear "sunken in,"  my guess is that it would be due to a loss of the fat that normally surrounds the eyeballs and gives shape to the upper cheeks.  If you drink about a swimming pool's volume of water, you might bloat up enough to fill out the eyes.  You'd drown, but the sunken look would be taken care of. Barrowpozbod@... On Jun 5, 2006, at 6:47 PM, PozHealth wrote:My Nurse Practioner has told me that this, for me anyway, is a result of not drinking enough water. She suggests 8-10 glasses a day and at night before retiring, rub on a nice cream on my heels and the other dry areas. The cream need not be expensive. I enjoy baby oil as I dry off, or cocoa butter lotion. I stay a little moist after shower, and watch TV in bed as I moisturize my feet and legs. I can't do all of the body because some parts are reserved for testosterone gel the next am, and Androgel requires clean, non-oily skin. She said that dehydration can also cause a "sunken-in" look where eye sockets and orbits are.