a weird symptom I am curious about (not an emergency)

[Guest guest]

Since we've been talking about off-the-wall symptoms, I wondered if

any of you experienced this one: my skin, especially on my face

seemed to age really quickly right before I got sick.

Now, keep in mind, that I smoke, but even as a smoker I wouldn't

think the skin change would happen so quickly. And I tapered down

dramatically after I got sick.

A year before I was sick, I was often mistaken for a young college

student. Now, after the skin change, there are noticeable lines

around my mouth and my forehead that make me look anywhere from my

mid-twenties to mid-thirties. I have been moisturizing seriously

since my mid-twenties.

The only thing I've discovered that seems to be doing some serious

repair is Kay skin products (just started on them two weeks

ago)-- I really thought I'd tried everything from Burt's Bees to

Vitamin E oil to Lancome. I look a lot less dry on the Kay

stuff, and a considerable amount more life-like. As a bonus, the

Kay stuff does not contain soy.

Besides the thyroid hormone imbalance, I have pretty serious DHEA

issues, and two different types of anemia-- would any of these caused

a lack of oxygenation to my face? BTW, I just turned 30 this year.

Courtenay.