A question for the ladies (yeah, this title's been done, deal with it)

[El]

A question to the ladies here who can actually tell when their monthly cycle corresponds with non-period woes:  Do any of you guys ever have issues with dry skin on a regular basis that syncs with your cycle?  This last week I've had miserable issues with dry skin (like, losing sleep becaus of itchiness), on my shoulders and upper chest, and a little on my face (i.e. the areas I use retin-a, but last time this happened, when I decided to temporarily stop using the retin-a, it actually made it worse).  The last time I had this happen... was a month ago.  So I was wondering.  I know your skin can be more ooily'prone to breakouts.

It's also corresponding with a big pile of schoolwork, though, and also with a major weather change (it's gotten a lot colder reaslly fast, I think).  So I could be wrong.

[SovaNu]

i have no sense of time so i dunno. i do get dry skin regularly, i think. on my hands. but it might be me washing them. but that might be from PMS. my OCD gets worse when i'm PMSsing. right now my hands are dry and a little itchy and mom complains that they are all red and i'm sick in the head.

[Fritz the Cat]

My skin get dry after bathing, showering and during the winter.

[Pyraxis]

Yes - my eczema typically gets worse during my period, and one of the symptoms is dry skin. It also gets worse during stress, so for all I know it's just the extra stress on my system from the period that causes the flareup. Extra stress from other sources certainly makes it worse too.

[El]

Thanks.

And I'm showering twice a day now (I kinda need to in order to wake up, but then I do cardio and really really need to at least rinse again), but I usually feel a lot better after showering.  I use a lot of eucarin, though; maybe that compensates a little bit.  I also have a humidifier running all the time.