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- Type of diabetes
- LADA
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- Insulin
Psoriasis and LADA are both chronic autoimmune disorders, and I happen to have both, yaaaaaay! I can actually trace both back to around 2010/2011, when my best friend died and I moved out of my parents' home - lots of trauma and stress appear to have triggered the psoriasis onset, and I was considered prediabetic at the time as well.
Now that my blood sugar is under control and I am working on my mental health, my symptoms are noticeably less, but not gone. I'm really into makeup these days and as my psoriasis expresses primarily on my face, I'm struggling you guys. I exfoliate almost daily (if I don't my face becomes Scale City) and use exclusively face products for dry and sensitive skin. But when I'm stressed, or during the time of the month, nothing I do makes my skin look nice.
My problem areas are mainly my cheeks and eyelids. My cheeks don't get raised patches but do have lots of scaly patches, and my eyelids frequently have angry red raised patches that flake off all the time. Makeup does nooot like to apply well on these areas and it's driving me bonkers! Especially eyeshadow won't blend out well.
My routine is to wash and exfoliate, moisturize, let it work in for about 15 minutes, then moisturize again, use primer, add foundation, prime the eyelids, do eyeshadow and the rest of my makeup, and then use a setting spray so that any powdery goodness settles into the skin and doesn't dry me out.
Steroid creams are out - I already have thin and sensitive skin and I don't need it to become more fragile. Is there any product or skin routine anyone has found that helps alleviate the patchiness? I'm sure there are guys and gals who do lots of makeup and suffer from skin dryness related to diabetes who've got something figured out, I just can't find them!
Now that my blood sugar is under control and I am working on my mental health, my symptoms are noticeably less, but not gone. I'm really into makeup these days and as my psoriasis expresses primarily on my face, I'm struggling you guys. I exfoliate almost daily (if I don't my face becomes Scale City) and use exclusively face products for dry and sensitive skin. But when I'm stressed, or during the time of the month, nothing I do makes my skin look nice.
My problem areas are mainly my cheeks and eyelids. My cheeks don't get raised patches but do have lots of scaly patches, and my eyelids frequently have angry red raised patches that flake off all the time. Makeup does nooot like to apply well on these areas and it's driving me bonkers! Especially eyeshadow won't blend out well.
My routine is to wash and exfoliate, moisturize, let it work in for about 15 minutes, then moisturize again, use primer, add foundation, prime the eyelids, do eyeshadow and the rest of my makeup, and then use a setting spray so that any powdery goodness settles into the skin and doesn't dry me out.
Steroid creams are out - I already have thin and sensitive skin and I don't need it to become more fragile. Is there any product or skin routine anyone has found that helps alleviate the patchiness? I'm sure there are guys and gals who do lots of makeup and suffer from skin dryness related to diabetes who've got something figured out, I just can't find them!
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