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Re: Skin questions (to cw )From: LT (anonymous@obgyn.net)Sat, 29 Jun 2002 09:34:01 -0500 (CDT)
What meds are you currently taking, just glucophage? >Forgot to ask you, the brown patches that you mentioned, are they just >on your face and where on your face? I have some on only the left side >of my face and on the underside of my left breast...very weird. How >long have you been on the meds and when did you start noticing the brown >spots fading? oh and when did they start to appear on your face? Mine >started like when I was in grade school. Over the years, they started >spreading and becoming darker, especially in the sun. Sorry if I am >asking way too many questions. > >-- >LT > >At Fri, 21 Jun 2002, cw wrote: >> >>At Fri, 21 Jun 2002, LT wrote: >>> >>>I was just looking at the archives and some of the ladies here were >>>talking about dark patches of skin, rough patches of skin and chicken >>>skin. Are these all caused by IR? >>> >>Years before I was diagnosed with IR and PCOS, I asked my dermatologist >>about the big brown patches on my face that looked like giant freckles. >>He said they were "hormone related" and that was it. Later I found out >>they are related to IR and PCOS which effects hormones. My >>Dermatologist was close, but should have known more. >> >>Since my IR and hormones have been treated, the patches have gotten >>smaller and are now not so noticeable. >
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