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I've recently been looking into this as a few months ago i got some weird lines and dents on my face, and I wanted to cross reference with anyone to see if others possibly have experienced anything similar. I've not had any lines or much acne scars, but recently I was using Vitamin C, a moisturiser with Salicylic acid, a sunscreen with phenoxyethanol, but it was an Aloe vera gel I slathered onto my face for a good month that topped my skin over the edge (also had phenoxyethanol). Anyway, I noticed my skin super dry, especially the cheeks, like almost torn. I must have damaged my barrier because for a while everything i used burned my skin, even wind caused it to burn slightly! I never use anything on my forehead aside from camelia oil and that area is fine. I don't even use sunscreen there because I mostly wear a cap.
My vitamin D is very low. I try to get sun but I don't have a garden or open space, and I don't expose any part to the sun in public as I have stretch marks on arms, legs and back acne. So i rely on supplements. (trying to get over this but still not confident!)
I also started taking Vitamin A a few months back (1500mcg) but stopped after the skin texture issues.
I have been diagnosed with Lichen Planus, a skin autoimmune (also no cure!) Sucks. I've managed flare ups by avoiding overheating internally.
I've suffered from Chalazions and styes for past few years. Also was told to top up Omega 3 to stop dry eyes. I eat lots of Flaxseeds, Olive oil.
Today I noticed that after I slathered on sunscreen, a new line was visible that I didn't see yesterday. I know it's controversial but I've never worn sunscreen and I'm late thirties, no wrinkles or lines, no eye issues, until I started wearing it. Could it be the Zinc oxide?
To be honest, I never "did" skincare until I got feared into aging by social media. ever since I started using a lot of product, actives, korean skincare, sunscreen, etc, my face has weird things happening to it. But Sunscreen seems to push it over the edge.
Anyone relate to anything? Could it be AMVS? And can anything I've mentioned push it to happen?
I can't help with most of this, but whenever I see "incurable auto-immune" my mind goes to diet. It's all anecdotal still, but many people claim a carnivore diet got rid of their auto-immune disease when nothing else would. Just throwing it out there as something that might be interesting to look into if you haven't yet.
The reason carnivore works is that it's an elimination diet. Plants have defense chemicals, but we have defenses against those plant defenses. Example: Plants can have oxalate. But we have gut microbes that feed on oxalate so that the oxalate doesn't form kidney stones. But when you take immunotherapy like antibiotics, you destroy those microbes and now you can't tolerate oxalate, phytate, etc. And now if you eat certain foods you get allergic and autoimmune reactions, kidney stones, etc.