Moisturizer blues
8 Aug 2024 10:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cimoreneI've gradually gotten warmer as I approach menopause, without ever having heat in a flash. I'm usually not the coldest person in the room anymore, except when that depends on circulation (I still have terrible circulation).
I have been waking in the night soaked with sweat for some time, however, and it's only accelerating - now it's every night. That isn't comfortable, but I can change my pajamas, so it's not a huge deal (if the washing machine broke it would be though, because I would run out). The worst part is that I HAVE to shower EVERY morning now, and that's so drying for my skin!
I used to be lazy about moisturizing when I was younger, but now even though I'm not, it feels inadequate. Do I just have to keep continually upgrading to more expensive moisturizers?! (I've done this like... twice already, I think, in the last ten or fifteen years). The options are not unlimited because I need them to be unscented.
I have been waking in the night soaked with sweat for some time, however, and it's only accelerating - now it's every night. That isn't comfortable, but I can change my pajamas, so it's not a huge deal (if the washing machine broke it would be though, because I would run out). The worst part is that I HAVE to shower EVERY morning now, and that's so drying for my skin!
I used to be lazy about moisturizing when I was younger, but now even though I'm not, it feels inadequate. Do I just have to keep continually upgrading to more expensive moisturizers?! (I've done this like... twice already, I think, in the last ten or fifteen years). The options are not unlimited because I need them to be unscented.
