If you re having hypO thyroid levels, it'll be harder to get the dry skin looking good. Hopefully your levels improve soon and so your skin looks great.

Have you tried taking any flaxseed oil or Salmon oil? I'm unable to take flaxseed oil as it does something to my Estrogen levels. Instead I use Salmon oil with just a bit less amount that it calls for to take.

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I have spent a small fortune on lotions and creams to help with the dry skin. Even with my FT4 at a good place I still suffer from it...but not as bad as when its low. Its just recently that I have tried lotions with Shea Butter and I find it wonderful. I agree with mmz...maybe your FT4 is a bit low for you...while your finding that out...try Shea Butter..Big Hugs...Kathy

Yes Snippy, really dry skin is a hypo sign for sure. What is your FT4? I remember it was way low.

My Ft4 was 0.7 0.7_1.7 on 6/15/11
Ft4 was 0.5 on 6/22/11
Will go for all labs on Monday but my skin was dry when I was hypo, it just seems tuffer more thicker now.

Excuse meant was dry when I was hyper.

Yes you are way below range. You haven't had labs since June?? The skin will continue to get worse if levels aren't high enough,really dry.

Snippy:

When we are still take the ATD (antithyroid drug) and are still adjusting doses, it is wise to lab more often, every four to six weeks. If labs are too far apart, the patient is more in danger of dropping too hypO or hypER.

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Here's a home made recipe that will exfoliate and imediately give your skin some quench. In a mixing bowl mix together 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup brown sugar (the larger granduals) , and a about 15-20 drops of vitamin E oil. Then I start to add GrapeSeed oil slowly until its moistened fairly well. Grapeseed oil absorbs well into the skin. You can swap out other oils if you can't find Grapeseed oil I personally I like Sweet Almond Oil but it can be hard to find. Use the scrub in the shower like any other and when you get out it will feel like you have lotion on.

Thanks so much for the formula, as I like homemade better.

when I was hyperthyroid I was extremely itchy with dry skin and sometimes hives. As I regulated my thyroid I became less itchy. I also eliminated Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) and its close relative Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES) . I use burts bees shower gel adn wen shampoo, this helped with itching along with putting on cream and then vasoline ontop of the cream after a shower.
These are commonly used in many soaps, shampoos, detergents, toothpastes and other products that we expect to "foam up". Both chemicals are very effective foaming agents, chemically known as surfactants. http://www.natural-health-information-centre.com/sodium-lauryl-sulfate.html

Just my two cents~

When I hit around 4 weeks of being on methimizole, my skin became really dry and itchy too.

My little miracle find: Coconut Body Butter from the Body Shop. A little pricey, but a good company and at least for me, it was really effective. Not to mention the texture is such that a little goes a long way.