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DEHYDRATION ??

mommies4
mommies4
I want to try and word this properly .... I'm not talking about not enough intake necessarily ... With the SO many things that can happen w/ MS I'm curious if anyone has this happen to them. OK ....
Example; On just about any part of my body this can happen to it.
The clothes I have on,jeans shorts ect ... to cross my legs it leaves the mark of wrinkled clothes and will leave the indent for sometimes up to 1 hour.I can lay my arm on the table and my bracelets will leave that indent on my skin again it to can be there for up to at least 1 hour.
I did try this just to see how long I would have to leave my arm there to get these indents and can count up to ten and the marks be there for up to 30 mins. or so. So my ? is has any of you noticed any thing like this w/ your skin?? Clearly It has something to do with how my body takes in and gets rid of fluid.Just wondering if it could lead to other un answered ?'s ....

This has been going on for some time now.I try to keep a good intake on fluids and don't necessarily feel dehydrated. It's just yet another odd thing that seems to happen to me and want to know if indeed others have had this.

Thanks in Advance = Trying not to be annoying ....

xoxo mommies4
jelinek121
jelinek121
I have had this problem more with heat than dehydration. Don't know if that helps.

Good luck.
lorrieonline
lorrieonline
I haven't watched for this sort of thing too much so probably I don't get much of it? I do notice that my skin is quite old looking for my age though... Basically my arms. The women in my family have been known for beautiful skin and my grandma at 93 still didn't have wrinkles except for whatever bone loss caused her.

I blame my skin issues on the steroids. I've seen what they did to my mother over her lifetime and am thankful she was able to come off of them. I also have noticed what they did to my skin. I'm glad I decided to refuse them for the future. Unless I'm in the middle of a severe case of pneumonia or something, I will never consent to them again.

Anyway, I hope you figure out what's going on. I do try to remember that not all fluids are equal. Caffeine dehydrates so as much as some people will say that fluids are fluids, I don't believe they are all equal. I try to stay on top of my water consumption.
ChrissyH
ChrissyH
lorrieonline - at 98 my Grammy may have sadly lost much of her memory, but does not have a 1 single wrinkle! She attributes it to faithfully using Oil of Olay every day since the age of 15. I have been looking at the skin on my arms and fingers this past year. I agree that the skin either got older looking from steroids or bad aging. But I continue to use Oil of Olay as well as getting my 11 year old daughter.
princessgwenda
princessgwenda
ChrissyH's last comment about using the Oil of Olay every day makes me think about how my grandmother (Who passed on years ago) LOVED that stuff and told me to be sure I used it every day too to make sure I kept my very young face all fresh when I wanted it back when I was older....
Now with MS takin away much of my abilities and I wear good make-up on for a week or so, It makes me kinda wish to get to be able to get it off sometimes and use her love of Oil of Olay too.
But honestly they didn't have make-up like Sisley's Eye Concealer with Botanical Extracts in it, back then. Just a dab of this stuff stays on and looks like I'm perfectly healthy, not all drawn out like I feel inside! I know it's kinda overpriced but this tub has lasted me for 3 years so far and theres tons still in it!! It's a GREAT present to be gotten!!!!!
For color, Iget for myself the underpriced NARS things. So far I still look like 20 somethin without wrinkles unless I'm frownin or somethin...

OK sorry I know this topic was about dehydration. All I really say about that is that I do tend to drink some water everyday. I do still get wrinkles from any clothing held long to my skin for hours too. I'm not sure if water we intake has anythin to do with it.
Kayce1970
Kayce1970
This problem you are having is not from the lack of fluid it is caused from too much fluid.
it is called edema. When you are leaving marks like you are it is called pitted edema.
Make an appointment with your Family Doc asap
while most edema is harmless it can point to a more serious health problem.
Don't mean to scare you but you really need to get this looked into
hope things go well
mteverest
mteverest
I also get those indents on my skin but not as severe but I blame them on lack of elasticity in skin due to aging, I may be wrong but that's all I could think of.

any wrinkles from pillow marks, resting arms on table,etc...and the wrinkle takes for ever to go away.
Anne8
Anne8
I keep crows feet etc away from around my eyes by using Body Shop's eye gel. . . I have been using it since I was 25, and so far so good!
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