Dry Skin / Skin Peeling Post-Op

[greekgoddess2468 1]

Hi everyone! I’m about 6 months out from surgery and I’ve started to notice my skin getting super dry & peeling almost. It’s really only on my hips area and my lower stomach area. It’s not like your typical sunburn peeling but it’s definitely minimal peeling of some sort, caused by my skin being dry. I use cream & oil every night in those areas because I thought it was dehydration but it doesn’t seem to go away so I’m wondering if it’s a side effect of gastric? Has anyone else experienced this? Thank you! :)

[kcuster83 1,504]

I have ALWAYS had horribly dry skin. No matter that I do, what bath wash or moisturisers I use. It has definitely gotten worse since surgery. I have always drank TONS of Water, I mean over 100 oz a day plus other drinks.

Right after surgery was VERY bad, probably because I was barely drinking and getting fluids in for at he first few days. But I had big Patches of dry skin and I never had that problem before. It cleared up and never came back, but still just generally dry now.

Now, I still hit at least 80 oz of water a day, and sometimes other drinks like sugar free lemonade.

I have prescription cream which works wonders but I am still a dry b***h. lol