Prematurely aging skin

For so many years I have been vain about my hair and skin.  No matter if I was overweight or slim, these were two constants, good hair (thick, lion hair) and my skin (smooth, no major wrinkles as I am aging).  Cancer has definitely affected both.  Now that I no longer color my hair, it is just wild and dry looking.  Thanks to Doxil, and its substantial side effects on skin and mucus membranes, my skin is even worse, so delicate like someone living in a nursing home and watching for bedsores.  One night recently I accidently slept on a wrinkle in my soft flannel sheets and woke up bruised and scraped.  With Avastin and how it affects healing, my hip is still healing, scabs still there.   My feet are peeling, hands dried and wrinkled, as if I was 80 rather than 54.  My face still looks good, but that is probably thanks to good makeup and skin care and staying out of the sun.  Everything is just dry and tired like the rest of me inside and out.  Still waiting for the chocolate cake cure.

Sensitivity

During chemo people would ask me if I was cold or hot all the time. I just felt I was temperature sensitive, meaning sensitive to extremes, which I still am. During chemo I was getting the face flush from one of the IV drugs, so I changed my face wash to a neutrogena sensitive skin cleanser which worked very well. What has changed is that now, almost 30 days from chemo, my skin is very sensitive and i cannot tolerate wearing wool or cashmere against my skin, even sweaters I was wearing a few weeks ago. Finding I must wear a cotton t-shirt under the wool cardigans I do wear and am not wearing of my beautiful sweaters or twin sets. Hoping it will change soon so before the winter is over I can wear all my clothes.