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Members overwhelmingly confirmed experiencing significant skin changes with fibromyalgia, including extremely dry and scaly patches... Read more

Members overwhelmingly confirmed experiencing significant skin changes with fibromyalgia, including extremely dry and scaly patches (especially on forearms), itchy rashes that sometimes travel across the body, bumpy or wavy fingernails, and hair thinning or loss. Several members shared strategies that have helped them manage these symptoms, including thick body butters and creams without fragrances, oatmeal baths, Aveeno products with aloe, cortisone creams prescribed by doctors, and prednisone for severe itching. A recurring theme was uncertainty about whether these changes stem directly from fibromyalgia itself or from the medications used to manage it, along with frustration that many doctors offer little guidance beyond acknowledging it as part of the condition.