Health Boards
Wed-02-08-2017, 00:36 AM
Thank you all for your warm welcome and kind advice! 
JohnB - I'm actually not that young - I'm nearly 53 lol. I've got an appointment with a hairdresser after work for a cut and colour, something that will work with the thinning after having long hair for a few years, although I did have some chopped off recently to get used to the idea of short hair again!
Caroline - I've got several tattoos already, but I did get them before the PPP started on my hand and foot. I'm more worried about how my skin behaves on the meds now. The hairdressing salon I'm going to today also does the cosmetic tattooing so I'll pick their brains about the procedure, but will most likely err on the side of caution and stick with the pencil and kohl - also lost quite a few eyelashes last year after an operation to remove a lump on my eyelid *sigh*. Gosh it would be lovely to just wake up and go instead of trying to hide the worst of the imperfections!
My next appointment with the dermo is in about five months, so I'll keep persevering with the acitretin to see how it works over the longer term (encouraged that some symptoms have subsided). All the meds have drawbacks, so I guess it's just about finding the one with the least annoying side effects, if bloods, dermo and other considerations allow.
So glad to have found this group. Hi everyone!
JohnB - I'm actually not that young - I'm nearly 53 lol. I've got an appointment with a hairdresser after work for a cut and colour, something that will work with the thinning after having long hair for a few years, although I did have some chopped off recently to get used to the idea of short hair again!
Caroline - I've got several tattoos already, but I did get them before the PPP started on my hand and foot. I'm more worried about how my skin behaves on the meds now. The hairdressing salon I'm going to today also does the cosmetic tattooing so I'll pick their brains about the procedure, but will most likely err on the side of caution and stick with the pencil and kohl - also lost quite a few eyelashes last year after an operation to remove a lump on my eyelid *sigh*. Gosh it would be lovely to just wake up and go instead of trying to hide the worst of the imperfections!
My next appointment with the dermo is in about five months, so I'll keep persevering with the acitretin to see how it works over the longer term (encouraged that some symptoms have subsided). All the meds have drawbacks, so I guess it's just about finding the one with the least annoying side effects, if bloods, dermo and other considerations allow.
So glad to have found this group. Hi everyone!