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Seriously, what in the everloving hell is happening to my face?  I've had oily skin for so long that even when it stopped being such a grease factory, I almost never had to use moisturizer because my face had enough of its own.

But over the last month my skin has become so dry.  I have patches of really dry areas along with an overall dry feeling.  Could this be a side effect of the Gabapentin?  That seems unlikely considering I've used it since April and I've been tapering off of it over the last five weeks.  And it's not because of having the heater on; I think ours only kicked in for a few hours last weekend when the temps dropped to freezing.

I'd love to know if there is a cause behind this, other than aging.  I have a feeling that if I went to a dermatologist, I'd get the standard "well as you age you skin does too" answer, which to me is akin to going to the doctor for a broken arm when you're overweight and him saying "well if you'd just lose weight this wouldn't have happened" and yes I realize I'm exaggerating but anyone who's been overweight has probably heard something like that from their doctor.

I keep trying different products but so far not much has changed.

When it first started happening, I switched my normal-to-oily skin CeraVe face wash to the little tube of Drunk Elephant, and then when that didn't help I bought the Aveeno Ultra Calming wash.  No help.  Now I'm bringing in the big guns (well, in terms of cost) - Cetaphil PRO for dry skin.  I've only used it twice so I don't know if it will help, but it's the most I've ever spent on face wash in my life - $15 - so I'd like to think throwing money at this will be effective.

Then there's the moisturizers.  These are all tiny sizes because I rarely needed to use anything in the past.

The little bottle of Cetaphil lotion was my go-to if I felt like I needed to use moisturizer.  When my face first started hurting I used the little pot of Cetaphil moisturizing cream.  Then I switched to the Clinique moisture surge, which helps most of my face except for the dry patches.  That's when I slather on the La Rouche-Posay balm, which helps but doesn't fix it, if that makes sense.

Am I delusional in thinking that this is not right?  I know I don't see myself for the age that I am, but geez louise, is this what it's like for a woman in her mid-fifties?  I'm calling bullshit.  Any help/advice out there?

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