Seasonal affective disorder and seasonally affected skin

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a recognized mental health condition, seasonally affected dermis or skin is another thing altogether. And even though I know it’s always going to happen, the onset always makes me feel a little down. Temperatures have dropped dramatically here in the U.K .,and we have had chilly, cold and occasionally damp weather of late. It’s been a case of off with the sandals and into boots and socks, as the prospect of winter moves ever closer, with no regard to the fact that summer was a total washout this year. I guess I am more affected by the sun – or at least by light – than I thought because after just two days encased in socks and boots my ankles are complaining in the best way they know how, by erupting in a ring of sore and itchy scaly patches. So it’s out with the old faithful jar of gunk with its faint whiff of coal tar (a chemical concoction of betnovate and coal tar in an aqueous base) not attractive and slightly messy but usually effective. The sooner I get this little outbreak under control, the better. -Christa
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