I feel like the Crypt Keeper!

[Jagadeesh]

Well, I ordered vegan vitamins called Deva Vegan Vitamins Daily Multivitamin & Mineral Supplement. My
Wellness Wallah (my health and wellness consultant that is administering the cleanse I am currently doing) looked them over and approved them. Well, my only problem is that I am so dehydrated! We think it's the vitamins. I'm drinking six to eight big things of water a day and still I feel like my skin is so tight on my face and my lips are chapped to just nothing. I feel like I think the Crypt Keeper would feel! Do any of you have any experience with this? If so, is it a "breaking in" period for my body and the vitamin?

[Gliondrach]

I don't know what the cause could be. I'm not sure how vitamin tablets would lead to dehydration. Is it cold where you are or has it become very dry?

Perhaps you need more essential fatty acids in your diet.

Some people swear by topical applications of aloe vera or coconut oil for skin health.

[Bowwowmeow]

Yeah I go through periods where I fail to take care of myself, and I get dehydrated. My lips chapping is usually the first sign. Back in August I decided to try to get well after a lingering chronic condition laid me low, and worked slowly up to drinking six quarts of water a day. It took about a month for me to normalize. I wasn't even sweating during my workouts at first, because I was so dehydrated. Once my circulation got going and the sweat was coming through my skin seemed to plump up at long last.

I've only just weaned myself off of lip balm though. I had about a week of very painful dryness and cracking, but I believe it is the castor oil in the lip balm that aggravates the dryness, as I discovered when I started experimenting with castor oil as a skin cleanser. I just kept rubbing face cream onto my lips to soothe them, and they seem to be healing now. Face cream doesn't taste very good though. :p