My Skin Freaked Out Over My Favorite Lotion

Menopause Made Me Do It

I thought I was losing my mind the day my favorite lotion turned on me.

Same bottle, same scent — suddenly my skin lit up like I’d hugged poison ivy.

Photo by Kamsin Kaneko on Unsplash

I stood there, staring at my arm, thinking: How can I be allergic to myself now?

It wasn’t the lotion that changed. It was me.

Menopause flipped the switch on my immune system…