TLDR/ what skincare feels good during a hot flashes or “flush”?
Just a quick back story. I am a 34 year old cis AMAB, and ive been in the beauty world for like.. nearly 20 years..
Ive recently been prescribed a new medication that will sort of randomly make me “flush”. This is the only option for this type of medication. We’re at the “take this or die” level.
“Flush” is a very cute word for “self-immolation.”
It was 28f/-1C the other day and i had to open the car window and basically stick my head out with the AC running. And i was about to douse my head and chest in hand sanitizer to help me cool down faster, but my skincare brain told me no. The “flush” lasted about 10 minutes. We were at “pull over and take your clothes off and jump in the creek”..
Ive always run a little warm, but if i shower with anything other than ice cold water, i am sweating through my clothes in under a minute. Im rubbing off my skincare with anything i can find. It’s really really intense.
And i thought.. where is the discussion on how people handle this? Half the planet feels like this in perimenopause and menopause, and im not the first person to experience this. OR have this side effect from a medication that typically a more mature person would take. In my 2 decades of selling skincare, there’s never been a conversation around this… so here we are.
My skin type is also dry. Most of the things that i would reach for are menthol or.. camphor infused..which isnt typically ideal for dry skin. Im also.. im also the whitest man alive, so my husband looks at me and i am the color of ketchup and dripping and hes alarmed. (Because, he loves me). For redness issues, im good. Im getting back in the swing of applying color corrector and bb creams, but finding one that actually stays on my face is hard since im blotting and dabbing nearly immediately
Caudalie beauty elixir would be my go to, but im not Mr. Money bags. Theres gotta be something to spray and fan.
But, let’s have a conversation about hot flashes and flushing as if normal people have them, and theyre super common , and what strategies works for them.
(Im gay, so caudalie beauty elixir and a paper fan at the supermarket or BBQ is not out of the question…)
but this is a huge gap in the market if there’s nothing to help soothe an intense hot feeling.
Submitted April 22, 2026 at 01:35PM by cautiously-curious65 https://ift.tt/7JOgbGy
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