The skin colour can be yellow due to alteration in Vitamin A metabolism - carotenemia. Hair is lost all over - scalp, groin, even lateral eyebrows. Nails grow slowly and are brittle and thick. The skin is swollen, dry, pale and waxy. One can slowly develop a broad nose, swollen lips and puffy eyelids.
Wounds heal slowly.
Skin Changes in Hypothyroidism Pale, cold, scaly, wrinkled skin Coarse, dry scalp and hair Absence of sweating Hair loss - scalp groin, lateral eyebrows, etc. Top Thyroid disorders are sometimes associated with other diseases and skin changes. Alopecia Areata is a condition in which there is sudden loss of circular areas of scalp hair and at times there can be generalized loss of scalp and body hair. Thus it may be patchy or generalized. Lupus erythematosus is a condition of unknown etiology in which inflammation in the body develops a variety of patterns.