[pct-l] Poison Oak Recovery

[Hernandez]

Hi Marion,

If no one has suggested Relieve It, Rescue, or Aveeno Exema Calmer to 
you, please allow me. I am very, very allergic to Poison [planty of 
choice here], and got a bad case around this time last year. I can't do 
steroids (allergic to those, too), so I was stuck. You can find Rescue 
at Whole Foods. It's an English product with Arnica and other herbs in 
it. Maybe they'll let you try a tester before you buy it. It's 
expensive, but excellent. Relieve It is available in two forms, oil and 
lotion, and is also natural. Both are also expensive, but provide the 
best, fastest relief I've ever gotten. Since you're past the weep and 
itch stage, you can get Aveeno Exema Calmer at the drugstore for about 
13-15 dollars per good sized tube. It's unscented, very rich, and 
soothing. Aveeno also makes a fine product called Skin Calmer, or 
something like that. It's fine for routine chapped hands, etc., but you 
need industrial strength.

Good luck!

Moonbeam


On 3/23/2014 3:08 PM, Marion Davison wrote:
> Okay, yesterday I soaked the scabbed area for several hours and all the
> scabs came off.  Blessed relief, felt great, until I got up this morning
> and the raw skin is so tight and dry.  I did the betadine wash as
> recommended and it burned like fire. I tried a cold wet compress, just
> plain water, and that burned like fire too! I tried Vitamin E oil,
> vitamin E lotion, and 100% aloe vera gel on small areas, and all of them
> burned!   Now I have a tube of Calmoseptine ointment, which is very
> thick.  My neighbor who does home health/hospice care uses it on her
> patients' bedsores.  So I am trying that on small patches, little by
> little.  So far it is not burning.  Thank you for the tip, Dr. Ken, I
> think you are correct.  I don't need any more drying!  I need protection
> for this raw skin.  It looks and feels like a second degree burn with
> the blister gone, in that dried out, cracking stage of healing.
> On the much less severe areas I am trying Aveeno Stress Relief
> moisturizing lotion.
> It is way too late in the game for me to do any soaks or tecnu.  But I
> will sure keep all that in mind for next time.
> I am going to get an appointment with a dermatologist this week.
> On the up side, the oral meds did bring down the hugely swollen leg and
> calmed down all the bright red rashes so overall I feel better.  I'm not
> doing any driving while on all these meds.  17 years ago I had poison
> oak, took my first dose of prednisone, got in my car, blacked out and
> wrecked it!  So, no driving for me.  I am blessed to have a week off
> from work (spring break) and a husband to drive me around.
>
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