suburn look - any kind of cream I should use?

lilwriter
lilwriter Member Posts: 13
in Head and Neck Cancer #1
My skin is starting to feel different on my neck and face so I am sure it's just a matter of days before I look like I'm sunburn? Is there a cream I should use? Oil of Olay? No perfume base cream? Aloe?

Any suggestions. I will see the radiation oncologist tomorrow as my scheduled visits are for Thursday, I will ask but it's better to hear it from someone who has had to use it.

Thanks to all of you about the pain meds. I am now doing it regularly so that I don't get the pain and then have to wait till the medicine work. Got sick again this morning so they have ordered something called reglan (sp?) that I'm to pick up tomorrow.

Thank you again for your help and support

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  • Greend
    Greend Member Posts: 678
    #2
    Cream
    Chemo brain (or maybe the beer down my tube) has me bacause I don't recall the name of the cream I used. I do know I walked up to the main desk at the radiation center and mentioned it and they handed me a handful of samples they had been given by the pharmacy company and they lasted my entire time. It wasn't anything special (aloe would probably have worked) but it did help reduce the itching and inflamation.

    Denny
  • SIRENAF42
    SIRENAF42 Member Posts: 202
    #3
    Skin
    I used two: Aquophor and 100% naturual Aloe Vera Gel. I used the aloe vera right after treatment and I used the aquophor at night. You cant have any thing on your skin prior to treatments, so I would use aquophor in the mornings, but washed my face about an hour before I went to my radiation treatments.

    My skin handled the treatments very well, I only started looking sunburned the last week of my 6-wk plan. It stayed that way for about a month and then just faded.
  • Skiffin16
    Skiffin16 Member Posts: 8,305 Member
    #4
    Aquaphor
    Aquaphor is what most of the MD's give out.... But I didn't like it and it didn't do much for me other than irritate me, LOL... It was thick and kind of of greasy feeling to me.

    Like mentioned, you shouldn't use anything prior to being treated for the day.

    I just mainly took warm showers and light cloth washing to help with the dried skin. Mine mainly turned dark like old sunburned skin and peeled, but wasn't raw or seeping like some that I've seen.

    In sever cases they can recommend silvadene cream, which is used for burn vicims.

    Glad to see you are settling in and maintaining...keep on pushing, one day at a time.

    Best,
    John
  • nwasen
    nwasen Member Posts: 235 Member
    #5
    skin
    I used Vitamin E (recommended by my radiation doc's main nurse). I only had the really red neck for about 2 weeks. then I looked like an alligator for awhile. I still use Vitamin E capsules broken open and the liquid squeezed out and rubbed on the spots on my neck that are a little darker then the rest of my neck. No need to spend alot of money....
    Glad you seem calmer; hang in there and take it a day (or hour) at a time.
    Peace
    Nancy
  • Marty36
    Marty36 Member Posts: 84
    #6
    nwasen said:

    skin
    I used Vitamin E (recommended by my radiation doc's main nurse). I only had the really red neck for about 2 weeks. then I looked like an alligator for awhile. I still use Vitamin E capsules broken open and the liquid squeezed out and rubbed on the spots on my neck that are a little darker then the rest of my neck. No need to spend alot of money....
    Glad you seem calmer; hang in there and take it a day (or hour) at a time.
    Peace
    Nancy

    Burt's Bees
    My folks recommended Burt's Bees Miracle Salve. I found it at Whole Foods. Worked very well. I'd put it on when I got in the car after radiation and a few times a day (more near the end).
  • Hondo
    Hondo Member Posts: 6,636 Member
    #7
    Skiffin16 said:

    Aquaphor
    Aquaphor is what most of the MD's give out.... But I didn't like it and it didn't do much for me other than irritate me, LOL... It was thick and kind of of greasy feeling to me.

    Like mentioned, you shouldn't use anything prior to being treated for the day.

    I just mainly took warm showers and light cloth washing to help with the dried skin. Mine mainly turned dark like old sunburned skin and peeled, but wasn't raw or seeping like some that I've seen.

    In sever cases they can recommend silvadene cream, which is used for burn vicims.

    Glad to see you are settling in and maintaining...keep on pushing, one day at a time.

    Best,
    John

    Lot of good tips here
    But for me I like pure aloe Vera cream or best I get it direct from my plants in my back-yard

    http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/aloe-vera/NS_patient-aloe

    Hondo
  • adventurebob
    adventurebob Member Posts: 691
    #8
    natural stuff
    coconut oil, olive oil, aloe vera oil, vitamin E. All worked well. What didn't work was the aquaphor or anything the rad techs recommended. A little experimenting will help. The good thing about the coconut and olive oil is you can use it for cooking if it doesn't work out for your skin.

    AB
  • Kent Cass
    Kent Cass Member Posts: 1,898 Member
    #9
    adventurebob said:

    natural stuff
    coconut oil, olive oil, aloe vera oil, vitamin E. All worked well. What didn't work was the aquaphor or anything the rad techs recommended. A little experimenting will help. The good thing about the coconut and olive oil is you can use it for cooking if it doesn't work out for your skin.

    AB

    Experiment
    I only knew of the Aquaphor, so that's what I used, but you might wanna give Bob's suggestions a try, as they make a heckuva lotta sense. Two years out, and my skin is still reddish in places.

    kcass
  • Fanspeed
    Fanspeed Member Posts: 5
    #10
    RadiaPlex
    My radiation oncologist prescribed RadiaPlex Gel and it worked well. It's soothing, doesn't stain clothing, and absorbs completely. Also heard good things about 100% aloe but didn't try it. I had a problem with blistering and a bit of seeping on my neck and was prescribed Aquaphor mixed with lidocaine. That worked well for the pain and is an excellent moisturizer (maybe not the right word) for burns, but it's greasy and sticky. Good luck!
  • Hondo
    Hondo Member Posts: 6,636 Member
    #11
    Fanspeed said:

    RadiaPlex
    My radiation oncologist prescribed RadiaPlex Gel and it worked well. It's soothing, doesn't stain clothing, and absorbs completely. Also heard good things about 100% aloe but didn't try it. I had a problem with blistering and a bit of seeping on my neck and was prescribed Aquaphor mixed with lidocaine. That worked well for the pain and is an excellent moisturizer (maybe not the right word) for burns, but it's greasy and sticky. Good luck!

    Hi Fanspeed

    Welcome to CSN glad to have you here with us.

    Hondo
  • Fanspeed
    Fanspeed Member Posts: 5
    #12
    Hondo said:

    Hi Fanspeed

    Welcome to CSN glad to have you here with us.

    Hondo

    Hey!
    Hey, Hondo! Thanks for the welcome. A nice group y'all have got here. :)
  • sweetblood22
    sweetblood22 Member Posts: 3,228
    #13
    I used Radiaplex and
    I used Radiaplex and Aquaphor.

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