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Prickley Heat! argh!!

vik6525
vik6525 Posts: 16,347 Forumite
in Health & beauty MoneySaving
Help! Ive got it all over my legs and its driving me nuts!!! what can i put on it??
You lied to me Edward. There IS a Swansea. And other places.....

*I have done reading too*
*I have done geography as well*

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  • noonesperfect
    noonesperfect Posts: 1,831 Forumite
    Antihistamines might work. Calamine lotion or aloe vera gel would be cooling.
    HTH
    :wave:
  • keelykat
    keelykat Posts: 3,341 Forumite
    yes-calomine lotion is great for this kind of thing. I used it for heat rash recently and it helped loads!

    keely.
    Mommy to Elliot (5) and Lewis (born xmas eve 11!)
  • nuttywoman
    nuttywoman Posts: 2,203 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Think i saw an advert for Magi-cool, a new formula specially for sufferers of prickly heat.Hope i`ve not dreamt it! Daughter has been putting a bag with ice cubes on her legs and its really helped her a lot.
  • Westywoodpecker
    Westywoodpecker Posts: 6,512 Forumite
    Calamine lotion always helps but remember to put it in the fridge first ;)
    Now thanks to Tommix & Queen Bear, now Lady Westy of Woodpecker :)
  • Snaggles
    Snaggles Posts: 19,503 Forumite
    I get prickly heat quite badly, and the only thing I have found helps is to wash the affected area with Wright's coal tar soap (the stinky orange one), then dry, and apply a non-greasy moisturiser.
    "I wasn't wrong, I just wasn't right enough."
    :smileyhea
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