OT but any tips on preventing prickly heat

Hi

I cant help on preventing it but Aloe Vera gel definately gets rid of it and stops it feeling hot/itchy.

p.s. i am so jealous you are off to DP soon, i love it there - we are going there on honeymoon next year ? Have a fab time xx

I get prickly heat - I take anti histamines each day when I'm away to prevent it, but use hydrocortizone cream on it if you do get it.

Hey hun

thanks for the tip i have never been. where abouts have you been and where you going on your honeymoon?? any good tips for over there??

xx

Not only wear loose clothing, but natural fibres- cotton, hemp, silk and nothing synthetic like polyester or nylon

An anti-bacterial body wash can help as it can be caused by staph on the skin- ones containing chlorhexidine, often a pink colour, is the strongest over the counter type & used for patients in hospitals to wash with before operations

I read that anhydrous lanolin creams benefit some people (lanolin is from sheep & very soothing)

Hydrocotrisone cream (I'd only use 1%) to soothe inflammation if the skin is really affected

I wouldn't recommend those prickly heat powders, because as soon as you start to sweat, this turns to a paste & irritates the skin even more

Obviously keep cool, stay out of the sun where possible, wear a large hat & sit in the air con with a cocktail!

I suffer from this quite badly and I take piriton for it. On a couple of holidays I have waited until the rash breaks out and then started taking the piriton but find once the rash is there it's really hard to get rid of and it's so itchy and uncomfortable and looks awful. What I've done on my last couple of holidays is I have taken the tablets about a week before I travel so the medication is already in my system and it seems to stop the rash appearing. I recently went to Egypt and no rash, after a few days of being out there I stopped taking them and was fine.

Hello the piriton i have just bought says take one every 4 hours....is that what you do one week before you go? or just take one every day?

Thanks

thanks for the info.....ive been told about hydracotisone cream and im worried will the dominican airport let me take it????? dont wanna get to customs and they dont let me through cos ive an un-prescribed cream......i dont know how strict they are.

Thanks

Yes that's the one I have and use. I just take it once a day and they make me drowsy so I take it when I go to bed so it helps me sleep. My Dad also gets the heat rash and takes piriton and it works for him.