Heat Rash

[SidJames]

Any tips on how best to deal with a touch of heat rash in delicate areas without using the chemists?

[Crossy]

Prickly Heat powder, certainly in Tesco, probably in the Seven.

[OMGImInPattaya]

Prickly Heat powder, certainly in Tesco, probably in the Seven.

And the cans are collector's items.

[SidJames]

Lovely & aptly named as it happens

[Jingthing]

I don't like that powder because I heard it was carcinogenic and you can't really help it getting into the air.

Anyway, I had a bad case of what I thought was heat rash this year on my chest and torso.

It seemed bad enough to use steroid cream but there was so much of it, that would have been a bad idea to get so much steroids.

So I tried a conservative approach. More showers (not hot) and keeping the sweat off.
I also use a "spa soap" I get at Boots with TURMERIC in it that is supposedly good for rash and itch.

Over time, the rash cleared up which I wasn't sure it would as there so much of it.

Such heat rashes usually do clear up without medications.

[lonewolf99]

STARDA B cream from most chemists. It clears up itching in 15 mins and the rash in no time at all.

I was scratching myself stupid after bicylce rides until I found this cream.

[MissAndry]

It would depend what caused the 'heat rash'

Allergic reaction (washing powder), Candida (yeast infection), STDs (genital herpes) and many other causes.

[Jingthing]

That's true. Rashes can be a lot of things. But actual heat rash will usually clear up without treatment if you just keep the area clean and dry.

[Jingthing]

STARDA B cream from most chemists. It clears up itching in 15 mins and the rash in no time at all.

I was scratching myself stupid after bicylce rides until I found this cream.

What's in that?

[Ireland32]

STARDA B cream from most chemists. It clears up itching in 15 mins and the rash in no time at all.

I was scratching myself stupid after bicylce rides until I found this cream.

Thanks for the Visual, lol

[Jingthing]

Not sure it really helps with itchy rash, but the brand of soap I was talking about is Maithong turmeric bar soap which costs about 55 baht.

[onionluke]

If you have chaffing under your armpits and groin, inner thigh areas then I would recomend vaseline。 Vaseline will have you walking around normaly in no time。

So to add to other posters recomendations

1 Cold showers in the morning

2 Apply vasoline to chaffed inner areas

3 Apply Starda A to outer areas

4 Cold showers in the evening

5 Sprinkle prickly heat powder to all areas betore bed e bobos。

[onionluke]

A wet cloth to wipe off excessive sweat is a good way to stay cooler.

[Suradit69]

If it doesn't seem to improve with baby powder or prickly heat powder and frequent bathing, you could try Quadriderm. It combines anti-inflammatory/ anti-itch, anti-bacterial and anti-fungal meds.

Just keep in mind that if your problem has a fungal component, it can take a long time to fully resolve it.