Have just read the excellent information you sent me Bahons2. Thanks. It says that you should use cream with vitamin E or Aloe vera in it to moisturise the arm. I was always told to just use aqueous cream. I just wondered what type of cream people are using?
I only use aqueous cream. I’ve never been given any specific advice other than to use a moisturiser. Interesting info.
I used an aloe vera gel during radiotherapy, and think it was very good.
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(You’re welcome, Hatts).
I generally use either Cyclax aloe vera cream with vitamin E or their cocoa butter. I’ve also got some some Sorboderm cream which I picked up in Oz and which some of their lymphoedema therapists use when doing MLD.
Failing that, I’ll buy basic unperfumed products, altho’ I do use Johnson’s ‘Holiday Skin’ to artificially tan my arms (otherwise I end up with brown hands and white arms - very weird).
The one place I always moisturise more than any other is around my elbows as the skin is very thin there. I also do my heels every day as I’ve been told that cracked heels (especially in summer) are an easy entry point for bacteria, etc.
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