By: Jerilynn P

Jerilynn P — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:05:30 +0000

sounds like shingles. I believe that shingles is just chicken pox gone crazy. try chicken pox remedies. i have to agree with the doctors here. just do what they say. it’s all you can do. i’m sorry! good luck…

By: kelly

kelly — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:17:03 +0000

First of all,since u grandmother suffers from itchy and flaky skin,I think that this problem is mainly caused by environment factors where ur grandmother’s skin reacts to the lack of moisture in the air.When temperatures drop along with humidity levels, protective moisture is easily lost from the surface of the skin, particularly if you live in a home with dry heat without a humidifier to normalize moisture levels in the air. If this is the case, you may want to add a humidifier to your bedroom to raise ambient moisture levels. If you can afford it, keep a humidifier in several rooms of your home. Not only will this help flaky, itchy skin, it can also reduce your risk of developing colds and flu by keeping your mucous membranes moist.However,since it is difficult to diagnose what ur grandma’s problem is,I would recommend these homemade remedies that would work best to heal and improve her skin condition.Try these steps at home and it would bring improvements.
-Soaked almonds are good to keep the skin moist. One can have them everyday. Soak two almonds in a glass bowl in the night. Peel and eat them in the morning. They help a lot to keep the skin moist.
-You can rub milk cream on the skin before going to bath. It is very rich and makes the skin replenish its lost moister.
-Oil massages your body in winters to remove the dryness and to protect the skin with the changed weather condition.Baby oil, vitamin E oil and olive oil are good options for body massage.
-Mixture of almond oil and olive oil is extremely good for very dry flaky skin.
-Take a bottle of glycerin and add few drops of lemon juice to it. Shake it well and apply it on the dry skin. You can keep it overnight also on the skin and wash it in the morning.
-Aloe vera cream is a very healing cream for flaky skin. It has soothing agents, which repair the damaged skin tissues and repair it from the damage skin gets from dryness. If you have lost the moisture of your skin, apply pure aloe-Vera cream on your body to soothe it.
Well,these are those homemade remedies that u could do at home to improve her skin.Plus,these are gentle remedies so it would work effective on her gently.It would work to any dry flaky skin and u would observe improvement,really.Good luck trying these at homes.Sorry for the lengthy details though.Hope this helps:-)
P/s:However,I would think it is still best for u to get a skin specialist to diagnose ur grandmother.It would be easier to improve the chance of her healing and plus,u could avoid any wrong medication on her.Try to get a doctor to visit her at home.I’m sure some doctor would do that for her.Do remember bout the remedies I suggested okay.Good luck:-)

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