Avoiding prickly heat.

[Why??]

My hubbie always suffers from this and it really ruins our holidays, I know the answer would be not to go anywhere hot. Has anyone got any good tips for protecting against it? He has tried taking Piriton, but that just makes him grumpy and tired. It seems to made worse if he uses sun cream too. What do other sufferers do?

[Lonnie]

When I was in the forces, in the tropics, our preferred deterrant was Cuti-Cura talc, worked wonders, no doubt there are others, but I still swear by it.

[maggie01]

You can get anti-histamin tablets that don't make you drousy. I always keep these handy but you say it is worse if he uses sun cream. I would suggest that the sun cream is not high enough. I suffered with it for years and then we went to America and I bought factor 50, put it on before I even left the hotel and re-applied it often and I never got the prickly heat. I never use anything under 50 now and I never suffer with it. I know it is pretty miserable . Don't let it spoil your holiday, just keep the factor high. I have tried lots of things including beta-carotine which is supposed to help. It didn't. We went to Haiti and the weather was really really hot but the factor 50 worked.

[gazzawazza]

My wife used to suffer from this every time we went abroad. She now thinks she has found the answer. All she does is go on a sunbed (three or four times a week) in the two weeks leading up to the holiday

[maggie01]

gazzawazza. Sunbeds are not good for you, or so I have been told.

[lady_p_gold]

Definitely no sun cream nothing to block the pores that is what always starts mine off .......

[gazzawazza]

Well, maggie, you could say neither is the sun, what with skin cancer and all that. It's a question of how much you let "good advice" affect your life. My wife goes in for a couple of minutes three or four times a week just before our hols, and never any other time. Me? I never use them and use sunscreen for protection when in sunny climes (and at home whenever it's needed!)

[joannie10]

yes 2 friends of mine who suffered prickly heat used sunbeds in the 2 weeks before holiday and also changed to unperfumed sunscreen (think piz buin do one and might be delph or something ) and that did the trick. Believe there also to be non drowsy anti hystamins - piriton quite a strong one. Seems a fuss but really 3 simple things that should sort it out.