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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 328808" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I prefer olive oil but have used whatever oil is on hand. I would not make a special trip to get olive oil unless I was out of oil totally. Solid vegetable shortening is also fine, but it is harder to wash out. With our hair it takes Dawn to get veg shortening out. Not so for oil.</p><p></p><p>I think the shampoo we used was call vavoom or the generic version of it (problem generic version cause I am cheap cheap cheap).</p><p></p><p>You may want to do that as a last resort though. You can get an ointment made by Monistat that is called chafe relief ointment (or cream, I forget which - it is the same thing). It is a cream made of dimethicone and it might work instead of the shampoo. <a href="http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=139254&catid=26832" target="_blank"><strong>Monistat Soothing Care</strong></a></p><p><a href="http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=139254&catid=26832" target="_blank">Chafing Relief Powder-Gel is the name and it is $8 for a tube on drugstore.com. I would either dab the stuff on her scalp or mix it with shampoo, just to try.</a></p><p></p><p>What you might try is to get some of the generic gas drops for babies. They are simethicone. Add a few droppers to whatever shampoo she does not react to. Then use it the way I suggested. I think it would be less likely to irritate her further than the volumizing shampoo. </p><p></p><p>The drops are sold with antacids in the pharmacy section under the name mylicon, gas x, little tummies, etc.... There are generic versions.</p><p></p><p>I hope this or someone else's suggestion works.</p><p></p><p>Oh, if the skin is really irritated, like a chemical burn, you might try some milk of magnesia or even a paste of baking soda and water on it. Not sure what it will do to her hair, but if it is sort of a chemical burn it might help some. </p><p></p><p>Mixing oatmeal and water to make a sort of mask for her scalp might also help. It is great for irritated skin elsewhere (I just had a nasty reaction to a new "improved" version of my deodorant and sat with a paste of oatmeal and water on them for a few minutes several times and by the 4th treatment it was pretty much gone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 328808, member: 1233"] I prefer olive oil but have used whatever oil is on hand. I would not make a special trip to get olive oil unless I was out of oil totally. Solid vegetable shortening is also fine, but it is harder to wash out. With our hair it takes Dawn to get veg shortening out. Not so for oil. I think the shampoo we used was call vavoom or the generic version of it (problem generic version cause I am cheap cheap cheap). You may want to do that as a last resort though. You can get an ointment made by Monistat that is called chafe relief ointment (or cream, I forget which - it is the same thing). It is a cream made of dimethicone and it might work instead of the shampoo. [U][/U][URL="http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=139254&catid=26832"][B]Monistat Soothing Care[/B] Chafing Relief Powder-Gel is the name and it is $8 for a tube on drugstore.com. I would either dab the stuff on her scalp or mix it with shampoo, just to try.[/URL] What you might try is to get some of the generic gas drops for babies. They are simethicone. Add a few droppers to whatever shampoo she does not react to. Then use it the way I suggested. I think it would be less likely to irritate her further than the volumizing shampoo. The drops are sold with antacids in the pharmacy section under the name mylicon, gas x, little tummies, etc.... There are generic versions. I hope this or someone else's suggestion works. Oh, if the skin is really irritated, like a chemical burn, you might try some milk of magnesia or even a paste of baking soda and water on it. Not sure what it will do to her hair, but if it is sort of a chemical burn it might help some. Mixing oatmeal and water to make a sort of mask for her scalp might also help. It is great for irritated skin elsewhere (I just had a nasty reaction to a new "improved" version of my deodorant and sat with a paste of oatmeal and water on them for a few minutes several times and by the 4th treatment it was pretty much gone. [/QUOTE]
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