Calamine Puns

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TLDR: I found Calamine lotion stops my urticating hair blisters from coming back.

I am super sensitive to urticating hairs. When I am exposed, I break out into fluid-filled blisters that itch horribly: but they are cyclical. One area would flare up for several hours, I’d cover them with Hydrocortisone, they would disappear for a day or two while other areas flared up, and this would repeat for 3-4 weeks. About a month ago I decided to try Calamine lotion since hydrocortisone is messy. I almost didn’t get it because it specifically says it is for drying up poison ivy/oak, etc. The first new set of blisters I got I applied the Calamine to. It didn’t help the itching as much as the hydrocortisone, but it was bearable enough to not itch. However, after about 30-60 minutes, the blisters disappeared and never returned. I have had a couple of new exposures since then where I did the same thing, and again, once Calamine was applied, they disappeared and never returned.

I am not saying this is a miracle cure, as maybe the new hairs I was exposed to weren’t from the same T (and therefore not as irritating), or maybe my body just really loves Calamine, but I wanted to post it here as an alternative option to messy hydrocortisone and hopefully I can help at least a few people with this info. Maybe even people who try it and it doesn’t work can provide feedback to see if I am a unique case.

Hi first time posting here hopefully I'm posted correctly haha, Are you allowed to bring calamine lotion into Tekong. My bf's in bmt right now. He has gotten some heat rash during his confinement and I don't think he has anything to help ease the discomfort :C

Was thinking of buying and passing him calamine lotion so that he can soothe any future rashes, insect bites or mild sunburns when he goes back to Tekong.

I've been applying this calamine lotion for my weeping eczema and it's been working well. But I realized that the lotion is leaving white streaks/spots on the affected area. It seems that I have to wash the spot off in order to get rid of it. Is this normal and does anyone have a similar experience?

I need to be cured.

I've been having some weeping eczema on some of my eczema patches and wondering if anyone has good experience with calamine lotion? I heard that it dries out the weeping eczema and allows it to heal. For zinc oxide, I have also heard that it kills the bacteria on the weeping eczema, stops itching, and allows it to heal also?

Obviously, everyone is different. It has not cleared my skin entirely but it has done WONDERS. I bought it for $6 at the pharmacy. I’ve been applying it at night and just using moisturizer around my eyes and on my forehead so it doesn’t dry out my entire face. In the morning I even use it as primer under makeup. The inflammation is way down. Curious if anyone else has tried this or wants to try and give an update!

My skin is VERY oily, I use tret, so obviously SPF50 is a must. But I also use a lot of makeup, and I like it perfectly matte.

Lately I’ve been using calamine lotion as primer, on top of my sunscreen (currently LRP Shaka Fluid), but I can’t help but wonder if the calamine would affect/soak up/otherwise interfere with my sunscreen? Should I wear it under or over my SPF?

Help a girl out please! 🥺

Just thought I'd post a combo which seems to be working wonders for a breakout of eczema I've had on back and chest.

Hyaluronic Acid + B5 (The Ordinary brand) mixed Calamine Lotion with Zinc.

A while back a dermatologist thought I was crazy for putting hyaluronic acid on my rashes, proclaiming it was "too harsh" for my skin. They then prescribed me steroid ointments which admittedly worked well.

But what they don't tell you is chronic use of steroid creams suppress your immune system, so my rashes were being replaced by horrible cystic back acne, which is arguably more debilitating than eczema.

Because of this I've recently gone cold turkey from steroids to clear up the acne, but of course the eczema has come back with a vengeance.

If you're in a similar situation, I'd recommend the hyaluronic acid and Calamine combo. The calamine stops the itch and the hyaluronic acid seems to hydrate and repair the skin.

Here is a study which supports this: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21896129/

Also, has anyone else found dermatologists lackluster in their understanding of certain skin conditions? The ones I've been to seem to give very outdated dogmatic advice. They seem to have no training on diet as an example.

I’m pretty sure I have contact dermatitis. The areas around the labia are super itchy and slightly tender/inflamed, but there is no smell or discharge

Anyway, the internet says I can use calamine lotion to get rid of the itching. Is that safe? Has anyone else done it? Calamine lotion seems sort of...chalky to me? I feel like it’s texture that wouldn’t go well with the genital area?

Any advice on the calamine or my little situation in general is much appreciated.

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Hey, just wanted to know from everyone where they use calamine lotion in their routine. As it has zinc oxide it acts as a sun cream as well and is good at drying those pesky pimples out.

My family is pretty obsessed with lactocalamine and unsurprisingly me too. I have used it for years on my face as a moisturizer unknown to the fact that it acts as a sunscreen too. It used to cure my sun bumps too (I get skin coloured bumps when I'm in sun).

Now that I have a pretty extensive routine with actives, I don't know where to put it and how often because summer is here and with colleges reopening, I'm again getting these bumps, no matter what I use or treat my face with. I was hoping if anyone of you can help me.

Also, if anyone uses calamine in any other form, drop your routine please, I'd love to know as calamine is one of my favourite ingredients in skincare.

Thanks. Happy glowy faces to everyone✨

The first ten or so pagefuls of Google results were just the basic documentation (which is not terribly helpful) and spam news articles informing everyone of its existence.

Are there any risks of using too much alchohol? Will it eat away at my skin? How often should I reapply?

What about Calamine and Witch Hazel? Are there instructions on how to use them? In particular how often and how much?

Sorry for panicking. I'm at my wits end.

My weeping area is oozing clear liquid but not itchy. Just that its hard to scab and scabs fall off easily.

Thanks in advance!

I have really oily skin and started using calamine as a primer. It has really worked wonders and allows me to go all day without retouching makeup or feeling greasy. I recommend it to all of you with oily skin. Just remember to dab on only a tiny bit!

I tried a tiny bit of the mask on my arm because I’m very sensitive and I’m not sure im gonna be able to use it on my face as it smells like calamine lotion, except it’s white. It’s probably the sulfur or something in it. I’m not used the the “earthy” smelling brands.

I've got an excel file with three columns of information: Name, Age, and Height. The following function works correctly but it's ugly and I was wondering if I was going it wrong:

fn deserialize2(){
let path = format!("{}/TestSheet.xlsx", env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"));
let mut workbook: Xlsx<_> = open_workbook(path).unwrap();
let range = workbook.worksheet_range("Sheet1").unwrap().unwrap();
let mut iter = RangeDeserializerBuilder::with_headers(&["Name", "Age", "Height"]).from_range(&range).unwrap();
while let Some(result) = iter.next() {
    let (name, age, height): (String, f64, f64) = result.unwrap();
    println!("{}, {}, {}", name, age, height)
     //Going to dump the data into a struct here
}
}

So this works, but is it the best way to extract the data? I'm doing this as a test project so I can deal with a much larger one that is several hundred columns wide. Do I need to specify the headers for each column or is there a better way?

Hi friends. Has anyone tried Calamine lotion for your dermatagraphia?