Skincare for chemo patient

Cheese Princess

Can anyone recommend some skincare products for a chemo patient? My mother is about to start treatment and we want to get everything she needs to help her through it. I saw a range online called Lindi - anyone know anything about them or have any other suggestions?
Thanks.

byhookorbycrook

Sorry to hear your mam is going through this. I have had a few friends go through the same thing and all have loved the Burt's Bees' range as it is natural.

delw

This was recommended to me by the oncology nurse & i found it good on the hands & feet if they get sore
https://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CD0QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eucerin.com%2Fen%2Fhome%2F&ei=Kn1-U6D4J7Ly7AawpoDgBw&usg=AFQjCNFrwEvRJBlAeZ1rl00wnKrlVk5tiQ&sig2=T9rPrXU0vBTmKH0LiLGHig
Hope things go well for your mam

Stheno

When my OHs mum had cancer, she loved being minded.

Having her hair brushed with dry shampoo, and her hands massaged.

Often it was more the doing than the product that made her feel special, but we used Aveno products for her skin.


As someone who suffers awful skin allergies, I would tend to go for aveeno

Doesn't matter what you choose, it's that contact, and being minded which makes an enormous difference imo

Cheese Princess

Thanks for all the suggestions. This is all completely new to us so I'm trying to research as much as possible. You never think about these things until you have to and I've been surprised to hear so many stories from so many people who've gone through the same thing.
Really appreciate your help!

WildRosie

Aveeno was recommended to my dad by his oncology nurse and his pharmacist also said that E45 would be a good choice. If the skin is very dry, you can use silcock's base as an alternative to soap or shower gel (but be careful as it will make the shower floor slippery).

Frito

Good luck to your mam for her treatment. Like Stheno's family experience, my mam loved the pampering. Her skin wasn't too much of a problem, just general moisturing but she loved having her nails done so hand massage, cuticle conditioning then polish. Obviously her hair fell out quite quickly so made sure she had lots of hats and headscarves - for warmth rather than appearance. And plenty of spare clothes because of vomiting.

byhookorbycrook

The Aveeno shower gel still contains sodium lauryl sulfate (though no parabens) both of which we should ALL try to avoid. (I have a rare skin condition on my back which has turned me into something of a shower gel/ skin cream bore)

Always number 1

Sorry to hear what you and your family are going through.
A friend of mine loved L'Occitane products when she was going through chemo. I don't think their creams are any worse or better than other cheaper stuff on the market - she just loved to pamper herself with lovely products as a treat.

lonestargirl

Be careful with anything too scented, many people find that they can make the nausea worse.

Stheno

byhookorbycrook wrote: »

The Aveeno shower gel still contains sodium lauryl sulfate (though no parabens) both of which we should ALL try to avoid. (I have a rare skin condition on my back which has turned me into something of a shower gel/ skin cream bore)

We used E45 for the shower to soften the skin, then the Aveeno moisturisers.
I also forgot to mention OP, if your mother has preferred cosmetics like Clarins or Clinique or whatever, if you can spend the money on making sure they are in her bedside locker, I know my MIL loved having her special skincare near her at any time.

Intensive hand creams are also good, Clarins (which was my OHs mum's brand of choice) did a great one, and it was a great treat for her that we bought it.

This might sound really weird as well, but when she was in hospital we brought her a bunch of her favourite flowers every week (we were in Dublin, she was in Cork) they were called iirc Astromarys, the name doesn't matter, but what mattered to her that every week, she got a new bunch of flowers for her locker, and she loved telling us how the day before we came down, they went up to the church altar, we are not religious but she was, and loved that her flowers went on to cheer others

Not specific to the astromarys it was just her choice of flowers

Cheese Princess

Lots of great suggestions there - thanks so much everyone.
Chemo starts next Tuesday and she's going to have a session in the hospital once a week and then continuous treatment through a pump at home. Sounds pretty full on but hopefully she'll be able to handle it.