Capsaicin, hot wax treatments, etc.

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I have a hot wax immersion set, and it felt real good when my hand and foot pain

first started to affect my quality of life.

I tried capsaicin and it burnt my skin like a bad sunburn.

I also had deep heat ultra sound treatments last year at the physical

therapist. That had a lasting effect of about a month. Without insurance,

though, those physical therapy sessions cost $80 each!

Then I tried the capsaicin again, but after applying oil, to see if diluting it

would prevent the burn. It worked like a charm with no burn! Now I use it once

or twice a month for maintenance.

But, oh, please don't do the capsaicin treatments while you are getting hot wax

dips! That might do more harm than good.

Wait until you are finished with the weeks of therapy before you try the

capsaicin; it stays on your hands, even after washing. It will burn your tongue

if you bite your nails!

The whole purpose of using olive oil before capsaicin first was to dilute the

capsaicin, to prevent it from burning my skin, and second, because olive oil

doesn't dry the skin as much as baby oil or mineral oil. (I have sensitive

skin.)

>Chelsea wrote:

>I am going to try your olive oil massage and capsaicin remedy

although I'll have to talk my husband into giving me the massage, but it's

do-able. My doctor wants me to go to a physical therapist for hot wax immersion

(hands, forearms, feet and ankles) and I'm really looking forward to trying

that.