Aloe vera gel and other delicate skin soothers

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Imheretoo
Imheretoo Member Posts: 217

I've seen a lot of mention of using alcohol free aloe vera gel to help sooth skin after radiation.       I found some Aloe vera gel that says it's 99.9 % aloe gel, and in the ingredient list in plain sight on box it says Polysaccharide-titred 100% pure Aloe Vera, natural Citric Acid, Sodium Phytate (extracted from rice).    But now that I've bought it, I see that on the bottom of box it has a different ingredient list:    Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Xanthan gum, BENZYL ALCOHOL, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Phytate, Citric Acid, Dehydroacetic Acid.      So--- there IS a tiny bit of alcohol.      Is that enough to cause a potential problem?     

Also, I tend to have very sensitive skin.    I tried putting this aloe vera gel on my lips  after they got a bit irritated by the sun, and I'm pretty sure it's resposible for making them swell and get a lot worse....   So I'm worrying that maybe ANY kind of Aloe vera gel, even without alcohol might not be a good thing for me to smear on in such a delicate moment.  (but of course, I don't know if my lips were reacting to the aloe itself or one of the minor components in that other 0.1%.         I know- no one can know what I'll be allergic or sensitive to, since I don't -- but anyone here with sensitive reactive skin use something different than aloe gel?       I think I'll try everything first on my lips, in this period that I'm waiting (and waiting and waiting!) to hear surgery date,  to see how I react to it.    

(Yikes, that's making me start to hope the surgery doesn't happen soon so I have more time to find a  moisturizing product!)    No, no, I want this thing OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Sorry about my lack of signature, but all I know so far is that it's IDC, that echography doc says is 1.1 cm, but that it feels about double that size to me.    They'll do a quadrantectomy (when they get around to deciding to do it!)     No clear signs of metastases so far, although I do have ALP elevated to 218...    Hoping that's just a result of a possible Vit D deficiency and a drug I'm taking...)       Got biopsy result a month ago and now waiting my turn to get chopped and burned.    I live in Italy, so specific brand names of moisturizing products used probably won't help me as much as knowing what's in the product.)    Thanks!!    

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