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| This is the type that I had |
g I had never heard of this and went straight to Google. After a Google search I found the product and started to find where had it locally. The chemist at the top of the road had not heard of it, Boots didn't stock it as only small boots, 3rdly was the late night chemist in town who had both the spray and the gel in a tube, they only had 1 spray left so I asked them to put it aside for me and headed down to get it.
My initial thought of the product was how expensive it was in relation to the size of the product. I paid £8.49 for a 60ml spray bottle. It does seem that the price varies from shop to shop though, the chemist I got it from was selling the gel in tubes at £5.49 compared to £8.99 on Boots website and as cheaply as £3.99 on eBay (but 3-5days delivery so no good.)
When I got home I covered my son in it and I had to rub some in as it was quite runny for a gel spray and was running down his chest/belly. My son didn't cry out in pain upon application like when I was using the Aqueous and calamine cream, he just laughed and said "it's cold and it tickles". So this was a great start and can only be a good thing.
The gel wasn't sticky and it didn't leave any residue or marks on clothing, nor did it dry out like the cream. The spray nozzle is quite wide and some spray does go "away from the body" like when I was doing his shoulders it sprayed over them. It also didn't dry out my sons skin causing him to scratch like the cream did. My son hardly scratched his spots from when we started the Virasoothe. He even said that they didn't itch anymore. I did have to go and get a second bottle as I used the first in 2days, it says to use "two or three times a day or whenever relief is needed," I found we were applying it more than two or three times, more like every 4hours including night time as my son was very heavily covered in spots and kept waking in discomfort.
His chicken pox are nearly all scabbed over now, the 1st few spots that had the cream on still look quite red and nasty compared to the majority which had the Virasoothe on them, which are smaller scabs, not red and fading. I believe that the Virasoothe has helped a lot and dried the spots and healed them. I wish I had heard of this product before as I would have used it from the start. At least I know of it if my other 2 children get it.
I would certainly recommend this product to friends with children both before they get chicken and when they have it. It wasn't until I went onto the company website that I found out that Virasoothe is available on prescription free.
As well as the Virasoothe, my son was having regular Calpol and we were also advised ti use Piriton as it is an anti-histamine and helps reduce the itching.
The only downside I would say about this is that I ended up buying medical gloves in order to rub it in because I reacted to the gel and all the skin on my hand started to peel. This was the only new thing that I had touched and it happened a short while after application. I noticed it after the first time and thought nothing of it, but when it happened after the second and third I knew it was from the Virasoothe. (But I do react to a lot of products that touch my hands so I wasn't surprised.)
http://www.itchi.co.uk/parents/care-virasoothe-menu/where-to-get-it.aspx is the website about the product
