UltimateVitality Radiation Burn Relief Cream – Calendula Cream for Radiation Patients, Natural, Organic, Paraben, Pthalate Free - 6 ounces

Why did you pick this product vs others?:I chose this product because it had so many great reviews and now I know why. My husband had 33 radiation treatments to his neck. I had read about the terrible toll radiation takes on your skin but he never had a huge problem with that, other than the skin looking very pink. His skin never felt irritated, just itchy. I owe it all to this cream which I applied twice a day. If he started to itch the cream immediately stopped it.

We stated using this twice a day on the treatment area, about a week before treatment. He used it two times a day once he started radiation. He did not get any real burn until his last week of radiation and I really believe it was this cream. I was on a support page and saw the type of burns people were getting. There were people who had the same results as my husband and they recommended this which is how we found this. I ordered several during treatment.bit was effective.

I've tried a few different creams. This one is my favorite so far. I like the fact that it contains aloe, shea butter and essential oils along with calendula. It soothed the burning sensation immediately and seems to already be improving my skin tone after 20 rounds of radiation. I wish I had started using this one earlier!

Works well on skin

I just finished 21 rounds of radiation. This cream was excellent at keeping my skin moisturized. I hardly had any redness. I feel this cream did what it says. I showered few hours before radiation so I didn’t put it on before but after and all night I would reapply. It is very soothing. I think it was worth the money.

Another one I would recommend for radiation

Good to use for pain helps out alot

I used this as a post-radiation cream, in combo with Weleda (which is much better) and Trader Joe's vitamin E/aloe. Clearly a bit of overkill on my part.This is a thin lotion, feels like a standard cheap lotion. I didn't remember that I'd paid $29 for 6 oz. It's definitely not worth that much money, but it does have some good ingredients. I also don't think that it's adequate on its own for radiation treatment. It's too thin. Not sure it's moisturizing. Not sure it has enough of the anti-inflammatory properties that calendula has. It's more like they threw in a bunch of ingredients that are generally thought of to be good, but in no certain quantities. I think I purchased it as "just-in-case" these other ingredients are helpful. It's more like they provide a fragrance more than anything else that I'm aware of.Speaking of fragrance, if lavender is your thing, you may like this. The dominant fragrance is lavender, and it's very strong. I don't mind lavender, but I don't seek it out. The whole process of the daily lotion after radiation is unpleasant at best, and, with such a strong fragrance, you will likely make that association with that unpleasant period. When I was finished with radiation and the few weeks afterward when I was supposed to put lotion on, I kept using the Weleda for a few extra weeks, just in case it helped. Weleda was more of a pleasant fragrance to me. I stopped using this lotion in part because it seemed more like clear overkill by then, especially since it was so thin. A few weeks later I started using it just as regular post-shower lotion. At first, the fragrance was too much just in terms of my association with radiation. I got over that relatively quickly (although the scent will bring up the whole thing pretty easily in my mind), and I can use it as lotion. Probably easier to use it as an ordinary lotion without thinking about the price, which might make more sense if it was an amazing lotion, but it's not. I'll keep using it just because I might as well use it up.Bottom line: overpriced.