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Shakalker
Member
6 years ago

Warning photos attached may be confronting - Is this what your radiation looked like?

I am 10 days post radiation, I had 25 treatments. I have been using MooGoo and Mepilex Lite as supplied by the oncology radiation nurses. MooGoo burns when it goes on and Mepilex sucks all the moist...
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JoeyLiz
Member
6 years ago
Oh you poor thing. I'm so sorry that the nurses let you get that bad. 

Talking to my colleagues, it needs to be dried out, so sudocrem smothered all over and a non adhesive dressing to stop clothes rubbing. Nothing adhesive that will pull the skin away. Once dried up then apply the moo goo to rehydrate new skin.

Best wishes