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I use Oil of Olay on my face :) Maybe that's why it doesn't itch!
The thing that helped me the MOST was believe it or not - Calamine lotion.
I thought about it and since it was SO itchy it was making me try to rip my skin off just like when I hear people have poison ivy (the one thing I don't get it seems) so I got it. It was so cheap compared to all of the other betadine type medicational things I bought.
Well it DID help dry it up and it DID stop it from itching pretty much.
Of course it wouldn't go away until I got the prescription...I went in to my hep doc (couldn't get a derm appt for weeks either) and when he saw it went NUTS and said no you call them back and tell them you need to be seen TOMORROW (it was already 6pm)
Did you try calling them and telling them this is an emergency I must be seen immediately on an emergency appt before this contagious problem is all over my body? Hey I don't THINK it's contagious but who knows right? You need to call them and make them understand you CANNOT WAIT you are getting worse and worse and worse and might end up infecting somebody else!!!!!!!!!!!! ;)
Seroiously - call them now. In the meantime if you have any calamine put that on and see if it will help.
I would not have been able to wait. No way.