What Can You Do to Care for Your Skin Before, During, and After Radiation Therapy?

Treatments for radiation target cancerous cells. However, while doing so it also causes damage to healthy skin cells within the treated area. The face to get more prone, sensitive and susceptible to inflammation and dryness. As time passes repeated exposure could weaken the skin's protective layer and cause swelling, redness as well as itching and peeling. The severity of the skin reaction is different from person to person dependent on various factors such as the type of skin and general health, intensity of treatment and the area being treated.

Radiation and your Skin

Why is proactive skin care important before, during, and after radiation therapy?

Going through cancer treatment is a challenging process. Radiation therapy has some unpleasant side effects and maintaining healthy skin throughout treatment can be difficult. It is important to be proactive in maintaining the health of your skin before, during and after treatment. Interruption of treatment is sometimes caused by acute radiation reactions called radiation dermatitis.

Radiation dermatitis is one of the most common side effects of radiotherapy. It is estimated that approximately 95 percent of patients receiving radiotherapy experience adverse skin effects https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16310617/ . Radiation therapy can be divided into early/acute reactions, occurring within 90 days of initiating treatment, and late effects, which often become apparent months to years after radiation treatment has been completed. 

Every effort must be made to ensure that these reactions are managed to reduce the risk of treatment delay. This requires proactive support from appropriate healthcare professionals to ensure that the reactions are minimized. Written guidance to patients at the start of treatment facilitates the recognition and management of early reactions. Patients should have their symptoms treated early, before they become troublesome and lead to interruption of their radiotherapy.

What are the symptoms of radiation dermatitis?

Symptoms of Radiation Dermatitis include redness, itching, flaking, peeling, pain and blistering. Preventing these side effects will help make your treatment as comfortable as possible and even help minimize the long term effects that radiation therapy has on your skin.

 

What are the standard treatments for radiation burns?

The standard therapy includes steroid based creams that come with side effects  and other inexpensive products that are not formulated to nourish and maintain the health of your skin. In addition they may contain chemicals and other ingredients that you may not want to expose your skin to.

What natural remedies and ingredients can help painful, irritated skin?

It is amazing that there is so little information out there with regard to using natural and organic creams to help maintain you skin during treatment. Aloe Vera is recommend and Calendula has some evidence that it can help you through treatment. 

Some of the most trusted natural ingredients include:

Aloe Vera: Naturally cooling, it helps hydrate and soothe skin while reducing redness.

Calendula: Known for its anti-inflammatory and healing properties, it can support skin repair.

Lavender Essential Oil: Provides a calming aroma and gentle relief from irritation.

Chamomile: Helps calm inflammation and reduce itchiness.

Coconut Oil: Moisturizes and helps protect the skin’s barrier.

Other Calming Anti-Inflammatory Ingredients: Plant-based extracts and oils that nourish, hydrate, and promote skin comfort during recovery.

Dermavitality radiation burn cream is formulated with organic aloe juice, Calendula and calming, healing lavender essential oil plus a host of natural calming anti inflammatory ingredients. These ingredients provide instant relief to burning irritated skin and when used regularly helps soothe, calm, nourish and hydrate your skin throughout treatment. Our Cream will help you maintain beautiful, healthy skin throughout treatment

To learn about our full list of natural healing ingredients see our natural oncology skin care page . Dermavitality's products are created by a Oncology Nurse and Breast Cancer Survivor. Learn more about us and why we created a natural and organic line of skin care products. 

An all natural and organic formula with soothing ingredients that quickly calms painful, itchy and irritated skin. A silky cream that absorbs quickly without leaving an oily residue. Healing lavender essential oil provides a beautiful calming scent. Dermavitality Radiation Burn cream will make an unbearable situation (Radiation Burns) tolerable and has helped many patients save their skin during treatment.

 

Clean Natural Ingredients

All our products are Paraben, Sulfate Phthalate and Petro Chemical Free. Our manufacture is cruelty free and leaping bunny certified.

High quality botanicals made in the USA

All our ingredients are sourced in the USA to ensure you receive the highest quality and pure formulas available.

All our formulas are designed to support you skin during chemotherapy and radiation. Created to soothe, hydrate and  nourish your skin during therapy. We have combined years of Oncology nursing experience with a cancer thrivers input and an expert organic and herbal skin care expert to create skin creams that help repair and heal skin damaged by treatment.

Dermavitalty products are manufactured at CGMP facilities and are manufactured to the highest standards so you can have confidence that our skin care products are safely and consistently manufactured to the highest standards.

We guarantee ALL of our products with a 30-day money back guarantee so we can be your trusted source for ALL of your Oncology Skin Care needs.

If you’d like to try a sample of our radiation cream or need any skin care advice, please get in touch with us by clicking here and filling out our contact form.

It’s important to underline that the above should not be interpreted as medical advice and in no way do we wish to suggest that any Dermavitality products can treat cancer or associated medical conditions.