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  Isopropyl Alcohol 99.9% Pure - Lab Grade IPA Polysaccharide <poly@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-05 22:30 +0000
    Re: Isopropyl Alcohol 99.9% Pure - Lab Grade IPA sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2025-05-05 17:49 -0500
    Re: Isopropyl Alcohol 99.9% Pure - Lab Grade IPA "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-05-05 18:51 -0400
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    Re: Isopropyl Alcohol 99.9% Pure - Lab Grade IPA Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-05-05 22:17 -0400
      Re: Isopropyl Alcohol 99.9% Pure - Lab Grade IPA John B. Smith <crasso@verizon.net> - 2025-05-06 09:21 -0400
    Re: Isopropyl Alcohol 99.9% Pure - Lab Grade IPA Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> - 2025-05-06 13:29 +1000
    Re: Isopropyl Alcohol 99.9% Pure - Lab Grade IPA "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2025-05-06 04:00 -0700
      Re: Isopropyl Alcohol 99.9% Pure - Lab Grade IPA Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-05-06 11:03 -0400
        Re: Isopropyl Alcohol 99.9% Pure - Lab Grade IPA Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-05-06 15:01 -0400
          Re: Isopropyl Alcohol 99.9% Pure - Lab Grade IPA Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-05-06 15:37 -0400
    Re: Isopropyl Alcohol 99.9% Pure - Lab Grade IPA Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2025-05-06 20:07 +0100

#184294 — Isopropyl Alcohol 99.9% Pure - Lab Grade IPA

Can I use this for skin rashes? I have used many creams over the last 12 
months and none of them made any difference. Now I have decided to go 
for nuclear option and use Isopropyl Alcohol. I have a litre of it in my 
workshop where I do most of my work of refurbishing PCs and laptops. I 
thought I could daub some of it using clean cotton wool and try to 
remove infected/dead skin that is causing itching.

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#184295

On 5/5/2025 5:30 PM, Polysaccharide wrote:
> Can I use this for skin rashes? 
--snip--

GTFOH

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#184296

On 5/5/25 06:30 PM, Polysaccharide wrote:
> Can I use this for skin rashes? I have used many creams over the last 12
> months and none of them made any difference. Now I have decided to go
> for nuclear option and use Isopropyl Alcohol. I have a litre of it in my
> workshop where I do most of my work of refurbishing PCs and laptops. I
> thought I could daub some of it using clean cotton wool and try to
> remove infected/dead skin that is causing itching.
> 
I use Cortisone 1% cream a lot for just plain itching.
For damaged skin (rash) I'd use Neosporin cream. (I prefer cream for small areas, ointment 
for large areas).

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#184297

On 05/05/2025 6:30 PM, Polysaccharide wrote:
> Can I use this for skin rashes? I have used many creams over the last 12
> months and none of them made any difference. Now I have decided to go
> for nuclear option and use Isopropyl Alcohol. I have a litre of it in my
> workshop where I do most of my work of refurbishing PCs and laptops. I
> thought I could daub some of it using clean cotton wool and try to
> remove infected/dead skin that is causing itching.
> 
It will not make your arm turn in to a cow's leg, and an occasional 
spill on your skin will not impair you for life.  HOWEVER, the continued 
routine use of Isopropyl Alcohol on your skin will remove the moisture, 
causing your skin to dry and chapped.

I would not recommend this for a skin rash, as the dehydration caused by 
the alcohol of your skin would only make the rash worse.

T Here are some good recommendation in the other post in this thread.

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#184298

On Mon, 5/5/2025 6:30 PM, Polysaccharide wrote:
> Can I use this for skin rashes? I have used many creams over the last 12 
> months and none of them made any difference. Now I have decided to go 
> for nuclear option and use Isopropyl Alcohol. I have a litre of it in my 
> workshop where I do most of my work of refurbishing PCs and laptops. I 
> thought I could daub some of it using clean cotton wool and try to 
> remove infected/dead skin that is causing itching.
> 

There are a number of chemicals you can apply to unbroken skin,
and then they are a win. For example, a hand cleanser can attenuate
things on the very surface of your skin.

Chemicals which are quite powerful, they can actually kill skin cells,
and make things worse. Mercurochrome or tincture of iodine, are not
something you should be carelessly splashing around. Broken skin could
take quite a bit of damage, if the skin cells are weakened.

With a rash, the cause of the rash is now living in your dermis. Pouring
IPA on top, does not get to the ones living inside the skin and below the
broken layer.

If your doctor is not helping, see a pharmacist. They can sight recognize
a couple common conditions. If the pharmacist tries to sell you
"1% hydrocortisone", that means the pharmacist does not know what
you've got. But on one occasion, the pharmacist was 1000x better
than my skin specialist. It took the pharmacist only 20 seconds
to help me. That's not going to happen, very often.

If you have been outside the country, in a tropical area, some
of the rashes then, are macroscopic and not microscopic. Some
skin conditions are actual things living inside you, and the rash
is one of the reproduction stages of the thing.

Family doctors just don't want to "dig in" when it comes to rashes.
I expect there isn't a good flow chart for the analysis. They don't know
what question to ask first. And it might be a violation of their
"do no harm" oath.

That's why, if a pharmacist is just up the street from me, they're
worth a shot. It can take two years to get into the hospital-based
skin specialist clinic. They use real science on things, and don't
fool around like a lot of the others. Skin specialists in private
practice, are a mixed bag. The private practice ones, will
"try one anonymous white cream after another", to no good effect.
It's a bit like witchcraft, as the whole time, they have no suggestion
at all for what the root cause is. I might as well be asking a lamppost
for road directions.

it's the same with dental. I went to a university dental clinic
where they train dentists. And they are good at diagnosis,
so you won't get scammed by a dentist that just runs up a bill.
But I'm not near them any more, so I can't use them now.

If all the creams you've tried over the last 12 months are
"white creams", then I think I know what kind of treatment
you've received. Ask your family doctor which hospitals
have skin specialist clinics. The idea is, the more professionals
present in one place, the less likely they will be to waste your
time.

   Paul

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#184305

On Mon, 5 May 2025 22:17:39 -0400, Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:

>On Mon, 5/5/2025 6:30 PM, Polysaccharide wrote:
>> Can I use this for skin rashes? I have used many creams over the last 12 
>> months and none of them made any difference. Now I have decided to go 
>> for nuclear option and use Isopropyl Alcohol. I have a litre of it in my 
>> workshop where I do most of my work of refurbishing PCs and laptops. I 
>> thought I could daub some of it using clean cotton wool and try to 
>> remove infected/dead skin that is causing itching.
>> 
>
>There are a number of chemicals you can apply to unbroken skin,
>and then they are a win. For example, a hand cleanser can attenuate
>things on the very surface of your skin.
>
>Chemicals which are quite powerful, they can actually kill skin cells,
>and make things worse. Mercurochrome or tincture of iodine, are not
>something you should be carelessly splashing around. Broken skin could
>take quite a bit of damage, if the skin cells are weakened.
>
>With a rash, the cause of the rash is now living in your dermis. Pouring
>IPA on top, does not get to the ones living inside the skin and below the
>broken layer.
>
>If your doctor is not helping, see a pharmacist. They can sight recognize
>a couple common conditions. If the pharmacist tries to sell you
>"1% hydrocortisone", that means the pharmacist does not know what
>you've got. But on one occasion, the pharmacist was 1000x better
>than my skin specialist. It took the pharmacist only 20 seconds
>to help me. That's not going to happen, very often.
>
>If you have been outside the country, in a tropical area, some
>of the rashes then, are macroscopic and not microscopic. Some
>skin conditions are actual things living inside you, and the rash
>is one of the reproduction stages of the thing.
>
>Family doctors just don't want to "dig in" when it comes to rashes.
>I expect there isn't a good flow chart for the analysis. They don't know
>what question to ask first. And it might be a violation of their
>"do no harm" oath.
>
>That's why, if a pharmacist is just up the street from me, they're
>worth a shot. It can take two years to get into the hospital-based
>skin specialist clinic. They use real science on things, and don't
>fool around like a lot of the others. Skin specialists in private
>practice, are a mixed bag. The private practice ones, will
>"try one anonymous white cream after another", to no good effect.
>It's a bit like witchcraft, as the whole time, they have no suggestion
>at all for what the root cause is. I might as well be asking a lamppost
>for road directions.
>
>it's the same with dental. I went to a university dental clinic
>where they train dentists. And they are good at diagnosis,
>so you won't get scammed by a dentist that just runs up a bill.
>But I'm not near them any more, so I can't use them now.
>
>If all the creams you've tried over the last 12 months are
>"white creams", then I think I know what kind of treatment
>you've received. Ask your family doctor which hospitals
>have skin specialist clinics. The idea is, the more professionals
>present in one place, the less likely they will be to waste your
>time.
>
>   Paul
I fought rash in center of my chest half the winter. Finally tried
some athlete's foot cream (clotrimazole) and it cleared up.

Saw a guy at the Y using ammonium lactate (for dry skin), prescription
strength, which he gets prescribed, gave me a small sample, I like it.
Haven't had any luck getting prescription, but it's on my amazon wish
list. I routinely use Cetaphil cream on my back.

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#184300

You may be thinking of propylene glycol.
.....but
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moisturizer

Do not use cortisone too often; it thins the skin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortisone

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#184301

Polysaccharide wrote:
> Can I use this for skin rashes? I have used many creams over the last 12 
> months and none of them made any difference. Now I have decided to go 
> for nuclear option and use Isopropyl Alcohol. I have a litre of it in my 
> workshop where I do most of my work of refurbishing PCs and laptops. I 
> thought I could daub some of it using clean cotton wool and try to 
> remove infected/dead skin that is causing itching.

You should go see a dermatologist.

Also, try and see if you can figure out what's causing the rash.

-- 
John C.

I filter out all crossposts and garbage from trolls.

Take back Microsoft from India.

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#184307

On 5/6/2025 7:00 AM, John C. wrote:
> Polysaccharide wrote:
>> Can I use this for skin rashes? I have used many creams over the last 12
>> months and none of them made any difference. Now I have decided to go
>> for nuclear option and use Isopropyl Alcohol. I have a litre of it in my
>> workshop where I do most of my work of refurbishing PCs and laptops. I
>> thought I could daub some of it using clean cotton wool and try to
>> remove infected/dead skin that is causing itching.
> 
> You should go see a dermatologist.
> 
> Also, try and see if you can figure out what's causing the rash.
> 
   Common sense. What a great idea. :)

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#184314

On Tue, 5/6/2025 11:03 AM, Newyana2 wrote:
> On 5/6/2025 7:00 AM, John C. wrote:
>> Polysaccharide wrote:
>>> Can I use this for skin rashes? I have used many creams over the last 12
>>> months and none of them made any difference. Now I have decided to go
>>> for nuclear option and use Isopropyl Alcohol. I have a litre of it in my
>>> workshop where I do most of my work of refurbishing PCs and laptops. I
>>> thought I could daub some of it using clean cotton wool and try to
>>> remove infected/dead skin that is causing itching.
>>
>> You should go see a dermatologist.
>>
>> Also, try and see if you can figure out what's causing the rash.
>>
>   Common sense. What a great idea. :)

The problem is, the medical system isn't really prepared to
help you. The number of qualified doctors for that job, is
too small for the size of the queue. And it's probably
always been like this (like when I was younger).

It just takes a long time, to see someone.

The converse, is there are too many doctors who will
treat your blood pressure :-) You would think there would
be a vending machine at the mall that treats your blood
pressure problems ("essential hypertension").

*******

There are some AI companies on the web already, who claim
you can upload a picture of your rash, and they will identify
it for you. One of them, charges $4.95 per picture submitted.
Now, what do you think the odds are that each submitted
picture emits "I don't know" as an answer ? :-) The opportunities
for abuse are endless. One of the problems with such an approach,
is getting the lighting conditions just right, to capture
the "essence" of the rash. Bad lighting, could easily add too
much noise for a high probability diagnosis to be made.

   Paul

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#184316

On 5/6/2025 3:01 PM, Paul wrote:
> On Tue, 5/6/2025 11:03 AM, Newyana2 wrote:
>> On 5/6/2025 7:00 AM, John C. wrote:
>>> Polysaccharide wrote:
>>>> Can I use this for skin rashes? I have used many creams over the last 12
>>>> months and none of them made any difference. Now I have decided to go
>>>> for nuclear option and use Isopropyl Alcohol. I have a litre of it in my
>>>> workshop where I do most of my work of refurbishing PCs and laptops. I
>>>> thought I could daub some of it using clean cotton wool and try to
>>>> remove infected/dead skin that is causing itching.
>>>
>>> You should go see a dermatologist.
>>>
>>> Also, try and see if you can figure out what's causing the rash.
>>>
>>    Common sense. What a great idea. :)
> 
> The problem is, the medical system isn't really prepared to
> help you. The number of qualified doctors for that job, is
> too small for the size of the queue. And it's probably
> always been like this (like when I was younger).
> 
> It just takes a long time, to see someone.
> 

    That depends. I could see my dermatologist this week
if necessary. In Canada, with national health coverage, it
may be different. But anyone with a bit of common sense
could at least research the rash. Does it seem to be contact
dermatitis? Does it seem to be coming from some internal
cause? Does it look like a distinctive, identifiable rash?
The OP is just thinking that alcohol is a good idea because
that's what he has.

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#184315

On 05/05/2025 23:30, Polysaccharide wrote:
> Can I use this for skin rashes? I have used many creams over the last 12
> months and none of them made any difference. Now I have decided to go
> for nuclear option and use Isopropyl Alcohol.


Yep that'll do it. Use it regularly and you'll almost definitely soon 
get that nasty itchy dry rash that you are longing for.

-- 
Brian Gregory (in England).

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