Can rubbing alcohol help a skin rash?

Rubbing alcohol will remove your face's natural protective layer and may burn or irritate your skin. If you have sensitive skin then do not use rubbing alcohol. Use a sensitive skin product.

Rubbing alcohol does dry your skin. This is why doctors now recommend using water to rub down fevered children instead of alcohol.

Rubbing alcohol can be applied directly to the skin, or it can be used to soak a pad, which is then applied to the skin. Either way, the rubbing alcohol cools the skin as it evaporates. That said, using small applications of rubbing alcohol to cool the skin will probably not be sufficient, in itself, to break a fever. Rubbing alcohol can be used as an adjunct to other fever-reducing measures, such as ibuprofen, acetaminophen, or cold bath (with the advice of a health practitioner).

Yes, they can both help get rid of your acne.

no, vinegar can actually help get rid of the skin rash

no it is not rubbing acohol on your skin is a physical change because it is still rubbing acohol but it is just evaporated or it just asorbed into your skin.

NO - acetone is not good for your skin !

Applying rubbing alcohol to the skin is not toxic or dangerous. Rubbing alcohol however should under no circumstances be drunk.

Rubbing alcohol will not take the pimple off, but it can help to treat it. The most effective way to treat a pimple with rubbing alcohol, especially after it is popped with an extracting tool, is to rub it with cotton pad that has been dipped in the alcohol or with an alcohol wipe. The rubbing alcohol will disinfect the wound by killing all the bacteria within the pore, and closes the pore while it is clean. Alcohol can be very drying on the skin so try not to use it too often or on large areas of skin!

Rubbing alcohol evaporates so quickly on skin because your skin is pretty warm and rubbing alcohol has a higher vapor pressure (and lower boiling point) compared to water. It is known as a volatile solvent because it evaporates easily.

No. That is not a sufficient lubricant. Plus rubbing alcohol is a carcinogen and should never be applied to the skin.

Use rubbing alcohol or an alcohol prep swab.

No. It will not work and may just irritate the skin.

RUBBING ALCOHOL is intended for use on the skin only. It was made in the old days for rubbing on the skin, on a inflammed Joint. It was also Rubbed on skin to reduce fevers. It is no longer used much for these purposes, the older folks may still use for Joint pain. Rubbing Alcohol is now used in small amounts for Cleansing the skin before injections. DO NOT DRINK! RUBBING ALCOHOL IS POISONOUS. CONTAINS CHEMICALS 70% ISO-PROPYL ALCOHOL AND 30% WATER. _______________________________________________________ DENATURED ALCOHOL IS ETHANOL MAY CONTAIN THESE CHEMICALS: METHANOL AND OR ISOPROPANOL AND GASOLINE. DENATURED ALCOHOL IS POISONOUS! DO NOT DRINK. DENATURED ALCOHOL IS RECOMMENDED IN THE REMOVAL OF MILDEW FROM NATURAL LEATHER JACKETS, PURSES, PANTS. (DO NOT USE ON SUEDE)

because it evapurates on the skin faster and it cools down

ANSWER: You can remove it with rubbing alcohol or noxema face pads.

It helps subside the sting and It helps cleans your skin

rubbing alcohol and nail polish remover

You can use rubbing alcohol for muscle pain. When the muscle is massaged with the alcohol, it increases the temperature. Between that and the cooling effect of it evaporating from the skin, it helps relieve pain.

Hello. I wouldn't use rubbing alcohol as a outdoor tanner because once the sun comes into contact with the rubbing alcohol it will cause the alcohol to heat and become very uncomfortable or cause burning on your skin. Stick to normal after sun protection.

Beneficial in what way? Alcohol is a relatively good topical antiseptic, meaning it will help to remove some of the germs found on the skin, but don't get the idea it will "kill all the germs". Really all it does is effectively "degrease" the skin and the rubbing will remove or wipe away a lot of the topical germs on your skin. Hydrogen peroxide is a much better "germ killer" if you get a really dirty cut. Pouring alcohol on a cut is torture - it does no real good. Just wash cuts with soap and water, rinse thoroughly, and bandage. An alcohol rub can lower a child's temperature.

Try rubbing alcohol or skin so soft from avon.

It is a physical change. The molecules of the alcohol are still there, there are just spread out.

After years of going to dermatologists and regular MD's, I finally got relief from my 10 plus years of whelps and itchy skin with 91% alcohol. I am in the second week of this therapy, and so far, so good. The rash is disappearing, and the itching stops with the application of pure 91% alcohol. I tried moisturizers, anti-fungal creams, and all the like, to no avail. Got desperate, and started bathing myself in the alcohol. The relief was immediate! Try it. Can't hurt. Yes, it dries out your skin, but that is SO much better than the constant itch!

Yes, both my husband get these rashes that itch from ingesting too much salt. I am not a doctor, but through trial and error, I do this to take the "itchiness" away: I put rubbing alcohol on the rash, then wipe w/pure water, then dry the area, then put noxema and carmex on the skin and avoid wearing anything tight over the skin so the skin can breathe. I also sometimes put talc powder (either plain or for powder for atheletics foot) on top as that seems to dry up the rash. When the rash isn't too bad, I just use the rubbing alcohol and noxema (original version). The salt seems to creep in when we go out to eat and is in just about every half-way instant food. Afterwards, I drink lots of liquids the next day to flush the salt out.