but it’s a SOOTHING burn

My girls were sick last week, and I caught the creeping crud this week. We’ve got a regular pharmacy going on our kitchen counter - cough medicine, fever medicine, Vicks, and I even bought Shower Soothers.

If you haven’t tried those yet, they really do work! It’s a small table you put in the shower - once the warm (or hot, in my case) water hits it, eucalyptus, menthol, and camphor vapors are released to help with your congestion. We tried the Vanilla Mint out and they are great. A word of warning though - the packaging says:

CAUTION: EYE IRRITANT. Product becomes hot when activated by water. Avoid touching tablet during use.

Now, for some reason, I noticed the part where it said eye irritant. What I failed to notice were the warnings about NOT touching the tablet. Halfway through my shower I decided to move the tablet to really get the stream of water hitting it. BIG MISTAKE. I came (thisclose) to a chemical burn on my foot. When they say not to touch it, they mean it!

If you can refrain from touching the Shower Soother, it’s all good though, and it WILL help your congestion.

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One Response to “but it’s a SOOTHING burn”

1. Deb Says:
   February 20th, 2007 at 1:04 pm

   Glad to know they work well…and thx for the head’s up on the DON”T touch it and they mean it!

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