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Re: Ocean Swimming

Subject: Re: Ocean Swimming
Author: Betsy D.
Date: 6/25/2003 12:53 pm
Views: 6642
Status: Approved
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That salt water certainly does the body good - in more ways than one. You could have helped to shorten the duration of the rash. Salt water is drying to the skin. I'd certainly consider hitting the beach if I had a rash. Of course that's a several hour ride from here so I'll just stick to the pool :-).

The only concern I'd have is suntan lotion on an open sore. I'm not a doctor and I don't know what if any issues there may be but it would seem to me that chemicals like suntan lotion may not be desirable on broken skin.

SubjectAuthorDate
Ocean Swimming (Approved)Arlene6/25/2003 12:28 pm
  Re: Ocean Swimming (Approved)Betsy D.6/25/2003 12:53 pm