Dangers of Icy Hot
I am now exercising 7 days a week! I love it, I really do. But some days I come home with some serious muscle soreness. The other night my lower back was killing me. So, my brilliant honey suggest that I use some Icy Hot on it.
Now mind you, I have never actually used Icy Hot before. So I figured I would give it a shot. I mean you always hear about athletes and people with muscle aches using it so I thought it would help. And my sweet husband even volunteered to apply it.
In all fairness, his intentions might have started out good… but whenever a bed and rubbing comes into play, his feeble man brain starts to signal other things. He started to think it was romantic time. So, he starts rubbing it all over. Thinking it was some sort of oil or lotion. Getting it all over my back and then moving to my butt. I was enjoying it. Until…. the hot part of Icy Hot starts to kick in.
It starts to tingle at first… but then. It starts to BURN! BURNING! It felt like my skin was on FIRE! Like I had a chemical spill on my flesh and my skin was burning off. And he put this stuff all over!… but the worst part of it was my butt. I started screaming! And do you know what he had the nerve to say? “Shhhh, you will wake the kids.” Like I can control my screaming when my flesh is coming off the bone.
So, I do the only thing I can think of. I run… I run straight to the bathroom to remove this devil endorsed product called Icy Hot. And while I am sitting in the tub… what is this supportive, sweet husband of mine doing? Laughing at me.
I have a feeling he did this on purpose. Well played Tubby.
Disclaimer: Please don’t sue me Icy Hot. I am sure there is no one that actually reads my blog that will be affected by my views on your product. And to be fair, I actually used a generic brand of the stuff. I am pretty sure that if I used your actually product, the results would have been much more positive. In fact, if you want to send me some of your product and some cash to review it… I would do so by all means. My hubby has aches and pains all the time and I can not wait to get my hands on him.
Ok! So I came a crossed this blog by googling "How to get rid of a burn caused by icy hot" I can't stop laughing mean while my husband is literally in tears from the burn. I can totally relate to this blog because I've been there fortunately I'm the devil this time around. Anyways how to get rid of a burn caused by icy hot… OLIVE OIL…. Wash with soap and water then apply olive oil to a cotton ball if you don't have olive oil mix baking soda into a paste and apply it to the area.
What a riot! I, too, used a generic brand of the stuff on my hubby once and he headed straight to the bathroom to wash it off. We ended up using Voltaren instead.
I just finished reading this and the exact same thing happend to me except my husband applied the cream on my neck. I instantly felt my skin on fire and worse yet, my left ear started to ring. I cried like a baby and my husband tells me if it burns it means its working. I ended up in the shower rinsing my skin with cold water. Im glad Im not the only one, in a good way, not the pain part.
omg this is hilarious 🙂
Y'all sound like y'all used the whole bottle in one spot. LoL. I believe a pea size works great.
I laughed so hard im crying! Im wearing icyhot right now and im in need of relief bc I feel your pain. My skin is burning off!
F-unny… ijust put some on and dont feel much. Are you all walking in the direct sunlight after application? Is thst causing the burn? Allergies to active ingredients????? Worse thing so farnfor me is i smell like myngreat grandmother….but she only brings back fond memories so i'm gonna stick withit and shower it away later…..will post back if anything changes. btw…used name brand not generic or store brand (if it matters much) – funny blog tho!
I am at work and I laugh so hard the girls in the front office had to come ck on me.But I feel your pain this happen to me.And Hubby said this means it's working . Until he really realize the pain I was in then he felt bad.I was burning for a hold day.
I am with you I am at work and started laughling so loud the girl in the front office had to come ck on me,But i feel your pain, this happen to me and my husband said the same thing this mean it's working .Until he really realize I was in serous pain,then he felt bad.
Funny! My husband is experiencing the same thing, but on his right arm. I applied baking soda on his arm and he felt a quick relief.
Hahahahaha…omg…I love this post. So freaking funny!!
Roaringly funny! I use the arthitis cream version of I-H which I think is little less potent. I really does help with muscle pain and arthritis issues. I put it on before my workout in the morning to loosen up the muscles. The only issue I have with it is getting it in my eyes because it does not wash off easily and my eyes itch quite a bit from dry eye syndrome. Of course, the occasional errant scratch in the manhood area before washing your hands reminds you quickly you just made a dumb decision. Found this thread when searching for some better ways to get it off my hands. Thanks for the enjoyable post.
Omg….had same pleasurable experience. ..new years eve 2009 blew a tire on way to Michigan UP with fiance and snowmobiles in tow…torqued back from tire change, hotel that night lovely fiancé says hey i got some icy hot…spreads over my entire back then wah la ice turns to fire…screaming like a baby for hours…skin is on fire…she leads to me to the shower and water spray felt like adding gasoline to a fire…i pleaded to call 911…. i need a hospital….well somehow i survived and 5yrs later with 3 beautiful children love my wife more than ever….bone
A while ago, I was having problems with my RSD (an auto-immune disease) and I read on one of the websites to use this particular stuff I could get at Walgreens. (I can't remember the name but it was very well known. Since my RSD affects my left arm, I applied it all around my arm. Within minutes, I thought I was going to die. It felt like the worst sunburn ever. Nothing I did helped. I was in tears. I took a towel filled with ice cubes and lay down with that towel covering my arm. Nothing, and I mean nothing worked. I finally looked this stuff up and other people described it the same way. It felt like a mechanical burn. I was so angry that I put my whole arm through this stuff. Anyway, funny now, not so funny then,
I read this article when it first went up but i like to come back about once a year and read it again… still makes me laugh… 🙂
My butt,lower back and neck feel like lava is on it at the moment. I was trying to find out if this has happened to anyone else and found this lol Sorry, I know it wasn't funny at the moment it happend to you but the fact my upper butt and lower back are in lava land at the moment…. I feel your pain.
I was rubbing icy hot on my legs after wrking a 12 hour shift of standing all day wraping and boxing candy.i really wanted to hv a lil fun time with my fiance but he wouldnt budge and i really need sex bad…so he decided he wad tired and got ne madd so i waited til he fell asleep and started to rub him on his **** and still had some ice hot on it after a bit i pretend i was sleeping and i heard him moving around and swearin what the hell happened i pretend i was sleepin .it burned him soo much he took a cool shower lol thats what he gets. Love it"".
Add me to the list of "I'm sitting here with Icy Hot burning the flesh off my body…" posts. I'm at work; I did something to my back and have been using Icy Hot off and on since last Thursday. Today, for whatever reason, I put it on and my back feels like the skin is melting off. I tried to take a peek at it, and from what I can manage to see without killing my back even more, is what looks like a sunburn. I tried applying a cool damp towel, but that just made me want to throw something at the wall. Holy Lord – this sh*t is pow-er-FUL.
Omg this post made me laugh. I worked out and the day after my muscles hurt and were sore. So i put on some walgreens brand of muscle relief cream. After a minute it started burning like my skin was on fire. I was in agony. I kept wiping my legs with a towel. I was in agony for a long ass ten minutes! The pain finally went away. Thank god.
I though i was gonna have to call 911.
My husband just called me and asked me if icy-hot could reactivate because when he started sweating at work this morning his back started burning. He actually said it felt good. LOL
yoh my legs are on Fire I hve tried cold water but ths thng can’t cool down its now,3 am I can’t sleep ths thng Burns the heat is too much some1 can go crazy with ths,product but it’s does help since my injury muscles pain I can not feel but the burning as my brother is laughing this situation I am @
I bet I wil never use ice fire again.
I belive your only suppose to use a little bit not like lotion lol. I added to much the first time and almost swore I was having an allergic reaction it was soooo hot. After about 10 minutes it starts to could down and be bearable.
This is hilarious. At least he stopped at the butt before… well you know.
Add me to the list of someone being burned by icy hot. I have SLE and Fibro and my neck and shoulder have been acting up. On my lunch break, I grabbed some Icy Hot (name brand) roll-on to make it easier to apply in the bathroom. Put on a thin layer around my neck, clavicle and near my arm pits. Felt normal at first since I use Icy Hot pretty often (but the gel in a deodorant type applicator) but after 10 min, I ran to the bathroom almost in tears. A wet wash cloth wasn’t helping so I added soap and rinsed but still wouldn’t go away. It’s now about 15 min since trying to rinse it off and the pain is finally subsiding but my neck is still pretty red! This is a pic: http://imgur.com/mfheFTR
This is NOT funny … been using the No mess rub on icy Hot for years … live in Florida… for some reason it Burned my lower back soo much !!!! Been in pain for 3 days …!!! Unreal !!! It’s 93 don’t know if it was the sun ☀️ or my back was worse !! ??? But I am in PAIN …!!!! Will not use it again !!! Lost a customer !!!!
I have been using icy hot for a while now for my knees and lower back. The other day I was at work and was having some back pain. So, I decided to use some in the lower part of my back as usual. It was okay until I started sweating. The icy hot mixed with sweat started running down to other places!! I was on fire!! I was running down the hallway screaming “my ass is on fire”!!. Of course everyone was laughing at me. But I will never use icy hot when I am sweating again…
This happened to me right now. I️ e never had this happen before. My lower back & thighs are on fire. Idk why they’re burning. I️t burns so bad that I️t woke me up. I️ washed it off & I️t didn’t help. I’m literally laying down with my fan between my legs to help tolerate I️t. I’m never buying or using this product again. So not funny. I️ don’t even know why people find someone skin feeling chemically burned, funny. Not cool
I used extra strenght Bengay on my buttcreeks and did it burn badly. It seems that the thinner the skin the more it burns as it didn’t burn my hands at all putting it on. Don’t and I repeat Do Not let in come in contact with sensitive skin like your scrotum around the bottom of you butt as you will wish you never did. OMG burning wasn’t a strong enough word to describe the pain.
Omg that’s hilarious