Generic Icy Hot Burns By kaylala024 on - Updated Oct 15, 2011
I recently found out that I have poor circulation, so, I went to CVS and bought their generic version of ICY HOT. Regardless of the instructions telling me to "APPLY A GENEROUS AMOUNT" I had never used icy hot before so I only put a very thin layer on my skin, all over my legs.
Two minutes later, i BURNED so badly that it felt like someone was boiling both of my legs in hot water. I had leaned over to look at how my legs were turning all bright neon red, and some of the icy hot got on my stomach when I leaned over and turned my stomach BRIGHT NEON RED.
I washed the icy hot off with cool mildly soapy water but my skin continued to burn for two hours.
I thought I was safe buying the generic brand, it has the EXACT same ingrediants, but I guess not. It could be something wrong with me, but I'm not about to use it again and find out.
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CVS brand icy hot traditional Purchased at: CVS Price: 5.99
Thanks for the warning. I will think about this before I buy it.
Yikes, that's scary that this product burned you, I think I'd put a call in to their customer service line to let them know.