Health question

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Needing some help....

My boyfriend has trouble with his skin which gets very irritated when he gets warm/hot. It happens outside, inside, on the bus, in the car... everywhere. the attacks are bad and he says it feels like his skin is on fire. He's going to the dermatologist and everything, but I'm trying to find a couple of "quick fixes" that might help him out.

In addition to a body scrub, does anyone else have any ideas about some things that would fit in his car or my purse for when we're out and he has some kind of heat rash attack? I need something that will cool him down quickly, like maybe some kind of cloth with something on it that i could rub over his back. i thought about maybe some cotton pads with some kind of mint oil in them, since that can cool really quickly.

The catch: i can't use lotion or anything that will clog his pores. I'm justkind of burnt out on ideas for the moment... anyone have any suggestions?

I also want to make him one of those cool pack things... the ones that you fill with flaxseed or rice. How do those work? how long do they hold "coolness"? what's better, rice or flaxseed or something else?

As for the body scrub, I've found a couple of recipes, but I was wondering if anyone had any real "tride and true" recipes that really work out for them. I need a recipe for some kind of really intense body scrub. I need something plain-ish, though, so I can mix other things into it, like mint, fragrance, etc. It needs to be very abraisive and exfoliating, but also good for the skin.

sorry if this isn't entirely coherent. i just had my tonsils out and am kind of out of it.

EDIT:
also - what are the little containers that body scrubs come in called? I'm trying to find a place online to buy them, but I can't really find a word that gets what I'm looking for. I want the little about 2-3 inch tall bottles with screw on caps. meh. rarr.