I’ve had a case of shingles every year since 2006. Yes, this is my 13th year with shingles.
I got a shingles shot 3 years ago and it did nothing.
I got the new shingles shots this past summer (two $300 shots with 3 months between injections), and I currently have shingles. I’m really tired of shingles. The burning phase and blisters are bad enough, but the itching afterward is the worst.
When people say that it burns, they mean that it feels like someone is pouring a pot of boiling water on you; and it does cause blisters.
Shingrix, the new vaccine, is 97% effective. There is no place to go after that.
My experience may be helpful for you.
I have had two severe outbreaks of shingles, both related to sun exposure.
At the time, my work schedule, and my geography (Seattle), meant I got almost no sun exposure at all for like a year, or even more.
Then, when I suddenly got a full day of sun exposure - BAM! - my face, neck, and hands would just erupt with shingles.
I discovered if I made a point of getting 10-15 minutes of spring time sun, a couple days a week, for about a month, the problem stopped.
I have had two dermatologists who claim that sunshine has nothing to do with shingles.
Don't believe them if they tell you that!
For me the itching is insane! Ice packs are the one way I can control it. Had them 3 times in 10 years.
In this thread they talk about relief from shingles.
Hope it helps.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3735908/posts
Also I have eczema and recently got a RX for this product and after years of itching, it stops the itch.
Triamcinolone acetonide cream (Kenalog® cream
Hope it works for you.