The one thing that has gone really well in my husband's treatment is the healing of the outside of his neck. I am chalking this up to a fancy french cream that I bought. A friend who had gone through breast cancer radiation recommended it, said it worked wonders on her burns. It's not available in the US, so you have to order it from France, which is a bit expensive, but so worth it. It's called "Biafine". In France it's used for surgical scarring and treatment of radiation burns. My husband was a bit skeptical, but I told him that French women know a thing or two about skin care. We bought it and he used it after every radiation treatment for the last 2 weeks of his treatment and every day afterwards. Everyone at his doctors' offices were amazed how fast his neck healed. It looks great! Thought I would share because it worked so well for him.