Joel Rosenblum (Senegal) on 10/26/2021

To take dmso by mouth you can either put it in large cellulose capsules 1mL at a time and swallow them before they melt (in a minute), or you can just dilute it in enough water. 1mL in a liter of water is hard to taste. But you might want to use more, so in that case capsules and topical.

To avoid smelling bad, take extra magnesium and drink ( raw goat preferably) milk. Lots more info from the yummy.doctor website or in the book DMSO:Nature's Healer.

Replied By BevilNC (NC) on 05/08/2022

My practice has always been to wash as normal/shower or clean the area to be applied with soap and water and rinse it well. Let it dry then apply the DMSO with an organic cotton ball. Then I made sure to let it dry before putting any clothing over the area. Betadine would simply be carried into your skin by the DMSO and betadine is not pure iodine, it has other ingredients you don't really want absorbed into your blood stream. You need to be careful with DMSO but not to the point of being fearful. If it eases your mind you could clean the area with food grade hydrogen peroxide since that would be fine getting carried in. No gloves as the heating action of DMSO is not kind to plastics and it would possibly dissolve them and carry those chemicals in.

Replied By Barbara (Ohio) on 05/15/2022

BevilNC,

Thank you for the information.

Replied By Roxanne (Michigan) on 05/17/2022

I just starting using dmso. I had an ingrown toe nail and applied dmso straight from the bottle and in a day and a half, it's resolved itself.

I'm using it straight from the bottle for my inner thigh psoas muscles and don't seem to have any reaction from it. I'm looking forward to more issues to be solved with dmso.

Replied By Santo (New Territories) on 07/26/2024

Hi Roxanne, did you apply the DMSO 99.9% with your bare fingers or use gloves?

Replied By IbogaQueen.com (USA) on 04/05/2025

Betadine doesn't clean exactly. It disinfects. So it's not useful to use it before dmso unless you are hoping to help the iodine penetrate the skin.

Use soap and water to wash any chemicals from your skin before using dmso. Or just don't put chemicals on your skin, because even without dmso they do absorb into your blood over time.

Replied By Wanda (Spring, Texas) on 04/19/2025

Hi Roxanne, I have a ruptured psoas tendon and I just tried it in that area (groin). Still hurts but I'm gonna get some organic cotton balls and soak it there. How is it going with your psoas issues?

Replied By Roxie (Michigan) on 06/16/2025

I used my fingers and then washed them.

Replied By Roxie (Michigan) on 06/16/2025

I don't think it helped me that much, but it did seem to resolve itself.

Replied By Roxie (Michigan) on 04/02/2026

Sorry, I just saw this. Clean fingers.

Replied By Tim (FLorida) on 11/12/2024

I was taking DMSO - a teaspoonful every day for about a month. Then one Monday my office mate asked me why I smelled and described it as a boiled egg or sulfur smell. I stopped taking it and he said the smell went away. It is a pretty common side effect or at least the books and web info say it is.

Replied By Roxie (Michigan) on 06/16/2025

You never smell it yourself, but others around you do.

Replied By Diane (Knoxville Tenn) on 06/17/2025

The DMSO Store has low-odor pharmaceutical grade DMSO. I was using the regular on my husband for stroke recovery and he smelled bad (like oysters), but when we switched to low-odor, I can't smell it at all.