susan
try using vitamin e oil, open the capsule andput the oil on the shingles - use gloves...in 3 days they should be gone..i found this in an old medical book 1940's and it actually worked w/ my husband when he had shingles, 2 weeks later my neighbor had shingles and he tried it and said it made them disappear in 3 days also, when it disappears continue using the e oil for 7 days. husbands shingles went around his stomach to his spine, back to front. hope this helps