Once I started to use Aquaphor or Vaseline I found that ibuprofen worked pretty well, along with taking it easy on yourself and not talking, smiling, etc. too much.
There were only a couple days that I really felt miserable, during week 3 and at the end of week 4, but the discomfort in week 3 was somewhat self induced since I decided to go for a 4 hour snowmobile ride with my boyfriend and my son. I put on my sunscreen and wore my face mask along with my helmet & goggles. After the 4th time digging out my son's snowmobile, then mine when we were having issues getting up a hill in the powder, my face was quite upset with me from taking my helmet off & putting it back on each time!
I'm glad that the treatment is over for now and I'm glad I did the snowmobile ride too because our snow melted shortly after that so we haven't been back out since. I'm on day 9 being Carac free and it gets better EVERYDAY!!! I'm still a bit pink and tender and flaky but the itching is pretty well gone. I made the mistake of trying to take my dogs for a run Saturday in the cold weather - we only made it about 200 yards from the house and the intense stinging from the cold was too much for me so we headed back into the house.