Topical application of a 10% tea tree oil cream works about as well as tolnaftate 1% cream (Genaspor, Tinactin, Ting, and others) for relieving symptoms of athlete's foot, including scaling, inflammation, itching, and burning. However, the 10% tea tree oil cream doesn't seem to cure the infection.
Only 80 children in the world currently have the condition, including 18 in the United States, according to the Progeria Research Foundation. Children are born seemingly healthy, but start aging dramatically by the age of 2. On average, they die at 13.
Lindsay is one of 9 girls in the U.S. who has progeria. Amazingly, Kaylee Halko, 8, who has the same rare condition, lives an hour away in Monclova, Ohio. The two girls are close friends and because of progeria look strikingly similar.