A method for treating skin problems exacerbated by moisture and/or friction includes identifying a skin treatment area having a wound which produces exudates or other adverse skin condition, determining that the skin treatment area is at risk for at least one of skin maceration, friction and shearing and, in response to the determining, applying a thin layer of a composition to the skin treatment area. An exemplary composition comprises from about 1 percent to about 40 percent by weight of a solid particulate material such as zinc oxide, up to about 30 percent by weight of water, and from about 20 percent to about 99 percent by weight of a fluid base material selected from the group consisting of mineral oil, silicone oil, plant-based oil and mixtures thereof. The applying includes spraying the composition on the skin treatment area with an atomizer.
