A device for caring for a particular region of the skin of a person by managing the micro-climate of the particular region of the skin, the device comprising: a receptacle including an outlet port and defining a chamber that extends from the outlet port to a sump that is defined by an impermeable portion of the receptacle and is disposed for receiving one end of a tube inserted through the outlet port, with the chamber being shaped to receive fluid drawn into the chamber through a permeable portion of the receptacle, wherein fluid can be drawn into the chamber by a vacuum applied at the sump; wherein the receptacle is configured to receive a wicking material over at least some of the permeable portion of the receptacle and is also configured and dimensioned for locating at least some of the wicking material over at least a portion of a particular region of the skin, so that upon said location of the said wicking material, when a vacuum is applied at the sump, said at least a portion of the particular region of the skin is cooled by evaporative cooling when the particular region is moist wherein said wicking material is received by the receptacle, and the device further comprises at least one vent disposed in an impermeable layer of the receptacle that is so disposed as to not contact the skin of the person while the wicking material is located over said at least one portion of the particular region of the skin as to promote drawing of air from at least said portion of the particular region of the skin and to prevent a vacuum from occurring at a portion of the skin of said person adjacent where said wicking material is so located while said vacuum is applied; and the impermeable layer covers at least a portion of the device that is not configured for locating the wicking material over said at least a portion of the particular region of the skin, wherein the receptacle includes an irrigation port into which liquid can be inserted into the chamber and thence through the wicking material to said particular region of the skin, the device further comprising: a finger pocket that is disposed adjacent a portion of the wicking material that is disposed for location over at least a portion of the particular region of the skin, with the pocket being configured for being fitted over a finger, the device being configured for using the inserted finger to position the device while irrigating a particular area of skin with a syringe to thereby keep the particular area of skin clean. a receptacle including an outlet port and defining a chamber that extends from the outlet port to a sump that is defined by an impermeable portion of the receptacle and is disposed for receiving one end of a tube inserted through the outlet port, with the chamber being shaped to receive fluid drawn into the chamber through a permeable portion of the receptacle, wherein fluid can be drawn into the chamber by a vacuum applied at the sump; wherein the receptacle is configured to receive a wicking material over at least some of the permeable portion of the receptacle and is also configured and dimensioned for locating at least some of the wicking material over at least a portion of a particular region of the skin, so that upon said location of the said wicking material, when a vacuum is applied at the sump, said at least a portion of the particular region of the skin is cooled by evaporative cooling when the particular region is moist wherein said wicking material is received by the receptacle, and the device further comprises at least one vent disposed in an impermeable layer of the receptacle that is so disposed as to not contact the skin of the person while the wicking material is located over said at least one portion of the particular region of the skin as to promote drawing of air from at least said portion of the particular region of the skin and to prevent a vacuum from occurring at a portion of the skin of said person adjacent where said wicking material is so located while said vacuum is applied; and the impermeable layer covers at least a portion of the device that is not configured for locating the wicking material over said at least a portion of the particular region of the skin, wherein the receptacle includes an irrigation port into which liquid can be inserted into the chamber and thence through the wicking material to said particular region of the skin, the device further comprising: a finger pocket that is disposed adjacent a portion of the wicking material that is disposed for location over at least a portion of the particular region of the skin, with the pocket being configured for being fitted over a finger, the device being configured for using the inserted finger to position the device while irrigating a particular area of skin with a syringe to thereby keep the particular area of skin clean.