If the "cutting off the air" theory were true, then sticky Lansinoh 
would do an even better job -- and we've all seen mothers slathering on 
Lansinoh to heal sore nipples, which doesn't do any good if the cause is 
yeast or bacterial infection.  And yeast doesn't like airy environments 
anyway -- they prefer the moist, warm, dark, closed petri-dish 
atmosphere under a plastic-backed breast pad.  (A couple mothers have 
told me that exposing their breasts briefly a couple times a day to 
bright sunlight seemed to help get rid of yeast -- a bit harder to 
arrange if you live in an apartment!  Anyone here living along the 
Riviera beaches want to do the experiment?.  Do you need a research 
assistant?)

Perhaps olive oil has some chemical that attacks yeast (though yeast 
seems so tough that it's hard to picture this bland oil standing up to 
it) or it helps the skin heal to provide more natural protection, or 
something else -- but the killing-through-smothering theory doesn't seem 
to hold up.

Margaret Wills, LLLL, IBCLC, Maryland

 >

>> A mother just told me that she had been advised to use olive oil as a
>> treatment for yeast on her nipples.
>> I am looking for more information about this.
>>
>> norma
>  
>

Norma, There was an ND who used to attend my LLL meetings who advised women 
to do this, saying it cut off the oxygen supply to the yeast and killed them 
off.
Amy 

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