Since I brought this question up, I'll muse further. Maybe persistant lanolin use is just a marker for moms with nipple pain,damage that is candida. maybe no cause/effect with the lanolin. Agree that use of lanolin as routine is out of place, I let moms know it is for moist "wound" healing. i do not use it as a prophylactic. Unfortuantely our hosp gives it out to all moms on standing dr.'s orders. One more thing we need to educate about, but that is not on the top of my list. Laurie Wheeler, RN, MN, IBCLC Violet Louisiana, s.e. USA ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html