Tricia writes:

It  always seemed strange to me that we are considering this a medicine, 
but we  give out hand lotion to mothers who request it? And we don't need to 
keep hand  lotion in the pyxis. I didn't think there was any actual medicine 
in lanolin  cream, it's more like chapstick right?
~~~ An interesting question/point. In addition to Pat's point about  
tracking, I do think Lansinoh is very different than hand lotion( or chapstick.)  
Hand lotion is for dry skin, Lansinoh, if it's being used correctly, is for  
wounded, broken skin. I know moms use it, and the manufacturer may even 
suggest  using it as a "moisturizer" or "soother"  but it's a wound care 
product by  design. It is not a cream or lotion, but a moist wound healing 
product. As  a wound care therapist, I would not put lotion or chapstick on a real 
wound, but  we still keep Lansinoh in our house and my adult children know 
to ask where that  little purple tube is, when they get cut/wounded.
 
Hope that helps,
Judy  

Judy LeVan  Fram, PT, IBCLC, LLLL
Brooklyn, NY,  USA
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