>If anything, I would use "all purpose nipple ointment" which, in Canada,
>where you are obviously not, would be Kenacomb ointment or Viaderm KC
>ointment. In the US, you can make something similar by combining
>Mycolog ointment with mupirocin ointment 2%. I suggest using it
>sparingly after each feeding and not washing or wiping off. As the
>mother improves she can decrease the use of the ointment.
>
>Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC
And I would cover that with hydrogel dressing. I don't know where you live
but I think there are several brands around the US. The one in our
pharmacies is Second Skin. It is soothing and seems to hasten healing of
damaged nipples. I am quite pleased with it.
Patricia Gima, IBCLC
Milwaukee
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