On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 01:25:31 EST, Christine Pillado <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>In a message dated 1/27/2005 5:39:08 A.M. Mountain Standard Time,
>[log in to unmask] writes:
>
>Date:    Thu, 27 Jan 2005 05:23:41 +0000
>From:   laurie wheeler <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: prophylactic  lanolin
>
>I definitely do not recommend lanolin prophylactically. My  understanding
is
>the product is useful for moist *wound* healing and if  there is no wound
>there is no need for the product.
>I do use it on my  lips in the wintertime. I find it helps chapped lips.
>
>
>
>Laurie  Wheeler, IBCLC, MN, RN
>New Orleans Louisiana, s.e. USA
>
>And cracked heels...and diaper rash...and cuticles... :)
>
>Christie Pillado
>El Paso, Texas
>Always on the look out for an extra tube of lanolin, even though I haven't
>nursed in over two years!

Great stuff for most people.  It caused contact dermititis when I used it
for my chapped lips (can't use Chapstick either).  I still like it for my
cuticles.
-Claire Bloodgood, IBCLC

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