I heard a good tip from Dr Hale about medicines on nipple/areola: "If you can still see it (i.e. the cream/zalf) after application then you've applied too much" Not sure whether this should apply to lansinoh, but it might help reduce the amount the women use?? Sara Bernard The (cold) Netherlands *********************************************** 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