>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 mailto:[log in to unmask]