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Lanolin vs lanolin free nipple cream

dyg201dyg201 member
in January 2012 Moms
I remember reading to have both   Lanolin and lanolin free nipple cream so I bought both but now I don't know why!  Does anyone know why you would need both?  TIA
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Re: Lanolin vs lanolin free nipple cream

  • dyg201dyg201 member
    I think I found the answer. I just read an article that said to only use lanolin for a week or two, after that it can contribute to thrush.
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  • FarmvilleLoverFarmvilleLover
    Interesting, I've never heard of this!
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  • SoonToBeMsPSoonToBeMsP member

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    Interesting, I've never heard of this!

    Me neither! I need to do some reading up, it appears. 

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  • chemmie03chemmie03
    My family has wool allergies so I will go Lanolin free. I can't take a chance of my nipples breaking out or DS having problems.
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  • Stirpy33Stirpy33 member
    not sure but i liked the lansinoh nipple stuff better than the medela. medela was so sticky and messy, the lansinoh was thicker and not as sticky. just my opinion though.
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  • jnk062602jnk062602

    Lansinoh and medela are just brand names, they both make lanolin containing cream.  You need to check the ingredients.  I ended up being allergic to lanolin and it was horrible.  The more I put on the worse it got, and the worse it was the LCs were telling me to make sure I put it on before each feeding.  It's not that common and dd also had some tongue thrust issues, so a lot of my redness and irritation were blamed on that.  It took weeks to realize that I was allergic to lanolin.  Absolutely horrible.

    If any of you are allergic to lanolin - also make sure that you let the pharmacy know about it for other creams too.  At one point I had thrush and needed a specially compounded cream since the normal base cream that they used contained lanolin in it.  Also, many hemmorhoid creams contain a lanolin base.

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