Why Did I JUST Find Out About This?===Balmex Diaper Rash Ointment
Written: Mar 13 '01 (Updated Mar 14 '01)
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Pros: Wonderful healing and protecting power!
Cons: Hard to clean off of walls and sometimes bottoms!
The Bottom Line: The cream protects and the healing power is amazing! the healing is almost instantanious. Wiping off can be a chore. Works to protect dry skin and minor abrasions as well.
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| BlonbabyDawn's Full Review: Balmex Diaper Rash Ointment |
“Why didn’t someone tell me earlier?” is all I have to ask. Now with a potty training two-year-old, I’m wondering why it took me 4 years to find this wonder of a diaper rash ointment! I’ve tried Desitin and A&D Ointment, I’ve even tried prescription brands. Nothing has worked a miracle on my baby’s bottom like Balmex has.
Last week my daughter woke up with a horrible diaper rash. No other ointment has ever given me “solid” results. I would usually just bathe her immediately and then let her run around and air out for most of the day. But since it is still chilly and clothes are needed, I had to find something fast to help keep her irritated bum protected.
Off to WALMART I go with my best friend. As we’re searching the baby isle for diaper rash ointments, my eyes flickered across the Balmex. It was up above all the rest and not really easy to see. I picked up the box and asked her if she had ever used this particular brand on her son. She said yes she had and that it worked pretty good. I know Balmex is a well-known brand, but so is Desitin and A&D and I had never gotten the results I wish I would have gotten. Let’s just say they were less than adequate.
The real test began when I got home to apply the cream and see if it really worked.
The Test
Balmex is very easy to apply. The texture is thick and creamy and very soft on the skin. The ointment smells of a baby powder and ointment mix. It’s not at all displeasing; the smell is actually very soft and baby like. The cream spreads smoothly over a baby’s bottom and you can almost see the protection barrier it leaves.
After about an hour I decided it was time for another diaper change because of the severity of the rash. (She had drank a lot of apple juice the day before which caused her the runs...very acidy and made for a bad diaper rash) After taking off her diaper, I noticed an enormous change in the rash. It was almost gone! The Balmex had begun to work the moment I put it on the rash.
I noticed when I took her into the Pediatrician about a year ago for a similar rash, that the Doctor had given her a straight Zinc Oxide cream. This worked wonderfully. The Balmex has this same ingredient in it (11.3%). Zinc Oxide is incredible for diaper rashes. It is a skin protectant, as well as it promotes healing. This unique formula with vitamin E and Aloe also soothes and moisturizes your baby’s skin keeping it well protected against wetness and other irritating things that cause diaper rashes (like acidity).
The box tells us that this ointment wipes off easily. I found that to NOT be true. In fact, not only do a have to do a little scrubbing on the bottom to get it clean of the ointment, getting Balmex off of walls and hands is just as disagreeable and difficult. My daughter is going to be a well known artist one day...(this is what I tell myself so as to keep myself sane) she paints with anything she can get her hands on; shampoo, soap, coffee grinds, juice; BALMEX, you get the picture. Balmex is so thick and it coats so well, that a good SCRUB is needed to get it off walls AND hands, especially in large doses.
Other Uses
Balmex is now being used to treat dry skin on my daughter’s face. It’s working wonderfully! The box states that this ointment can also be used to protect minor burns, cuts, scrapes, sunburn and skin irritations.
Does it work for diaper rashes? YES The best I have ever tried.
Does it work for dry skin? I will keep using it on my daughter. She’s got very sensitive skin, as I do and Balmex does a wonderful job at protecting her.
Will I buy Balmex again?? YES MOST DEFINITELY
Some Inactive Ingredients ( fillers)
Aloe Vera gel (great healing power!!), balsan (specially purified balsam peru), beeswax, benzoic acid, dimethicone, methylparaben, mineral oil, propylparaben, purified water, sodium borate, tocophrey (vitamin E acetate).
For more information:
www.balmex.com
Recommended:
Yes
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