"I am really sorry. I did not think to read the label."
Added: (Wed May 29 2002)
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For most active people, rips and blisters on their hands and feet are just a part of life. For treatment we try many different products, some with little success, and others with no
success at all. Long ago I gave up looking in pharmacies for a serious medication because all I could find were skin softeners and moisturizers. Since most of us are not doctors or
chemists, we buy what we have heard that other people are using, usually without reading the label to see what ingredients are in it. From Preparation H to veterinary medicine like Bag Balm and Udder Butter, I searched for a product that would be safe and do the job. Now it is time for you to find out which products are safe and which are not. Four years ago, not knowing that while I was trying to treat rips and blisters, I may have been doing
more harm than good. This is what I discovered.:
a) Labels that say “for veterinary use”, say this for a reason. It has not been proven safe and effective for humans.
b) In Bag Balm and Udder Butter, the main active ingredient is Oxyquinoline, a potentially harmful drug. These products act only as skin
softeners, and are not designed to help rips and blisters.
c) Businesses that are marketing these products for human use are doing so illegally and at their own risk. Obviously profit comes before safety.
d) Preparation H will take the moisture out of the skin causing it to shrink and nothing else. It is not antiseptic and should not be used on broken skin, such as rips and blisters.
e) It is illegal to use any product on humans that contain DMSO. It can cause serious liver damage as well as death.
f) Regarding homemade concoctions, one uses them at their own risk. The liability is great, and if they were safe and effective, someone
probably would have had them tested and already on the market.
People that make these “brews” at home are not chemists and should not be trying to act like them. If they want to put their concoctions on cows, fine, but as for our humans, I don’t think so! It was a chemist that broke all this news to me after I told him we were
using veterinary medicine. We began to work together to make a safe product that would help heal rips and blisters, soothe the pain and act as a skin protector to reduce severely
dry skin and future skin injuries. Our end result is “HandeBalm”. FDA guidelines were used in testin HandeBalm for safety and effectiveness. If you use something that works and you are sure it is safe, great! If you are not sure, send me the name and ingredients, I will ask the chemist and then let you know what he says. Email to: hrankin@swbell.net If you would like to find out more about HandeBalm, go to www.handebalm.com on the internet, or call toll-free (888) 838-1226. HandeBalm is now available through various distributors. It is not available at cattle feed stores
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