Top 10 Uses for Lansinoh Lanolin Nipple Cream: Fun Facts
January 7, 2007 by Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor
Filed under health of the baby, health of the mother
Did you know that the name “Lansinoh” comes from “Lan” (lanolin) “sin” (without) “oh” (alcohol)? Aside from treating the breastfeeding mother’s nipples, Lansinoh lanolin can:
1. Be used as lip balm.
2. Treat diaper rash.
3. Help heal minor cuts, burns and skin abrasions.
4. Soothe itchy stretch marks.
5. Replenish the lanolin in wool diaper covers and wool nursing pads.
6. Heal cracked, dry winter cuticles or wind- and cold-chapped cheeks.
7. Treat eczema.
8. Un-stick a stuck zipper.
9. Remove a too-tight ring from fingers swollen from pregnancy.
10. Moisturize dry and itchy skin on elbows, knees and heels.
For more information, see the Lansinoh website (for the United Kingdom click here, for Germany click here), this information from WebMd.com, or consult your doctor or pharmacist.
Great list! I’ve still got half a tube left and was wondering what to do with it.
Same here! Great list of ideas!
Hsien and Tanya, if a woman is lucky she really doesn’t need Lansinoh for breastfeeding for long (or at all) and ends up having some leftover. Lucky for us there are some other good uses for it!
I used some at the beginning then around 1 year when S started to bite (unintentionally). Ouch.
My daughters both bit me too but fortunately they never broke the skin. They learned quite quickly not to bite the breast that fed them! I simply popped them off, put them on the floor as I said “no biting” and then told them they could nurse again when they weren’t going to bite. Teething can cause lots of problems, but it’s hard to have sympathy for a kid who’s biting you, even unintentionally. Good for you for sticking it out (and remembering that old tube of Lansinoh LOL).
Lanolin can also be used to remove eye makeup
it works great for sunburn and the dry chapped skin leftover by it!