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Anonymous wrote:I grew up with a jerk mother who loved mercurochrome. It stung so bad. I used to hide any cut or scrape and run to a friend or neighbors house to get bactine or soap and water and then hide it from her. Neosporin is great!

That takes me back. Fortunately, mercurochrome has been taken of the market because of the mercury content. It turns out it never really worked that well and gave the illusion it was doing something because it left a red stain on the skin.

I might be the odd one. I miss mercurochrome. It worked quite well. As for mercury poisoning, you needed to use it sparingly.

If it's something like a paper cut, I don't.

But when DD cane back from camp, she had a pencil eraser sized scrape on her to that had removed skin. She said she got it when swimming in a lake and ,no, she didn't clean it at all. Well I whipped out that Neosporin right away.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I use it. I’m 49. I feel like it helps small wounds heal faster and haven’t read anything bad about it, but l haven’t gone looking either

This. Much faster healing.

Recent studies don't back this up.

Here's the study https://www.skinwellnessflorida.com/blog/deflating-neosporin-dermatologist-dr-anne-marie-tremaine-explains-why-you-should-choose-something-else/

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I use it. I’m 49. I feel like it helps small wounds heal faster and haven’t read anything bad about it, but l haven’t gone looking either

This. Much faster healing.

Recent studies don't back this up.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I use it. I’m 49. I feel like it helps small wounds heal faster and haven’t read anything bad about it, but l haven’t gone looking either

This. Much faster healing.

Same here.

Anonymous wrote:I use it. I’m 49. I feel like it helps small wounds heal faster and haven’t read anything bad about it, but l haven’t gone looking either

This. Much faster healing.

Anonymous wrote:My derm recommended bactricasin (sp?) instead and had a reason I don’t remember, so that’s what I get now

Bacitracin

My kid reacts to Neosporin, so we use Polysporin instead in our home. It does help in healing small cuts faster.

My derm recommended bactricasin (sp?) instead and had a reason I don’t remember, so that’s what I get now

Anonymous wrote:I grew up with a jerk mother who loved mercurochrome. It stung so bad. I used to hide any cut or scrape and run to a friend or neighbors house to get bactine or soap and water and then hide it from her. Neosporin is great!

That takes me back. Fortunately, mercurochrome has been taken of the market because of the mercury content. It turns out it never really worked that well and gave the illusion it was doing something because it left a red stain on the skin.

I grew up with a jerk mother who loved mercurochrome. It stung so bad. I used to hide any cut or scrape and run to a friend or neighbors house to get bactine or soap and water and then hide it from her. Neosporin is great!

Most people have, or will, develop a bad reaction to Neosporin. Best bets include air, or a dab of Vaseline or bacitracin

I don’t, but there are times when I use an antiseptic. I tend to use a chlorhexadine wash if it is that serious.

Very rarely. I had never heard of it until I was about 35 — growing up my mom had Bactine, which stung so we would try hard not to tell our mom if we got a cut. Some water and a band aid always worked fine.

Anonymous wrote:It can also cause contact dermatitis. I don't use it because I don't see the need as long as you keep the wound clean. I used it recently on a cut on the back of my leg that was done in a way I was a little worried about bacteria. I got AWFUL contact dermatitis from it!

I react badly and don't use it anymore