Bag Balm-Safe To Use?

[savingdogs]

Yea after reading the ingredient list I was a little apprehensive. I'm slowly phasing out products like that in our home so I didn't really wanna add one in. I was looking at it also for an udder cream for our milking goats but I think I'm gonna keep looking for a better alternative. (suggestions anyone?)

My thought was that if I don't wanna use it on myself I probably don't wanna use it on them. It seems like it would also be absorbed into their bloodstream through their udders?

I second this question, what should be used for goats udders then if they are getting dry? I was going to purchase some bag balm at my next feed store trip.

 

[miss_thenorth]

You can go to a health food store and buy lanolin.

 

[aggieterpkatie]

I use Bag Balm when there's a really severe dry and cracking issue. For after kidding (to help get rid of edema) I just use a mint udder balm. I've used this with good results, and I have this kind now and really like it. I normally don't see any issues with dry udders though. I've only needed the bag balm once, and I've only used the Udder Mint after kidding.

 

[valmom]

I would think lanolin would be a great choice for almost any kind of skin issues. When I was nursing my babies the doctor recommended lanolin. I do love it, although it can be really sort of sticky and hard. Maybe processing it with coconut oil would soften it? WZ- how do you do your shea butter to soften it? What about tea tree oil?

 

[freemotion]

If you want a cream, you can use any of the harder ingredients as part of a lotion or cream recipe.

I've been putting lard on my hands lately...they were fine all winter but since milking and bottle babies, my hands are in water a LOT. I am out of lotion (it is on my to-do list! That never ending list!) so I looked around to see what would be closest to my own oils....lard is abundant here now and has a lot of vit D so it is working out great. Wouldn't use it normally, but there it is.

 

[Wifezilla]

Tea tree oil is VERY STRONG and you would not want to use enough to soften the shea butter.

I nuke my shea butter and then add a more liquid oil. Then as it softens you can whip it with a stick blender if you want to make it even smoother.

 

[Kala]

I knew I could count on you guys!!

 

[Icu4dzs]

Bag Balm as a skin product, is rather helpful and rather cheap. Of course, as some of the others have said, there are certainly other lipid containing substances that will work as well if you are deeply concerned about the issue of "petrolatum" (Vaseline). Coconut oil, Shea butter,etc. all will help. I have even make my own form of eucerin cream (Crisco and cold cream) which works quite well, too)

I am particularly fond of Aquaphor ointment for dry skin. It is an OTC medication, and does have petrolatum in it but works very well. A&D ointment is also very good.

Of course, there is good old fashioned lanolin which comes from sheep wool and for my opinion is probably the very best but markedly expensive.

When the label does not include "safe for human use" that would be important in the "don't eat or drink this stuff" arena, but for skin care, I don't think there is THAT much to worry about. If you made it to adult hood, your mom probably used Vaseline on your "diaper" area without killing you.

Hope this helps.
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