Chapped Cheeks revisited

[momofrussell]

Well.. I had posted how we use Bag Balm for the chapped cheeks.. always have.. we use Bag Balm for ALOT of things here and it's just a staple in our house. I also thought Aquaphor and Bag Balm were the same ingredients but at Wal Mart I passed buy and needed some while we were out, so I checked out the Aquaphor and it is NOT the same.. they both are pretrolium jelly and Bag Balm has lanolin in it.. which is VERY good to have.. but Aquaphor has lanolin AND mineral oil AND glycerin (and some other goodies) which helps out even MORE!!! So.. since i needed some I bought that Aquaphor and it helped out SO much better. I have bought it in the past but it's been a long time.. but man.. it helped even better then my good ole staple of Bag Balm!!!!

A.

[angela2]

I would like to put in my vote for Aquaphor too!

I never used it before, I just used plain vaseline, but Brandon's cheeks were still red...I think the vaseline just rubbed right off. So I recently bought Aquaphor, thanks to all of you guys, and it works great! We had a very cold and windy day today and his cheeks are looking good!

[samanthajosmom_12]

we use both. aquphor we use more! bag balm is a stable here also. sue

[Deannalee]

So glad I saw this the other day!!!! Justin has continuous red cheeks, nose, and chin during the cold winter months. He is sooooo sensitive. I found his Rx aquaphor and used it. Almost all redness gone. I had been using Eucerin, but it wasn't working well. Then....Jacob got the red around the lips thing going on.....and he got it used on him too!!!!! Now both boys look better!!!!

Deanna

[Kristen]

A - why don't you listen to me? I have said Aquphor for years. Literally. I got a tub of it when I got that nasty bizzare rash all over my face in my first tri with Syd and that slathered all over my face was the only way I made it the two weeks between my doctor saying oh, don't use anything and his father (the other doc) seeing me and screaming in horror and me getting to the derm. I have the same tub and it's only 1/3 gone even though every night Carter gets his facial with it. We have been slacking alittle andhis face looks just as good. Dave said he must be lubed up ten layers down so we can skip a few days LOL!

[momofrussell]

Because.. Kristen.. it would be out of character for me to listen to you! LMAO.. Actually.. we LIVED off of Bag Balm for YEARS and it ALWAYS did the trick.. that was our life saver.. until the new chapped cheek incident.. and I thought I'd buy some Aquaphor again.. had it once but it wasn't for this serious of cheeks!

A.

[mom2josh]

Just wanted to weigh in on the red cheeks. Josh has them all of the time, too. It's funny that kids with ds seem to get it collectively, but I was thinking about this. My doc said it's eczema, which is actually an immune response similar to an allergy. Since ds kids are immunocompromised for the most part, I wonder if that's why they get it. Interesting, because my other children (and their friends) don't get it. And Josh's nurses and docs are always commenting on it (he has leukemia and pretty much lives in the hospital). I was so used to it, I just thought it was normal for Josh-then I logged in here and found out it's a community thing! Just an interesting point...

[momofrussell]

That IS interesting actually. I haven't visited the ped JUST for his cheeks so I don't know if we've never been while his cheeks are chapped or not... maybe thinking they've noticed and it's not that? I don't know. BUT.. your logical explaination on why the chapped/eczema makes perfect sense though!!! Thanks for the interesting bit of info.. I will have to do some searching!

A.

[caz]

well guess what I will be buying Joshua tomorrow thanks all xxx