The best stuff I've found to protect skin, heal redness, dryness, and heal the
earliest stages (non-broken) skin is Sween Cream by Coloplast. It costs about
$9-$12 bucks for a tube that will last several months
of using it evening and morning on my butt. Works well on skin anywhere. I
apply it each morning and evening to protect my skin. I learned this from a
world famous Paraplegic Rock Climber and Supercrip--he
swears by the stuff.
Bob V
On Jul 22, 2011, at 1:42 PM, Danny Hearn wrote:
> Hi, Don--I had a pressure sore a while back on my bottom from my seat losing
> air---Some of the quads on here recommended ( lantiseptic ) so we bought
> wound care saline and would clean it with that then after it dried we applied
> the lantiseptic cream--Mine healed very quickly after that--- Bag balm and
> {boudreaux butt paste} are very good for rash, redness oe early stage of
> pressure sores. My doctor told us about the butt paste---it has a funny name
> but works very well---these can be found at stores like kmart--target and
> some walgreens I think. good luck ! hope this helps, Dan H.
>
> From: donald scott <[email protected]>
> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Fri, July 22, 2011 8:30:47 AM
> Subject: [QUAD-L] honey vs bag balm vs sulfadiazine
>
> hi group,
>
> ok, here we go again with the pressure soar question. i developed my first
> pressure soar after 20 years. it's a stage 2 and barely open. it's about the
> size of a quarter. it's located on my buttock and was caused by my jay 2
> cushion. i've been fighting it for 2 months now and saw my dr. a month ago.
> he recommended sulfadiazine or also known as silverdine and a gauze pad as
> well as trying to stay off of it. I was able to stay in bed for awhile but
> need to be up more now for my girlfriend to go to work. she has 2 more weeks
> of work before summer break and i need to be up 10 hours a day. it did get
> slightly better but now coming back from being up i'm assuming. i did get a
> new cushion yesterday which i'm hoping helps. i guess what i need opinions on
> is should i give up on the sulfadiazine and try honey or bag balm for a
> quicker healing result? any suggestions would be helpful. i know the obvious
> answer is stay down in bed but she needs to work. also is the bag balm you
> folks use the one in the green can or something else?
>
> thanks for your input and help,
> donald c5/c6 complete
>
