Ointments, Creams and Skin Dressings

After reading many diaper posts and thinking about the ramifications of skin rashes and infections from extended contact with urine and feces I was wondering what types of ointments, creams and other skin dressings people were using to treat and protect their skin.

I have seen people talk about vaseline, A & D ointment, powders, Desitin, Aquaphor ointment, Burt's Bees among others. I was also wondering if anyone ever used Karaya, which is often used by people with ostomies to protect the skin surrounding the stoma from irritation. What do you use?

Susie, this is an excellent thread. I have often wondered the same. I would assume that most people who have to wear diapers because they are medically incontinent take care of themselves. I would assume they change their diapers as soon as they are soiled then wash themselves and make sure they are dry and what not. But for the "others" who like to wear their diapers until they are so full they are falling off or whatever other reason which I couldn't even fathom, their skin has to get sore, rashy, open and everything that goes with sitting in dirty diapers.

First I can't even fathom that period, but whatever, to each their own. But what do they use, or maybe they don't and that, meaning being sore and broken out in their peri area is part of the charms of being a diaper wearer?

Personally speaking I went to a tanning bed once, was in there naked and used this lotion that apparently didn't agree with my fair skin. I had a rash on my ass and oh my god was that uncomfortable. I can't understand why anyone would want that, but again, most people can't for the life of them understand why I want painful injections plunged into my ass every chance I get either, lol.

Mashie

I normally use what is called Bag Balm, a nurse that saw me many times recommended and told me if you use that, you will feel so much better, and it was good to work with when cathing too, (easier to clean off mostly) But I'm medically incontinent, the real deal

I wear at night because my bladder is fickle and haven't had any issues with rashes or any skin issues but also if I wake up wet I change and shower immediately. I agree that any kind of rash on the ass sucks I have a bad tendency of getting them to do my bowels also being funky ((they can't seem to make up their mind whether they want to be constipated or have diarrhea)) for me when I get rashes I use resinol which I also use for bug bites and any other kind of skin irritation it works great for me at least

I use Sudocreme and sometimes Vaseline

Baby Magic baby lotion. Comes in pink plastic bottles. The lotion, too, used to be pink but now it's not (I think they must have decided that Red Dye #3 isn't good for baby's skin or something). I love the way it feels and love the way it smells, especially as my cloth diapers start getting wet!

I have a supply of "Sudocream" as well as a tube of "Bepanthen" and the two of these protect me well, every nappy change gets a new application of "Sudocream" and if anything starts to itch a little out comes the "Bepanthen" and gets applied all over both legs and areas nearby.

Fortunately nappy rash is a rare complaint for me.