[Herbalist] cream cautions

[Lyn Greaves- Thorny Rose]

Just a cautionary note on vitamin creams--

Make sure you test something new on a relatively SMALL area before you use
it on a sensative area.  I discovered a severe allergy to synthetic vitamin
E (yes, that "wonder substance" that seems to be in everything these days-
including food as a fat substitute) when I used a product that had added it
(I had used the product for over 20 years with no side effects before they
added the tocopheryl (sp?) acetate vitamin E).

Trust me, you DON'T want to find out the hard way like I did.


Lyn Greaves
Lady Rosamund d'Alwareton, CM, OTerp, OSalamander

Remember: Amateurs built the ark, but professionals built the Titanic


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tina" <octas at mmcable.com>
To: <herbalist at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 11:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Herbalist] scars


> Thank you!  With my last son I had some major stretch marks that were
hidden
> beneath my belly - I was quite shocked after I had him.  He's almost two
now
> and they have not faded.  Is there a recipe for the k or e creams?  Or
> somewhere I could begin looking for such a thing?
>
> Uaine
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Linda Lighfoot <alanadarkfire at yahoo.com>
> To: <herbalist at ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 10:16 AM
> Subject: [Herbalist] scars
>
>
> > Having had several major surgeries over the past 3-4
> > years, I've ben looking at materials for
> > fading/diminishing scars.
> >
> > There're several commercial things out now.
> > Mederma (or some store brands) is a pricy ointment
> > that does help fade scars. I've used it with fairly
> > good results
> >
> > I've looked at some scar reduction patches, but
> > haven't used them.
> >
> > Emu oil will litterally soak into the scar, turning it
> > translucent for half hour or so. It seems to do a lot
> > with scars.
> >
> > Vitamin K or E creams for scars, stretch marks, etc.
> >
> > Good luck,
> > Siobhan ni Ahearn
> >
> >
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