Common things Derms hate!

[@ricky7111]

As a microbiologist I am also anti Neosporin. I did my thesis on Ancient Egyptian medicine and its efficacy in modern context. As part of the study I compared their medicine against its modern counterparts. Neosporin is way too nonselective, thus prolonging the healing of wounds. Also, don't use a mixture of honey, garlic, and crocodile dung either. The best this is soap and water and a bandage.

[@J9H5]

Useful to know, thanks for adding this comment! I couldn’t care less about scars, but am very interested to know if these products actually do what we in the public assume they do…

[@kamillelord3891]

Dang it now I need to throw away my mixtures of honey, garlic and crocodile dung 😂

[@ricky7111]

@kamillelord3891 well, they supposedly never go bad.

[@hayleyhawn]

Your thesis sounds so interesting, is there somewhere I can read it?? (I'm a hellenistic classicist who pivoted and is now applying to medical school - this is amazing!)

[@ricky7111]

@hayleyhawn It was fun. I figured this is the time for me to do something weird. Unfortunately I have no idea if it's still anywhere. It was so long ago, I no longer have the computer it was written on. But John Nunn has a great book on Egyptian Medicine if you want to get started.

[@brittanyjerome6268]

At 15 i was getting off a motorcycle and ended up hitting the exhaust pipe with my leg. I ended up with a third-degree burn. My PCP sent me to a burn specialist. The specialist said that it could take up to 5+ years for the scar to lighten because of the severity of the burn plus my Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. He told me to cover it up overnight and let it air out during the day. I asked about using vitamin E oil and he said the same thing but i tried it anyway. I would put vitamin E oil on gauze and cover it up for multiple hours within two months i could barely see the scar. And my Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome causes my scars to be dark red and thick. So I was very pleased it made it so light. Now at 25, i can stare at my leg and I won't be able to find it.

[@trilbynhiss]

I got a burn on my leg the same way. Luckily someone had an aloe vera plant that helped.

[@wendio5437]

My husband had some skin cancer removed from his face and his derm said to only put Vaseline on it - no antibiotic creams at all. It was a very deep well in his face and we just put Vaseline on it and kept it covered and it healed up great. She also said they HATE Neosporin and never recommend using it.

[@user-js6yq4hr1n]

did you cover it all the time even during showers and at night?

[@alanaharvey8185]

as someone who works in dermatology, specifically in skin cancer removal: AGREE!!! agree, agree, agree!! for both part 1 and part 2. we are constantly informing patients to not use neosporin or peroxide post-operatively for these exact reasons. the only thing we recommend for scar fading is sun protection and silicone gel or sheets. let the people know!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@laurahamilton8868]

I will say, sometimes Vaseline just doesn't do the job. I had an injury on my face and needed stitches. The plastic surgeon said the just put Vaseline on the scar. I very diligently applied Vaseline for weeks with very little improvement. I switched to applying Mederma and the scar faded soooo quickly.

[@SiddiGorsky-xc7ub]

Happy to say I don’t have in my possession nor have I used the items you have mentioned (except for the but wipes but only used them for a short period of time before I was told they don’t break down like normal toilet paper)

[@HarmlessComment]

This clip has a small pop up to buy neosporin, no joke 😂

[@DrSamEllis]

@@HarmlessComment omg noooo 😂😂😂

[@Anne-ox9xr]

Noticed that too! 😮

[@mrswhite808]

Yup it’s there. 😂

[@ShanMarie1974]

@@DrSamEllis yep!

[@ShanMarie1974]

@@DrSamEllis yep. It even says "affiliate"

[@chanamandelbaum9506]

I love neosporim, it works great for me.

[@chem3066]

Me too!

[@Kay2be2mr]

Has anyone else noticed that Vaseline is thinner now? It used to feel thicker and stay put on my lips longer. Now it disappears from my lips pretty fast.

[@lovetoplayharp]

We lived with my mother-in-law with Alzheimers for a number of years before she passed. She got these (what we thought were) infected arms. They blew up like balloons, red, itchy. Regular doc didn't know what was going on, but the minute we took her to a dermatologist, they told us that Neosporin is the #1 allergen and they talk about it in conferences. I think she'd had a scratch or something (I can't remember how it started), but the Neosporin blew up. It was so sad and so preventable if we'd been told or if we knew. we don't use Neosporin at all anymore.

[@Titus-2-Mom]

My husband swears by Neosporin the way the dad in My Big Fat Greek Wedding swore by Windex

[@InkyzMom]

😂

[@YourSupportDemon]

Wait but.... i mix a few drops of vitamin E oil with my moisturizer a few nights a week and it always seems to super hydrate my skin! And when i got contact dermatitis from some other product, i used jojoba oil and vitamin E oil to heal it really quickly. Am i insane? I dont understand 😢 i love my vitamin E oil 😭

[@brimstonefondue]

Thoughts on Aquaphor, which is basically medicated Vaseline?

[@averagebear007]

I'm not a doctor myself but have one in the family and we've talked about this. He says aquaphor is better for dry skin because of the things added to it, but it has a relatively low amount of petroleum jelly (I think he said like only a third of the product? It's been awhile lol). But Vaseline is 100% petroleum jelly and doesn't have the additives so it's better for wound care. People can also be allergic or sensitive to the additives in aquaphor.

[@sxerosie]

I googled it and aquaphor is usually recommend by derms over Vaseline since it has more of a moistening quality due to the added glycerin. It’s still petroleum based tho!

[@averagebear007]

@sxerosie recommended by derms for what though? They each have their uses but which one is better completely depends on what you intend to use it for

[@gommyreeves1578]

What about castor oil applied topically? A lot of dr influencers are promoting that for surgical scar healing.

[@sxerosie]

I would like to hear her take on it too! I will say anecdotally, I’ve massage castor oil on my face and it’s helped reduce the appearance of my hyperpigmentation acne scars. Might be the castor oil, might be the increase of blood flow due to the massage or might be both 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@1hawaii21]

I worked in Oncology/Hematology/Radiation therapy for 30 years. We never used Neosporin and advised it. In Radiation we used Aquaphor or plain or plain Vaseline. And, for some patients we would advise a thin layer of bacitracin.

[@linda48223]

I started using bacitracin. Neosporin makes holes in my skin. Good to know silicone is an option

[@caligrekul2745]

Holes?!

[@ahill4642]

I had that vitamin E reaction mentioned here. I was told by someone somewhere to cut open a vitamin E gel capsule and put it on my scars and sure enough ended up with an annoying rash. 🙄

[@LittleBlueFish87]

I’m allergic to neosporin and adhesives that you find on most bandages. They put Tegaderm on my after my breast cancer surgeries and my skin was raw and itchy when it came off. I’ve been sticking as close to natural as possible. Petroleum based products can be problematic for my skin too.

[@ShanMarie1974]

I'm allergic to most bandage adhesive as well & latex. It makes things a bit harder.

[@lkleeberg]

My daughter had surgery as a child and developed a rash after post op neosporin. It went on for weeks, diagnosed with staph etc.. She’s now 40 and the whole time she had an allergy to neosporin. She can’t get near it without the rash, burning and itching. She’s allergic to nearly everything topically now but the neosporin was the first thing looking back that she reacted to.

[@lilythrall8365]

I found out I was allergic to neomycin sulfate 8 years ago and I’m grateful to know it is a common allergy. It’s also found in a lot of eye drops / eye antibiotics!!

[@am7283]

Topical silicone with or without adhesives causes allergies for lots of people, so proceed with caution if using silicone products and/or products with adhesive.

[@sandrasimon1674]

Omg. My skin HATES Neosporin. Everyone told me I was nuts when I said it made every cut worse!

[@Suzzieq00]

Me too!

[@toridomiart7092]

that last rec is interesting! it also made me wonder if you’ve done a video on tattoo healing and any care or product recommendations for that! i don’t think i’ve ever seen a dermatologist talk about tattoo aftercare 🤔 ppl talk a lot about the product “Second Skin” (transperent wound dressing?) and wondered if that’s a yay or nay

[@marielafleury8139]

Us GPs hate Neosporin/Polysporin too!

[@veronicaspencelocke2003]

Are you are a younger GP? I've been to several older doctors who really don't know they should stop recommending Poly/Neosporin...wait, that makes me question if there's a difference between the two? I'm not sure we even have Neosporin here. I'm Canadian 🇨🇦 and allergic to *something* that's in polysporin. My family tends to just use salt water on a lot of cuts, in and outside the mouth 👄 but we're on an Island in the Atlantic so...😅

[@LifeTransPlanet]

I love neosporin with pain relief for dirty cuts and scrapes. There's a lot of barbed wire and other metal out here on the farm and so I feel like it adds a little extra protection from infection and also helps with the pain. First I wash out the wound of obvious dirt with soap and water, then I apply antiseptic like rubbing alcohol or H2O2 if I can't find alcohol, then when the bleeding stops, neosporin and then a bandaid. It's how I was taught basic cut/scrape first aid.

[@CelibateCetologist]

Makes me wonder what you think of Polysporin, which is what we have in Canada instead of Neosporin.

[@trilbynhiss]

I had a cyst removed on my neck/shoulder area and the dermatologist gave me neosporin to apply at home. I got way more than a rash, it looked like my skin and the stitched area were about to explode in a shower of pus. And he was annoyed when he saw me the next day, like I had somehow done it to myself.

[@apila1070]

I so far don't have any of those things on this list, maybe it's a cultural difference. Hi from Europe 😊 I appriciate skincare and skinhealth tips so thank you

[@silkenaria]

❤ this. Cleanse the wound. Sanitize. Cover with Vaseline and gauze. This is the regimen you will get in the hospital from nurses and other med staff.

[@TurquoiseRhino]

I would not use Neosporin in any circumstances. My husband put it on his tiny booboo on his foot and it caused a grapefruit sized skin problem where the skin was red and sloughed off.

[@MelissaSurowiecki]

I was just looking for silicone scar sheets today!

[@sr9122]

Opinion on castor oil?

[@lb3659]

I used Vaseline on my most recent cut and it’s so helpful!

[@Alexandra4Bubu]

My scars improved considerably both in textue and in colour (they got whiter) after a few hours of sun exposure. What could be the explanation? They are hypertrophic scars from moles removal.

[@Lady.Raven2987]

All the other you mentioned was spot on

[@darkprince56]

I've read testimonials that castor oil is good for scars...true?

[@milliemoody4342]

That was me! Had a bad reaction and rashes and was itching so bad my surgeon felt bad after seeing all the rashes He realized I was allergic to what you just mentioned had to give me a shot for the itch. He then recommended Bacitracin Ointment.

[@kellyvendrasco1945]

What about Vitamin E supplements? Thanks kindly!💕

[@StephanieDefinitely]

Not the doctor but just my 2¢- That’s different tbh but you still don’t want to take that as a supplement in excess either because it’s a fat soluble nutrient (so we can def get too much of it). And also it is contraindicated with some meds and will need to be stopped prior to surgery, etc. Generally the amount in a normal multivitamin is fine but I’d talk to your doctor or cardiologist before adding vitamin E to your supplement regimen. I actually don’t use vitamin E by itself but I do take CoQ10 for heart and brain health (and also because I’m on a statin) and my cardiologist was very happy to see that he didn’t have to mess with my supplements. Haha.

[@kellyvendrasco1945]

@stephanie. Ok thanks kindly! I dont take it but was considering it for some issues. Thanks again for your input. Much appreciated!!💕

[@Cryss1227]

Makes your hair and nails grow like crazy! To each their own regarding some of these. I used vitamin e oil on a warm washcloth for years to remove my makeup and my acne went away and it healed majority of my scars

[@edwardhoppe4294]

I developed an allergy to neosporin. Had a scrape turn into a terrible rash which prevented the wound from healing

[@ebonycarr1]

This is why I don't understand why brands constantly keep including vitamin E and vitamin C serums

[@memoisthebestxyz]

I feel so validated rn. Doctors are always surprised/ confused when I tell them this is the only thing I’m allergic too 😵‍💫 I tried healing a lip piercing with this and got a rash/ hives all over my face and down my neck.

[@Lexagmor]

Ive been applying aloe vera for acne scars but havent been consiste t eniugh ti see results. My skin has always scarred easily so i always have dark marks everywhere

[@clowncarcollective]

is there something besides those topical silicone sheets that help reduce the appearance of scars ? I have incredibly sensitive skin and I worry that those will cause a reaction just in case extra information on the type of scars is important... specifically the kind of scars I'm wanted to reduce the appearance of are self harm scars. small cuts to the epidermis and some slightly into the dermis. all of them are at least a year old, some are around 5 years old.

[@aliciaperrillo]

I just got a allergic reaction rash from Neosporin, wish I had seen this video a week ago 😭

[@laurabecraft9944]

I have a scar from my new neosporin rash/allergy.

[@The-real-Alex]

What about Mederma PM?

[@sarahwilliams4092]

Intersting that you have an affiliate link to neosporin but you "hate" it.

[@Nomenclatureish]

I can’t use anything with vitamin E…get spots quickly.

[@TandB-z7x]

Never heard of silicone scary sheets but I’m gonna get them because I got sooo many scars, including on my cheek. Also, would they work to fade hard lines on a tattoo? Thanks

[@HaidebugCreates]

Then... why the affiliate links?

[@Khaleesi_Of_Kittens]

WHAT CAUSES MILIA? HOW TO PREVENT IT?

[@faymunfaredi4928]

Can you give a recommendation for getting rid of old stretch marks ( on the butt)

[@changelater01]

wait...if you don't recommend these items, why do you have the products linked as affiliates?? seriously? and I've wasted so so much money on all different brands of those silicone scar patches for a good 10 yrs or so with absolutely no results. they're good for protecting the area from the sun but not for softening them or reducing the appearance. I've noticed that keeping them moisturized before going to sleep with vitamin E-rich lotions like those with cocoa/shea butter and almond/coconut oil (tho I rarely put any oil directly on my skin, I prefer to use the lotions as they seem to absorb better), and then sealing the moisturizer with aquaphor does slightly help improve the texture & appearance, but only as long as you continue to do it.

[@linda48223]

@@changelater01 hi. I would like to suggest glycerin on your scars. It soaks in nicely and *for real* draws moisture into your skin. Lotion generally locks in moisture that is in the skin while glycerin brings hydration that you can then baste/slug with diaper triple paste. I have a scar from emergency surgery (15 years ago) and the glycerin is really helping in a short amount of time.

[@StephanieDefinitely]

That’s an automatic KZbin thing. She didn’t specifically choose those products as “affiliates” unfortunately.

[@clockwoodw]

Vitamin E gives me horrible eczema!

[@amandacarden3787]

My mother in law lost her finger because of neosporin

[@KimLuna-u4r]

Are you related to the paste Carolyn bassette Kennedy?

[@anna-marianunezvega1520]

And again, never used any of this 😅

[@carmabis432]

idk hating something cause some people r allergic to it seems unreasonable. i hate peanuts cause theyre a commoner nut, not cause its a common allergen.

[@user-js6yq4hr1n]

crying in under eye scar

[@olivesandkimchi]

Really?? I thought vitamin e was really good for the skin

[@foxylee]

Again, not American, so have neither of these.

[@fatine]

But isn’t Vaseline carcinogenic ?

[@StephanieDefinitely]

No, it isn’t. The refining process used for petroleum jelly removes traces of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which are a class of refining agents linked to cancer. It has been shown to be non-carcinogenic in oral and dermal exposure studies, for over a hundred years. In fact a lot of people have sensitivities to plant oils like jojoba, coconut, etc. and petrolatum is the absolute safest way to moisturize the skin.

[@susanwyland7527]

Thanks

[@Lady.Raven2987]

Oh and silicone does not work at all.

[@manda_musings8459]

Yeah I’m allergic to neosporin

[@lilmsgs]

so what was the last one that was suppose to surprise me? Oh wait, that was just to keep me watching

[@mostazezo]

why is there an affiliate link for Neosporin

[@tangoblue]

Some people are allergic to Vaseline, doctor. Check your blanket statements.

[@shazeedalindemann2337]

So use air 😂

[@stellacalder5023]

Check the research again, if this is meant to be a factual comment rather than a joke.

[@lja530]

Vaseline is often used for people that allergic to everything else (main culprits: "organic" products that contain fragrant plant oils).

[@StephanieDefinitely]

@@lja530exactly. 👏🏻 If someone I know is claiming to be allergic to petrolatum I usually scrutinize their product to make sure it is 100% pure petrolatum with zero additives or scents, and almost 100% of the time the problematic product has been blended with something like a plant oil or wax or a flavoring/scent! (Even if it’s in a little tub it isn’t guaranteed to be straight petrolatum… that seems to throw people off.) By and large, it’s way more likely the additive is their allergen and not the petrolatum. 🤷🏼‍♀️ My skin is extremely reactive (since birth! my mom had to cloth diaper me because I react to disposable pads 😬) and I still have never had an issue with pure petrolatum, at 45 years old.

[@Jesuslovesyoualways22]

Brain blown

[@Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmjahnee]

That’s funny because I thought dermatologists were doctors. I thought they went through medical school and then they chose dermatology as a specialty kind of like OB/GYN, cardiothoracic, surgeon, neurosurgeon, pediatrics, etc., etc. And you’re supposed to be a doctor?

[@Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmjahnee]

That’s funny because I thought dermatologists were doctors. I thought they went through medical school and then they chose dermatology as a specialty kind of like OB/GYN, cardiothoracic, surgeon, neurosurgeon, pediatrics, etc., etc. And you’re supposed to be a doctor? I think you should stick to dermatology and perhaps find someone who majored in English to write your scripts for you because “data“ is plural. Data show, not data shows. I wonder what other errors you make in prescribing medication‘s to your patients and discussing things with them, I noticed your first video you’re very scientific use of medical jargon “butthole“ because I guess “sphincter“ was determined to be too elevated for the unwashed masses and then the second time you referred to it it was the “behind.” Yeah, I’m gonna rush to you for the next time. I have a skin problem not

[@StephanieDefinitely]

I actually did get my degree in English, but I think you need to stop being pedantic (and, frankly, mean!) for no reason. You should know what “doctor recommended” means in the context of our culture as a whole-she was saying that Neosporin was referring to what most people COLLOQUIALLY refer to as “doctors”, such as primary care physicians, pediatricians, etc. To use another example-when most people colloquially talk about “doctors,” like when a flight attendant asks for one on a plane if a passenger has a medical emergency-you *know* they aren't looking for a dentist or a dermatologist or a vet even though they are technically doctors… right? Also, she is probably using non-medical, euphemistic terms for anüs or sphin¢ter (or whatever it is you want to hear 😂) because she doesn't want her video to get censored or “demonetized.” I'm not sure if you know how the internet works, but they don't like creators to use graphic medical terms or images even if they are for educational purposes-so if she wants her work to reach the widest audience, she must choose her content carefully. She probably cross-posts these to other platforms like TikTok or Instagram with their own set of draconian content restrictions too. Hope that is a helpful explanation from someone who took a lot of English classes. 😉

[@KisDraga]

Thoughts on castor oil?