Bag Balm safe for human use?

[Emiliana]

Wow. Bag Balm certainly has a long shelf life.

[Colibri]

@robby

Instead, I was asking a specific factual question as to whether or not Bag Balm was safe for use by humans.

Indeed, if you read my OP, it’s all about the ingredients and safety, not about whether or not the product is effective or not. While I concede that several people subsequently posted various anecdotes about its effectiveness (including the latest resurrector), most of the discussion has been on-topic.

Whether it’s safe or not is a medical question. In fact, it’s more important a consideration in moving it than whether or not it is effective, since we can’t vouch for the reliability of the advice being given about its safety.

And despite the fact that this thread is now over 11 years old, and has been resurrected at least four times (with mostly on-topic and relevant responses), it only now gets sent from GQ to IMHO? :dubious:

Sorry if we missed it previously. In 2003, the usual course would have been to close the thread. More recently we’ve permitted medical advice, but only in IMHO.

[Rick]

@robby

BTW, my son is now 17 years old.

Does he still go Moo and chew his food slowly for long periods of time?

[robby]

Thanks for the explanation, Colibri.

I guess my thread will have to spend its second decade of life in IMHO.

I’m actually glad the thread is still alive, because my wife is still occasionally using it on my son (and on herself for chapped hands), and I appreciate any additional safety info that people might be able to provide.

[The_Holdsworth_Effect]

Bag Balm was used in nursing homes, some hospitals, and on the farm- you wash cow udders with a really drying disinfectant prior to slipping on the Laval;), so you apply the BB after. (I milked the morning shift at a Holstein dairy briefly in the early 70s, and a little later milked first calf heifers at home before they went to their permanent places).
For eczema, I currently prefer Blue Magic Coconut, which is half petrolatum, half coconut. It’s an African American hair care product, it’s $3 for a 12 oz tub, works on infantile eczema (grand daughter) hemorrhoids ( I was out of prep H), and many of my patients with vulvar dryness who don’t want to use estrogen cream or steroids.