It finally happened. :(

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instead of neosporin has anyone ever used bacitracin? pronounced bass-uh-trace-in.

I grew up on Bacitracin. My dad was a medic and then a hospital administrator. I didn't know what Neosporin was, LOL. Bacitracin is an antibacterail ointment designed to treat minor skin infections and the main ingredient in Neosporin - as mentioned before. Neosporin has a painkiller in it which is fine for us but bad for BPs.

Bacitracin in its pure (original) form DOES NOT have a painkiller in it. You have to specifically buy Bacitracin with a painkiller in it. Adding the painkiller was a marketing issue to compete with Neosprin. However, most people don't know the difference and just grab a tube and end up with the one ith the painkiller in it.

I used to think Bacitracin was ok to use for tattoos also, it isn't. It is NOT OK to use because it has painkillers in it and it can mess up your tatoo. Painkillers can actually pull the ink out of the fresh tatoo and well... you see where I am going with that. You are only suppossed to use regular A&D ointment on a tatoo and that is it.

As I mentioned above, Bacitracin in it's pure (original) form does not have a painkiller. Most tattoo artist will tell you not to use it because it is easier to find the Bacitracin with painkiller then the original formula. So most people buy the wrong one.

A&D Oringinal Ointment is made up of vitamin A, vitamin D (hend the name), Petrolatum and Lanolin. It is designed to form a protective barrier to help seal out irritating wetness and allows skin to heal naturally. That is why tattoo artist perfer it. The whole purpose is to allow irritated sking to heal, but not to treat an infection. So for tattoos, I agree, A&D is best.

dont use neosporin use polysporin. neosporin has a muscle relaxer in it, polysporin doesn't.

Polysporin is Neosproin without the painkiller. SO the bottom line, yep, i'm finally getting there, is that either Polysporin or Bacitracin (original formual - no painkiller) would be fine to use for your BP.