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[edit] Usage questions

I make my own natural products and I make a point of not using lanolin due to the fact that pesticides may have been used on the animals producing this.

Answer -The issue of pesticides has been legislated for in the Pharmacopoeial Specifications for lanolin (BP, USP, etc.). Technologies used by lanolin manufacturers ensure that such traces are reduced to the levels acceptable in foodstuffs. Any cosmetic or pharmaceutical grade of lanolin may be used with confidence. A certificate of conformity to the relevant Pharmacopoeia will normally be supplied with the material. JaX —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.196.65.187 (talk • contribs)

Is Lanolin, any good as a treatment for young peoples pimples, my 17 year old has quiet a lot of these pimples on his back, I would very much like to help him get rid of them, G. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.94.77.76 (talk • contribs)

Answer -Teenage pimples are usually related to hormonal changes and are unlikely to be affected by the application of a lanolin based cream, etc. Most teenagers 'grow out' of the pimply stage anyway.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.196.65.187 (talk • contribs)


Re: is it good for acne: Some people are actually allergic to lanolin, so it could cause a skin reaction. D_ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.198.251.239 (talk • contribs)

Using products containing it too much can cause a "chemical allergic reaction", whatever that means?; I used to use it in a moisturiser and I'm now allergic to it - it will literally burn my skin off -Tom1234 17:55, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
Answer - Yes, some people are allergic to lanolin, but some people are allergic to strawberries, or penicillin, or almost any other substance you care to mention. The reality is that the most major study ever undertaken into lanolin allergy indicated the incidence to be something like 3-5 people per million. That's vanishingly small in comparison with food allergies for example. Unfortunately, when the results of the study were published, they were completely misinterpretted by journalists and before the error was corrected, lanolin became regarded as an important allergen. In truth, it's a complete myth. Furthermore, today's lanolin is further processed to render it hypoallergenic. This grade may be simply called 'Hypoallergenic Lanolin' or another name like 'Medical Grade'. Any rare individual with specific lanolin allergy should buy products containing the qualities mentioned here.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.196.65.187 (talk • contribs)

Can lanolin be used as a tyre paint. ( Not put on the tread of course.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.194.5.130 (talk • contribs)

Answer-That's a new one on me! What's wrong with conventional tyre paint?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.196.65.187 (talk • contribs)

[edit] raw material?

From intro line: "Lanolin, a grease from wool-bearing animals, acts as a skin ointment, water-proofing wax, and raw material." The 'raw material' bit seems incomplete.. raw material for what? Eleusis 10:43, Apr 19, 2005 (UTC)

The whole Wikipedia entry for 'Lanolin' is old fashioned, ill-informed and obsolete. I really would like the world's major lanolin producer (Croda International) to spend a little time updating this section. Many more people worldwide read Wikipedia's description of lanolin than read Croda's own lanolin literature. What a marketing opportunity being missed! However, that seems unlikely to happen, so maybe one day I'll do it myself.(JaX...A retired Croda scientist/lanolin guru)—Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.196.65.187 (talk • contribs)

[edit] other use

This might be too trivial, but some French Horn players use anhydrous lanolin (e.g. Lansinoh) as a slide grease. Trr

Answer -That's interesting. But then lanolin has been used as a metal treatment/lubricant for more than a century. It has just the right consistency to use on French Horns, trombones,etc. Maybe anybody wishing to swim the English Channel in order to take up horn blowing in France will need some 'Channel Swimmers' Grease' to minimise the effects of salt water on the skin, keep them warm and 'lubricate' them through the water. You guessed, it's lanolin! Just one more of its thousands of applications. JaX —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.196.65.187 (talk • contribs)

[edit] LANOLIN

IS LANOLIN GOOD TO TREAT STRECH MARKS ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.160.20.54 (talk) 23:36, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

I believe that is supposed to be cocao butter, I don't know if that works though.

Lanolin is what new mothers use on their cracked nipples. I've used it on my weather cracked hands and well, it's good for /that/. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.226.57.123 (talk) 03:45, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Oil of Olay

The name given to the product 'Oil of Olay' is derived from the word "lanolin," a key ingredient, which was chosen by the inventor, Graham Wulff.[2]

The reference given has nothing to say about the origin of the name. Is there any published source? Flapdragon 15:58, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Citation request/flag for a medical claim...

The current version of the article mentions the use of lanolin to cure colds:

"It works wonderfully well in the nose, in small amounts, to quickly end the beginnings of a head cold, and to curtail a cold that is well under way."

There's no citation for the source of this "information" (hello?!), and it proports to give medical advice.

Either this actually works and should be identified as citing some reputable source, or maybe wikipedia shouldn't be encouraging folks to go shoving things up their noses, particularly when they have colds well under way?

Just a thought.

170.223.6.147 (talk) 22:43, 29 February 2008 (UTC)