Last update Dec. 20, 2022
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Graisse de laine is Lanolin in French.
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Graisse de laine belongs to these groups or families:
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Lanolin is a wax secreted by the sebaceous glands of woolly animals. It is obtained by degreasing and washing the sheep's wool. It contains cholesterol, lanosterol, alcohols and fatty acid esters. It is structurally related to beeswax and human sebum.
It is used to treat nipple irritation in nursing mothers. It is contraindicated in mothers with a wool allergy.
Standard lanolin contains 12 to 15% alcohol and 40 ppm of pesticides.
Modified lanolin contains 6% alcohol and 3 ppm of pesticides.
Highly purified or ultrapure Lanolin contains a minimum of pesticides, alcohol and detergent to reduce its allergenic potential. It is the safest to use on the nipple, without cleaning before breastfeeding. (Scolnik 2017)
The application of lanolin to treat irritation and nipple cracks has not always shown to be more effective than the application of other products such as breast milk, warm compresses, olive oil, mint, aloe vera, purslane, dexpanthenol, vitamin A, collagenase, hydrogel, cream with mupirocin, betamethasone and miconazole, the air-dried or with nipple shields, or health education. (Perić 2022, Oliveira 2021, Pezeshki 2020, Niazi 2019, Mariani 2018, Vieira 2017, Jackson 2017, Shanazi 2015, Dennis 2014 y 2012, Gungor 2013, Vieira 2013, Abou-Dakn 2011, Melli 2007, Mohammadzadeh 2005, Morland 2005, Dodd 2003, Brent 1998, Pugh 1996)