[JanetCD]

Bag balm is great, but I use lip balm for small skin lesions, especially on my finger tips where I often get splits this time of year (of necessity, I have to wash my hands a lot and that dries my skin out, which is also complicated by not being able to use lotion during the day at work since I need friction to do manual therapy correctly.)

The absolute BEST thing for healing dried, cracked skin and just about ANY kind of contact dermatitis is Weleda's calendula diaper cream. http://www.google.com/products/catalog?client=safari&rls=en&q=weleda+diaper+cream&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=795534931833240227&sa=X&ei=gj9AT-PuFPS80AH2mMDOBw&ved=0CIQBEPMCMAI#ps-sellers

Finger splits literally heal over night with this stuff! If it was gentle enough for my kids' butts, it will definitely be gentle enough on nipples! It's a little pricey, but a tube will last you forever. (TMI alert) I still have the tube I bought for when my daughter was still in diapers! Actually she still uses it when she has any kind of irritated skin 'down there'.

Great tip on the diaper cream. I used some (another brand) once when I had hemorrhoids and noticed the diaper cream in the medicine chest and didn't have hemorrhoid cream. It worked great! Figured if it was good for babies behind it would be great for my behind
Janet