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- From: tas@pegasus.com (Len Howard)
- Subject: Re: Ear Care solution
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.195845.27506@pegasus.com>
- Followup-To: sci.med
- Summary: overkill
- Sender: Len Howard
- Organization: Pegasus, Honolulu
- References: <C03v5s.1x6@techbook.com>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 19:58:45 GMT
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- In article <C03v5s.1x6@techbook.com> kim@techbook.com (Kim Larsen) writes:
- >
- >So that I could use one of my Christmas presents, I had my ears re-pierced
- >a day or so ago (at a store, not by a doctor). After shooting me with the
- >earring gun, the clerk gave me a botle of "Ear Care Solution," which I am
- >supposed to use to anoint my earlobes three times a day for 6 weeks.
- >
- >The solution lists as its active ingredient benzethonim chloride 0.13%. What
- >is this stuff (some sort of anti-bacterial, I assume), why can't I just
- >use H2O2, and is it really necessary to use it for so long?
- >
- > --Kim
- >
- Sounds like overkill in the prevention area to me, Kim. This way if
- you should develop any infection they will suggest that you must have
- missed some doses, and that's why it got infected. When I was in
- private practice we used to pierce lobes for our patients and did not
- use anything. I don't remember ever seeing an infection. The lobe is
- richly supplied with blood as you will remember, and the body will
- take care of most every assault in that area.
- I trust the Christmas present looks grand......
- Happy New Year, Kim Len Howard
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