Is Neosporin the best alternative to Neomycin and Polymyxin B Sulfates and Dexamethasone Ointment for a breastfeeding mother?

December 13, 2014
Asked By:nbs650 in Bay Area, CA

I had an upper bleph yesterday to correct inherited droopy upper lids. Everything seems fine, but I read the package insert for the antibiotic ointment and it says that corticosteroids appear in human milk and could interfere with growth, so I am choosing not to apply this ointment to my stitches as recommended by my surgeon. Instead, I am using neosporin. Are there any other alternatives or recommendations? I don't want the wound to get infected, but the antibiotics are off the table.

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December 14, 2014

Answer: Ointment sfter blepharoplasty

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