Guest guest Posted March 23, 2001 Report Share Posted March 23, 2001 This was used on me for an infection caused from using alcohol on a pimple when I was a young teen (yes, way back then). It dried up all the weepy stuff (but having a huge purple place on a teen's face is NOT the way to go). So I don't quite understand the use of it for yeast. Lolita >Back in the stone age when you could call the family doctor and tell him >your problem over the phone, mine told me to use the gentian violet on my >baby's thrush. (Oh and he also told me that I must not be washing the baby's >bottles and nipples good enough. I should sterilize them good. I was >nursing and not quite ready to boil....to sterilize them.) Cleared it right >up. Years later, the pediatrician dabbed in carefully on my grandson and >said to bring him back in a week. After about 3 trips later, I got mad and >took my daughter to the drug store for her own and the baby was cleared up >in a couple of days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2001 Report Share Posted March 23, 2001 It is an antifungal. Re:gentian violet > This was used on me for an infection caused from using alcohol on a pimple > when I was a young teen (yes, way back then). It dried up all the weepy > stuff (but having a huge purple place on a teen's face is NOT the way to > go). So I don't quite understand the use of it for yeast. > > Lolita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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