Bag Balm Vermont's Original for Dry Chapped Skin Conditions 8 Ounce Tin

Timeless moisturizer! It can be used on most anything, including after a shower on my skin.

Bag Balm is the BEST!!

Got this off the dobermanworld website and have been using it ever since! I’m from Chicago and the winters there get so crazy! My pups paws used to crack so bad because of the salt everywhere and this has worked WONDERS! It lasts so long and is such good quality! 100/10 recommend for pets!

Effective way to soften skin. I’m use to the scent that I love more value for the money good to work in your hands and use all the dry areas. Use it once a week during winter time right after a shower. Does go on thick as expected. Great for mending cuts and cracking.

Love this! Use it on my feet twice week at night. Keeps heels soft. Great for my husband's hand and arms.

Not sure if the company product reviews are lumped together or not, so I want to say clarify that this review is for the "Vermont's Original Bag Balm for Dry Chapped Skin Conditions 8oz tin"It is a handy little tin of ointment. Currently I use it on my dogs feet and to massage it into my dry cuticles. I'm not a huge fan of the typical barrier ingredients- namely petroleum (a jelled version of mineral oil), however, it can be quite effective in holding moisture in as needed, and to keep moisture and other environmental stressors out. This bag balm contains just a few ingredients and seems to do what is expected of it, which is to help dry, chapped skin.-petrolatum- skin protecting-lanolin- skin softening-8-hydroxyquinoline sulfate ointment- antiseptic-paraffin wax- emollient, boost moisture levelsI bought it primarily for use on my dogs paws. They seemed to be getting extra dry during the long winter of snow and ice. I wanted something to help protect their paws and to help hold moisture in. My two labs are receptive to my rubbing a little bit of this ointment on their toe pads. I rubbed it in, and it seemed to soak in. It is greasy, so keep that in mind if using it for same purpose. Have it be used during a time when they are relaxed and not likely to jump up and slide across the floor. Massage it in so it soaks in. I want to say that I initially was going to make my own barrier cream using a recipe from AKC site, but I wasn't sure if it would seem appealing to the degree they they start a licking behavior. I went with this product after some recommendations from a dog group, and figured the dogs would have zero interest in licking at this slightly medicinal smelling/feeling balm. For some reason I was picturing it being a thicker more waxy balm rather than the thinner, goopy mixture that reminds me of neosporin. Maybe my memory is not correct? Currently I don't find much of a difference in the elimination of dryness of my dogs paws, nor do I find it worse. I will have to use it for a longer period of time to see if this has been effective or not. Currently I/we neither like it nor dislike it, and since I am an avid reviewer, I will come back to edit if I find it seems to be working over time (or if it doesn't).

There is nothing like bag balm, but it MUST be authentic from Vermont. My podiatrist swears by this and Coconut Oil- the kind that you use for cooking- NOT the type that liquifies without heating on the stove or in the oven, to keep a womans heels and any calluses one may have. He told me that 99% of "foot creams or softeners," are mainly water, and they do very little, if at all, to keep the feet supple and soft. I had been using various foot creams to keep the bottom of my heels supple. Calluses, however, cannot ever be permanently removed.Calluses are a sign that the way a person walks is off, for one of many reasons. Hammer toe, putting too much pressure on the wrong part of the foot, usually the toes. I'm a CCRN, and I can take seeing ANYTHING. But older folks(what am I talking about,) I am 62 myself! The one thing especially in women is when I have older patients and their heels are all cracked and dried out, because of no care. I'm in Florida, and it drives me crazy to see a nice looking, put together lady, that puts herself together before leaving the house- clothes, nails, jewelry-like she cares how she looks, when she leaves the house. But then I look down to see VERY lovely matching sandals, which many people wear year round here. But then she turns, just so, and I can see her heels. And it ruins the entire look. Cracked, dry, many times dirty- it is a REAL put off. So, a few years ago, I asked him how to prevent that. His answer was using a heel shaving device- VERY CAREFULLY, as one can do MUCH damage with those if you aren't careful. And he also told me to alternate nights after a good soak in the tub then either put on Coconut Oil- ONLY the kind that needs to be heated on the stove or in the oven, to liquify. He said the kind that is liquid in the store won't do a thing. Then alternate nights by using Genuine Vermont Bag Balm. And whichever you use for the night, cover the feet with 100% cotton socks. He looked at my heels today and said they were soft, supple and looked like the heels of a 30 some year old woman. He said his wife has used this routine for over 40 years now, and he said she also has the feet of a 30 year old woman. This stuff is AWESOME!

On the recommendation of a family member, I purchased this Bag Balm for use in my home. I have used it several times on my dogs dry paws. It has really helped to soften them up and my dog doesn't seem to mind it at all. My dog no longer has rough patches on the pads of her paws since using this. My family has used this on dry skin, and so far, all who have used it likes it and feels it helped. It is a bit greasy, but we put it on just before bed and it seems fine. When using it on the dry skin of feet, we cover the area by sleeping in socks. The smell is just a little medicinal, but no one seems to mind. We have used it a few times on reddened skin around a hang nail and it seemed to help. I do think it is priced a little high, but still I would purchase this again. I purchased a second tin and sent it to the home of one of my family members. They like it as well. This is a product I think every home could benefit from in some way.