Medela PureLan Nipple Cream

Purelan cream is used to protect and soothe cracked or dry nipples.
I found it to be extremely soothing for cracked nipples and I often used it on dry patches of my own skin and my babies skin.
The cream has the texture of really thick and sticky vaseline and is yellow in colour. It doesn't really have any scent to it.
A tiny smear on your finger is more than enough for both nipples. I used the small tube which came with my breastpump at least twice a day for a month and the tube still looks full.
I found it to really useful as a barrier to protect my nipples when I was using my breastpump. If you pump milk several times a day you can be left feeling a little sore but this stopped the skin from drying and soothed any sore patches.
I used some of it on my babies cradle cap and it really calmed down the redness seemed to stop it from becoming even worse.
You do not have to wash the cream off to breastfeed or express milk. This makes breasfeeding much more convienent than if you were using vaseline or a barrier cream whicg would need to be removed before feeding. When you have a hungry baby the last thing you want to do is wash off a cream before you feed them!
I would recomend this cream to both breastfeeding mothers and people with dry skin. I used it on the chapped skin on my hands and found that the skin healed much more quickly than with a hand cream.