Its the famous blue tube! (Savlon Antiseptic Cream)

Member Name: kiss_me2070

Product:	Savlon Antiseptic Cream
Date:	15/03/09 (314 review reads)
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Advantages: Great skin healing, Fights infection, Great for a number of minor skin problems

Disadvantages: Nothing

***ABOUT SAVLON***
Savlon have been making home first aid remedies for over 50 years and have a large range of products for stings, bites, burns and grazes. The Savlon range includes antiseptic wipes, sprays, washes, gels, plasters, dressings and the famous tube of original Antiseptic cream. Savlon do different items to Cleanse, Treat, Heal and Protect minor skin problems.

***SAVLON ANTISEPTIC CREAM***
According to their website more people choose this famous blue tube than any other antiseptic cream. This cream had been trusted in the medicine cabinet for generations.

This soothing Antiseptic Cream by Savlon helps to prevent infection and aids natural healing in cuts and grazes, insect bites and stings, sore or chapped skin, blisters, burns and spots and even minor sunburn. This tube comes in many different sizes including 15g, 30g, 60g and 100g. This antiseptic cream is one of the 'Treat' products in their range of Cleanse, Treat, Heal and Protect items.

***PACKAGING***
The Antiseptic Cream comes in a plastic blue tube with comes in a blue cardboard box. The tube has a white plastic screw lid and you will need to remove the foil from the end of the tube in order to get the cream out of the tube. On the back of the tube and the box is advises you what you can use this cream for and on the bottom of the tube the expiry date is printed on the crimp. It also states that this Cream is for External Use Only

***DIRECTIONS FOR USE***
With clean hands gently apply the cream to the affected area. If Symptoms persist or if any unwanted effects occur, stop using and consult your doctor or pharmacist. Keep put of the eyes and the ears and keep out of reach and sight from children.

***USING THE CREAM**
I have used this cream for many things including spots which may have gone red and a bit infected. I have also used this on many occasions on small cuts and grazes. Recently I have used this on a bad graze/cut on my back, when applying the cream to the cut/graze it was very sore which is when the antiseptic spray may come in handy, but it definitely soothed the cut, and redness was definitely reduced within a few hours. I think this cream is very reliable and a tube of this should be kept in every medicine cabinet.

Although the smell isn't that great and smells like any other normal antiseptic cream this doesn't put me off using it all as it's a great healing cream and definitely keeps out infections. This cream is white in colour and isn't too thick, how-ever you don't need a lot of this cream as a little bit goes quite a long way.

I even remember this famous blue tube from when my mum used to put this on my grazed and cut knee's from falling over as a child.

***AVALIABILITY/PRICE***
This product is available from Chemists and local Pharmacies as well as boots and other supermarkets. Prices below were found using www.mysupermarket.co.uk

The prices shown below are for a 30g tube of Antiseptic Cream:

* Tesco, Sainsbury's, Ocado - £1.61
* Boots - £1.30

The prices shown below are for a 100g tube of Antiseptic Cream:

* Tesco - £3.58
* ASDA - £3.57
* Sainsbury's - £3.67
* Boots - £3.81



***THEIR WEBSITE***
You can find out lots of information about their range of products on their website www.savlon.co.uk and it also gives you a guide to First Aid Care and they have a First Aid Advice Centre which includes information about Allergies, Bites & Stings, Broken Bones, Bruises, Choking, Cuts and Grazes, Eye Injuries, Fainting, Heat Stroke, Minor Burns and Scalds, Nose Bleeds, Severe Bleeding, Splinter and Foreign Bodies, Sprains and Strains, Sunburn and Heat Rash, Swallowing Foreign Objects and Poisoning. Their website also gives you Helpful Hints & Tips for Holidays and Dangers in the Home.

Summary: A fantastic antiseptic healing cream for a wide range of minfor skin problems.