Best Antiseptic Products

When grandchildren were staying and had disposable nappies, I would spray this in garbage after every nappy change never had an odour from garbage,… Read more

now I am older and wear a pad through the day, spray my container in bathroom after throwing pad away, never an odour, love it for this purpose in my life

Severe reaction – The ingredients in this are harsh and put me in hospital with a 2cm thick rash that was un-itchable it was that itchy for 2 months! I used a tiny… Read more

little bit and it was disgusting. How a cream can be released with such side affects is astounding. I’m glad it’s discontinued, and to the people who said they’re annoyed about it, go through what I had to… thank god this drug is now banned!

It works like miracle – In just 15 mins my burning scald calmed down. I could finally sleep. Had a burn from steam and it pained like crazy but this miracle ointment helped… Read more

me. All pain gone and in just one day my scald started drying. Never knew such an ointment existed. Love love love this one

Best Ointment going – Only used that back in South Africa, only place I have found it in Melourne is at The South African Shop in Templestowe, they also have another good one, Zambuck also great for itches etc

The Best! – I have noticed some reviews that were negative but I had no issue. It is great to put a little on pimples or whatever and it usually goes away over a… Read more

few days and even sometimes less. Usually it dries up the pimple then it almost just falls off.

Just be weary that it is very concentrated so only a small amount (and I mean like a drop or two on a q-tip) is necessary.

Be safe!

Been using EDP for decades – It is one of those rare “go to” items in the first aid / medical cabinet I always know will work - mix it with a bit of water or puffer it into… Read more

deeper cuts - this stuff 150 years ago would have been considered “healing tonic”

Can’t tell you how much you need to have a small 20g powder tube in your kit for cuts/ abrasions/ minor infections

Wish I had thought of it sooner! – I have had really bad acne all my life and have spent thousands of dollars on different facial care products, that never worked. One day, broke and… Read more

tired of products not working I decided to try Isocol Antiseptic Rubbing Alcohol and I wish I had thought of it sooner. All my painful and embarrassing acne is gone. I no longer get the huge breakouts and I save a fortune. Using this as a toner as part of my everyday routine is fantastic. It is also great for cleaning my phone, my earrings and my ear, when I change my earrings. It is just one of those products everyone should have around the house for one reason or another.

After a day out in the sun with two boys playing cricket- we thought we were sunsmart, t-shirts on, hats and sunscreen reapplied regularly, however,… Read more

one of the boys ended up sunburnt THROUGH his shirt, the other had two perfect triangles under their eyes and arms were bright red! Typical aussie sun! Googled and went searching for something a little different than our normal go to aloe vera sprays and stumbled on this stuff. Sprayed it on instant relief for the both of them and within minutes they stopped complaining with every movement and 24 hours later the redness and soreness has noticeably settled! I don’t often leave reviews for products but this one I will happily recommend and will now be a summer staple in our fridge!

Used Kelo cote for 1 week and have seen results – I am very happy with the effectiveness of this product. Have only been using it for 1 week and already old scars are seeing a difference. One scar on… Read more

my knee which is 16 years old is looking flatter and edges are coming together, so scar is shrinking! The other scar is raised and 4 years old, I have noticed about a 20-30% improvement from the last 7 days use. Other scars I use it on are still to have a noticeable change, but so far I am pleased Dries fast, easy to apply

Great product !! – I am in my 60's and have very thin skin on my hands. They look terrible as I am always knocking or scratching them. I had given up on hand creams to… Read more

help until I used Jungle Brolly Hand Shield. I can honestly say this product is amazing. It really does work and protects my hands more than anything I have tried before. My hands look and feel 100% better! Definitely recommend this product !

This product is far to watery compared to how it use to be so most of it ends up on the floor and I won’t be buying it again, pity it was a trusted go to item until they changed the formula.

Excellent antibacterial ! – Used Comvita Medihoney on mosquito bites. Took the itch away pretty much straight away and redness and swelling from bite reduced quickly. Helps to… Read more

heal skin burns and cuts. Used in hospitals for skin burns so it's made by a reputable company with medical grade manuka honey.

Can't live without it – This is the best product for cleaning any general type of wound. Whenever I've used dettol or betadine the wound ends up infected. Yet with… Read more

antiseptic peroxide I've never had a wound get infected. If there is a scab, it will penetrate under it & get into the wound to clean it out properly. It doesn't hurt or sting like dettol does, which I believe is largely the fact that the stinging will occur more so on an infected wound, and since peroxide cleans it out properly & kills the infection, there is no pain. It's even safe to use in your mouth. Obviously not to drink. But if you have bitten the inside of your cheek, you can soak a cotton tip & put it directly on the wound. I've used it on my pets to heal up any wounds they may have. It's really is my "go to" product that I couldn't live without. And for the people complaining that it doesn't bleach things... This is an antiseptic grade peroxide specifically to be used as an antiseptic, hence it being sold. In the first aid section of the supermarket or chemist. It is not a bleach! If you want bleach go to the hair section & buy a bleaching peroxide... Which by the way should never be used as antiseptic.

Really helpful for healing certain acne – This has really worked for me to help most acne breakouts to heal. It allows inflamed acne slowly shrink and heal, and helpfully for some small- to… Read more

medium-sized acne to come to a head (to form a little pustule) before healing. I apply it after using a good cleanser twice daily that helps the acne to shrink through removing debris and dead skin etc. And I would moisturise the skin after cleanser before using this antiseptic cream because when the acne starts to shrink, some old skin starts to dry and flake off to reveal new skin (which means the cream is working!).

Keep consistently using it for a few days to a week or so and you should start to see results/get some relief from the inflammation. It is less concentrated than the Thursday plantation acne ointment, which can be too strong/irritating for some inflamed acne types, so I find this can be just the right strength for normal acne.

If you follow the steps above (including the cleanser step), the good thing is you should be less prone to scarring or other marks left behind (if you don’t pick at it, just let the cleanser/antiseptic cream and your body do the job - unfortunately it just takes time). Or the marks/pigmentation should be less visible and should keep healing in the long term.

I have used it for healing other minor wounds and skin issues, which has been helpful too. Obviously not suitable or hasn’t worked in all situation but worth testing out.

Hope this helps other acne sufferers, like myself (who still suffers from annoying adult acne)! I have found cosrx centella blemish cream helpful for many acne too - particularly helpful for acne chin / under mouth area and really good for those larger ones in that area. Usually heals with little if any marks if used consistently! Sudocreme has helped for those stubborn cystic acne or just general acne (it is quite fast acting, you can feel it). Hope these options help you!

Exacerbated the lesion. I'd nearly run out of the very good Betadine antiseptic ointment and dashed down to the supermarket to grab, in the stress… Read more

of crowds, what I thought- what looked like -the same stuff.

Since then, over several days the small sore has got worse. So I've read the tiny dark hard to read print on the dark tube and noticed that it's got only half the active ingredient in a damaging substrate to make it 'cream' instead of ointment.

The wound is soggy now, where with the ointment it was dry, with a good scab. It's got bigger, where with the ointment it had shrunk and dried up. I believe this cream is dangerously ineffective.

The good stuff, the ointment, has 10% povidone-iodine equivalent to 1% iodine, in a translucent gel. The cream has half that, in a mucky-looking opaque cream.

The nozzle of the bad cream is short and thick. The cream spills out too liberally and is messy under the oversized cumbersome lid. The good ointment was easy to dispense cleanly in the desired quantity.

Even though I'm getting on in years, and shouldn't be surprised, it still blows my mind how people can enthusiastically embrace and promulgate enshittification like this. Inferior formulation, inferior design.

In this case I'm upset. I find it culpable as the product is not only failing in its one job, but has actually made things worse.