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🧴 Elevate your first aid game with the classic antiseptic power of Gentian Violet!
Gentian Violet 2% Solution by HUMCO is a compact, highly rated antiseptic used for skin care and first aid. With a trusted 2% concentration, this 2 OZ bottle offers a versatile solution for wound treatment and fungal infections, backed by over 250 positive reviews since its 2007 launch.
| Best Sellers Rank | #52,700 in Health & Household ( See Top 100 in Health & Household ) #186 in First Aid Ointments |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 256 Reviews |
A**R
It works
This stuff is old school good fixes anything literally!
S**.
Purple sore healer
It works very well It helped heal a sore on my hand which I was having trouble with
B**Y
Still works after 40yrs.
Have used this product over 40yrs. Will recommend this above 98% of any other product. Thanks
M**P
Use for anything... Stains aren't that bad ;)
Good price, shipped fast, would recommend to friends. You can use this product on basically anything esp. thrush just make sure you do 1 part gentian 1 part water. I know many people say it stains, funny story I had an open container in my kitchen cabinet when my mom came to visit she was putting groceries away and it fell she tried to stop it and it splattered EVERYWHERE. All over my hard word floor, white tile counter top, her hands, my golden retriever, and white cabinets. The stain on the wood floor came out easily using the swifter wet sheets (even when I found a few spots a few days later), used bar keeper friends on the counter top, clorox on the cabinets and came out easily! took about an hour but no purple left... except for my golden retriever, he's still got a few spots (
L**0
Excellent quality
Excellent quality
K**K
Works very well!! Purple, will stain so use gloves, q-tips, but appl other wise
This stuff did the trick and worked very well!! Be careful, it's really purple lol and will stain whatever ever it touches! Easy to use with gloves, paper towel, and q-tips though! Came super quick and wrapped very well.
L**O
Do not purchase from this site!
Broke the seal to open and it leaked everywhere!!!! Not good….had to throw it out! Packaged in a weak plastic bottle. A mess to clean off skin and expensive whit countertops!!!! I wouldn’t give it a one…but zero not an option
C**O
healing
I had an open wound for several weeks. Maybe it was a spider bite, or a flea bite, maybe it was some resistent infection. Tried neosporin, both ointment and cream; silver gel; tolnaftate cream; peroxide scrubs; alcohol; manuka honey; magnesium sulfate; rosemary--pretty much any antimicrobial that I had around the house that was recommended for nasty and unresponsive infections, and any antiinflammatory I could think of including cortisone cream, benedryl gel, salicylic acid, resveratrol, n-acetyl cysteine ("NAC"). Tried covering it, and leaving it open to the air. It just kept getting worse, and nothing could stop the flow of liquid or make it scab over. I had had success treating open ulcers in pets, using gentian violet, which I had obtained in an aerosol form at a horse supply store. After quickly curing a chronic infection in my pet's paw, I had used up the excess gentian violet by (deliberately!) dyeing my white bikini a lovely deep purple, so I had to get more for my own wound. I ordered this one and got it in two days. Within hours of applying, the open wound dried and the inflammed area started to shrink in size. I kept it covered just enough to prevent getting purple spots on everything. I used the gentian violet morning and evening for 3 days, then stopped treatment for 2 days so that a doctor would be able both see the wound and would be able to get a good culture of anything that might be living in there. By the time I was able to get a doctor's appointment, five days after starting gentian violet, the wound had completely scabbed over, so they told me I'd done a good job taking care of it and sent me packing without any additional treatment. Yes, it is messy if you aren't careful and if you don't cover it during treatment, but if nothing else works for an open wound, try this. Incidentally, the instructions say NOT to use it on an open wound because it might cause tattooing. However, I did use it on an open wound because, well, I was really tired of having an open wound and was very afraid that I was liable to spread some hideous disease to other people, and I decided that I would prefer a small round tattoo on my shin to getting my leg amputated due to chronic infection. In addition, when I had used it on my pet rat's open wound, his skin did not retain a tattoo but instead turned a healthy clear pink within days of stopping treatment; and that's what happened when I used it on my own skin. Just two data points, but when the worst a medication can do to you is possibly leave a mark, I figure it's worth it to stop an infection from spreading. UPDATE: A week after writing the above, one of my pets had surgery to drain an infection in his jaw, and was sent home with oral antibiotics. I asked her if I could also apply a topical antimicrobial, and listed what I have at home. She said Neosporin is ok, silver gel is great, but gentian violet is fantastic. However, she warned, we want to leave a small opening for any infected material to drain out; therefore, gentian violet should not be used for the first few days because it might cause the wound to HEAL TOO QUICKLY. She didn't offer an explanation of how that happens, just decades of experience with animals.
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