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LACTO CALAMINE lotion - does it still exist ?

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MaryAnnSingleton · 08/11/2008 12:52

dh couldn't find any today in Boots and various chemists...does it still exist ?

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saltire · 08/11/2008 12:58

I've never heard of Lacto calamine lotion? I know Boots do a pink calamine lotion and calamine cream

MaryAnnSingleton · 08/11/2008 13:00

aah, that'd be it...I was thinking of the make that my mum used to slather us with for rashes etc

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DoNotAttempttoblowupparliament · 08/11/2008 13:07

You can get bog standard calamine lotion from Tesco too....

MaryAnnSingleton · 08/11/2008 13:39

thanks !

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lazymumofteenagesons · 08/11/2008 13:39

I used calamine lotion for chicken pox and sunburn you can buy it at any chemist

MaryAnnSingleton · 08/11/2008 19:26

got a tube of calamine and glycerine cream at Boots- seems quite soothing (have hideous scratchy rash on my neck)

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DoNotAsfinishedXmasshopping · 08/11/2008 19:59

have you tried piriton?

MaryAnnSingleton · 08/11/2008 20:46

no, it's a weird rash that comes and goes...might try some though.

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