Vaseline, slippery stuff...

[Gob]

When her seven-year-old daughter complained of dry lips, Joanne Wilkins gave her a tiny tin of Vaseline to apply at school.



But when Ellie-Maye went to use it, it was confiscated – because it is not a prescribed medicine.

And when Mrs Wilkins queried the decision, she was told if she wanted her daughter to moisturise her lips, she would need to take her out of school to apply the Vaseline.

‘This is health and safety gone mad,’ said Mrs Wilkins, 28, a project manager, yesterday. ‘Where has common sense gone? I can’t believe how my daughter was humiliated.

‘This harmless ointment was taken away in front of all her friends. She was made to feel naughty and as a result was close to tears – all over a tiny pot of Vaseline.’

Mrs Wilkins took advice over her daughter’s dry lips from her pharmacist.

She said: ‘She recommended Vaseline Lip Therapy. It is the basic original Vaseline – just petroleum jelly - and is colourless and odourless.

‘She could apply it as often as she wished and it comes in a tiny pocket-sized tin that Ellie-Maye could easily carry in her schoolbag.

‘In fact, Ellie-Maye needed help opening the tin and the first teacher of the day helped her and had no problem with the Vaseline at all.

But at lunchtime, when she went to apply the Vaseline again, a second teacher she asked to help open it said she shouldn’t have it in school at all.

‘Then in front of all Ellie-Maye’s friends, she took it away.’

The next day, puzzled as to why the Vaseline had been confiscated, Mrs Wilkins went to see Graham Prince, headmaster of Wistaston Church Lane Primary School near her home in Sandbach, Cheshire.

Mrs Wilkins, who also has a son Issac, two months, with her husband Nick, said: ‘Ellie-Maye was really upset and I thought there must be some mistake.

‘But he just confirmed that unless the Vaseline was prescribed then she was not allowed to use it in school.

‘I was shocked – especially when he suggested one way round it was to “medicate” Ellie-Maye by taking her out of school.
The headmaster of Wistaston Church Lane Primary School confirmed that unless the Vaseline was prescribed, Ellie-Maye could not use it in school


‘Alternatively, I could come to the school to apply it. I thought this was ridiculous that I would be expected to find time off work or that Ellie-Maye’s education should suffer in some way.

‘Anyone of any age can buy Vaseline in the supermarket. As she had my permission to use it and you don’t even need to buy it from a chemist, it seemed such an over-the-top reaction.’

Mrs Wilkins has now been forced to have the Vaseline prescribed with a doctor’s note – at a cost of £15.

She said: ‘My GP said that as it wasn’t a medicine and doesn’t need to be prescribed, it shouldn’t be done under the NHS. It would therefore need a private doctor’s note.

‘It seemed ridiculous as the little tin to buy costs under £1. However, as Ellie-Maye still suffers from dry lips and I don’t want her to suffer, I’ve had no choice.’

Last night the school head refused to comment.

However, a spokesman from Cheshire East Council said on behalf of the school: ‘The school has to be one hundred per cent certain that any ointment or medication that a child brings into school is safe to use.

‘Our school policy sets out that any type of oral ointment or medicine to be self-administered in school should be prescribed by a physician.

‘Our only interest is the protection of children in our care and it is with this in mind that we applied our school policy.’

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[Scooter]

Idiots.

If they are concerned, and want the parents to be aware of anything their kids are using in school, then go ahead and contact the parents to be sure.

If they want to cover their ass from any potential liability issues, get the parents to sign a waiver, if they want to go that far.

But banning vaseline? I think it was confiscated because somebody needs it to lubricate the barbed stick they have shoved up their ass.

[The Hen]

Personally I am not a fan of petroleum jelly products.

I wouldn't put them on my arse, and I wouldn't put them on my lips.

I think she should get a regular lip balm for her dried lips. Something with lanolin in it would be better that petrol.

Though that doesn't take away from the morons at the school.

[loCAtek]

Lanolin is made from sheep...


Oh yea-

[The Hen]

Yes, I know.

Yes , and ... ?

Oh that's right. It is an accurate story that you just want to put your nose in to fuck up.

As you were.

[Gob]

Lanolin is made from sheep...


Oh yea-

Lanolin (German, from Latin lāna, "wool", and oleum, "oil"), also called Adeps Lanae, wool wax or wool grease, is a yellow waxy substance secreted by the sebaceous glands of wool-bearing animals. Most lanolin used by humans comes from domestic sheep. Lanolin is also frequently, but incorrectly, referred to as ‘Wool Fat’ by many of the world’s pharmacopoeias even though it has been known for more than 150 years that lanolin is devoid of glycerides and is in fact a wax, not a fat. Lanolin's waterproofing property aids sheep in shedding water from their coats. Certain breeds of sheep produce large amounts of lanolin, and the extraction can be performed by squeezing the sheep's harvested wool between rollers. Most or all of the lanolin is removed from wool when it is processed into textiles, such as yarn or felt.

Vaseline (pronounced /ˈvæsəliːn/ or /væzəliːn/) is a brand of petroleum jelly based products owned by Anglo-Dutch company Unilever. Products include plain petroleum jelly and a selection of skin creams soaps, lotions, cleansers, deodorants and personal lubricants. Vaseline also has body lotion and Vaseline Intensive Care.

It has been considered generic in some countries of Latin America like Mexico, Chile and Brazil in regards to goods from class 3, where the Unilever products are called Vasenol.

Your "point" was ...what exactly....?

[Guinevere]

Shea butter is the best!

[BoSoxGal]

I agree that a lip balm would be a better solution - and surely those aren't banned from schools? The little girl wouldn't need help opening it, either. (That's probably why the teacher got upset - can't be bothered to assist her every time she seeks to open the tin.)

Though personally I would prefer a lip balm derived from plant oils.

[Guinevere]

I have fair, sensitive skin, and spend a decent amount of time outside, in sun, wind, or cold, and I've been using Burt's Bees products on my lips for decades. I *always* got compliments, especially from my Swede.

http://www.burtsbees.com/natural-produc ... lip-balms/