Do we need an antibiotic ointment for cuts?

Mother nature does the healing, the doctor sends the bill – or in this case the pharmaceutical company cashes in. A little soap and water alone are just fine for our scrapes – and keep the area clean. The temptation is always to slap on a little “protection” but that can cause problems. Neosporin is a triple antibiotic containing neomycin, bacitracin and polymyxin. The are a couple of problems. First why risk developing drug resistant bacteria on your skin? Second, the neomycin can cause an allergic reaction commonly, and this looks pretty much like infection!  Read more here for a nice review.