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Earlobe stitches, can i use neosporin?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

What did the: Treating physician tell you? Neosporin is a triple antibiotic. It's use can increase your sensitivity to any of the antibiotics it contains (especially neomycin). Did you doctor want you to put anything over your stitches?

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Answered 12/14/2013

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