As a matter of interest, Burt's Bees makes the best honey-menthol cough drops I have ever tasted.  Delicious and effective.

For ointments I always look at the the zinc oxide % in the ointment.  Desitin original formula is like 40% and it's like caulk when you put it on.  I prefer a zinc oxide % more like 10% which is a much creamier ointment.  I think A&D makes several different consistencies.  Desitin, due to competition from A&D, was forced to put out some creamier ointments. I have the Desitin creamy 13%, but I have not had to use it in years.

Hi RachelRaven...I suffer so much from fissures to swelling, etc..but I've never tried Burt'sBee products.  I've done just about everything, I will give it a whirl!  Thank you much.

When my daughter was little, we loved the Burt's Bees zinc oxide ointment. It smells so much better than Desitin!  I hate Desitin. 

Also, once she had a bad diaper rash, and Lansinoh lanolin cream for nursing (ie. breast protection) REALLY cleared her up. You can't use it if you're sensitive to lanolin, obviously, but it was amazing. I'd also recommend giving that a shot, if nothing else is working. 

Good tip; they've just started carrying Burt's Bees products over here, so I will keep my eyes out for it for sure.

Love their lip balms and foot moisturiser! (LOL, note to self: do NOT mix up application of lip balms or cough lozenges with ointment!  Oh, man. I am way too easily amused.)

Can't get it over here, but I have always sworn by Bag Balm for a variety of uses, inlcuding as a preventative moisture barrier. Good stuff.

Gin

I hate the thick messy ointments. I usually use A&D or aquaphor for my fissures and butt burn, but sometimes it just doesn't cut it! 

Thanks! I will have to try this ointment because I do love all of burts bees products that I have tried