Could be. I have never checked on or questioned Neosporin. I believed the commercial from the 70s where it claimed to heal faster than using nothing. Iodine is legit, but carrying a bottle in an abused backpack and having it break is a huge staining event. Just using the alcohol wipes are probably a simpler alternative.
Main reason I was given was that wounds need to breath to heal and keep them covering them with a petroleum based product completely negates that. The antimicrobial aspect I guess doesn't out way that. If you're working in a wet/dirty environment I could see it being beneficial for short term coverage.
I came across some "colorless iodine" that comes in a plastic bottle at a pharmacy. It's a mixture of alcohol, ammonium hydroxide, iodine, potassium iodine and purified water. Kind of an interesting solution.
I pulled out my bottle to double check it. It's actually called "decolorized iodine". This isn't the exact brand but it did come in a plastic white bottle.
Awesome! Thanks
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