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Periguard ointment is manufactured by DermaRite industries and I would like to know if anyone else out there is having or has had problems with this ointment turning lumpy. The lumps making it like you are applying small curd cottage cheese. At first, if small enough they could be smoothed out during application but in the latest applications, they failed to disappear and stuck to the skin which involved being removed manually or a double bath. Purchased this through Vitality Medical. Thanks!

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This is a zinc oxide cream? It's not one I've ever heard of, most people who are thrifty shop the baby department for those kinds of creams/ointments (adult incontinence products are essentially the same at a higher price point). It could be a bad batch or could even possibly be a counterfeit, I would stop using it.
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I looked it up..(by the way it is available at Walmart so if you are paying extra through a medical company you can get it for less)
It has antimicrobial properties. (did not look at ingredients but probably the same as what Athletes foot and Jock Itch products have) it also contains zinc and aloe.
These products were pretty heavy on my Husbands skin so I always cut them about 50/50 with A & D ointment.

And do not rub the product in pat it on. That leaves a lighter more easily removed layer and patting it is more gentle than rubbing.

For the particular one you have I would contact both the Supplier (Vitality Medical) and complain about it and I would contact the manufacturer. It is possible that the product was stored improperly causing it to change.
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