BFI Antiseptic First-Aid Powder - 1.25 oz

by BFI

Product Features

• help to reduce the risk
• skin infection
• infection in minor cuts
• scrapes

Product Description

B.F.I. POWD LGE Size: 1.25 OZ

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000052XUV
• UPC: 038485862141
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,224 in Health & Personal Care (See Top 100 in Health & Personal Care)
  • #86 in Health & Personal Care > Health Care > First Aid > Antibiotics & Antiseptics

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars BUYER BEWARE - READ BEFORE BUYING - It may NOT be what you want ! !, September 6, 2010

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xaeinstein "xaeinstein" (Massachusetts & Florida, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: BFI Antiseptic First-Aid Powder - 1.25 oz (Health and Beauty)

UPDATE AFTER PURCHASE: PLEASE READ !!! THIS IS *NOT* WHAT YOU THINK IT IS!!!
The title of my original review was "There's NOTHING better than this"
And it read "I have used this for years... First as kids in my parents house and then for my own kids.
Have been guarding the last container like gold... soooo happy to have discovered it here anew! etc etc "
I even ordered not one but SIX bottles of the stuff from American Wholesaler, Brooklyn, NY

HOWEVER when I received it IT WASN'T THE SAME PRODUCT

The container IS SIMILAR BUT IS NOT THE SAME PRODUCT.

What I received is labelled "Soothing, Protective Powder Helps prevent chafing and irritation - Keeps skin drier"

The original product (the one pictured here as of Sept 10,2010) instead is "Antiseptic First-Aid Powder For CUTS, Chafing and minor abrasions"

If it was just the label, who cares... but the ingredient list is also different!!

IT DOES NOT CONTAIN the active ingredient which is the antiseptic ingredient.

Original:
Active Ingredient Bismuth-Formic-Iodine followed by Inactive Ingredients: Bismuth Subgallate, Boric Acid, etc

New One (the one on this listing)
Has NO active ingredient and the INGREDIENT order is different: Boric Acid, Magnesium Carbonate, Talc, etc

This stuff as listed is a fancy talcum powder like Goldbond, not the wonderful product we all remember.

Make sure what you buy lists Bismuth-Formic-Iodine as its first and active ingredient.

I asked for an exchange for the original antiseptic product I ordered or a refund.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Magical Fairy Dust, August 6, 2005

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V. Teshin "miracle of science" (Pleasanton, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: BFI Antiseptic First-Aid Powder - 1.25 oz (Health and Beauty)

I first learned of BFI Powder years ago after visiting a cousin in Australia. She gave me a small container to use and keep after I cut myself. I was hoping for some nice anti-biotic cream, but instead got this powder, which for the life of me I thought would never stay on the wound. I took the container but did not use it at that time. Okay, now cut to many many years later...I was a diabetic and started have serious problems with open wounds on my feet. The podiatrists I was seeing tried everything they knew to heal what were basically holes on my heels. They gave me a powder that was supposed to stimulate skin growth. It didn't work, but after running out of it on a weekend, I saw the BFI powder in my medicine cabinet, that had been gathering dust since my trip to Australia. I used it for a bit over a week, and when I next saw my doctor, he was amazed that my wounds looked like they had almost healed! After I ran out of the powder, I started searching for it on the internet and finally found some for sale at a pet supply company (used on dogs ears after they are cropped) for crying out loud! Needless to say, from that point on, I was a convert, and still use it for any wound problems I have with my feet. Thankfully, it is now available on many web sites. I make sure I always have a container or two at home, because like magical fairy dust it really works when other remedies fail.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best medicine for everything, May 4, 2004

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Nancy (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: BFI Antiseptic First-Aid Powder - 1.25 oz (Health and Beauty)

I have been looking for BFI powder in stores for years - we used for every cut and scrape as kids - even for hives and other rashes. And, I used it for years on my dog's skin irritations. Then it seemed to disappear for a number of years, and I couldn't find it anywhere. I'm so glad to be able to find some. We call it "magic powder" in my family - soothes, dries out scabs, and generally heals all.