Customer Reviews

Source Naturals Ultra Colloidal Silver Salve, 2 Ounce

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I have used this product for the past 5 years and another one like it for 20 years. It is the single best healing agent you can put on burns from flames or burns from sun. It acts like a natural antibiotic and I think in the past silver collidial was once used as such in the liquid form wich i have used as well. but this topical form is perfect for blistering and pain and It helps all sorts of infections, funguses bites,etc. I keep it handy in my kitchen and bathroom for cuts, burns anything that could get infected. when I burn myself with a curling iron, I apply a small amount immediately and I promise you.NO Scarring and pain subsides with in minutes. It really is awesome produt to have around. I even bought some for my work at a coffee shop for burns we tend to get. It lasts for a long time as long as you keep the lid on tight. EXCELLENT PRODUCT!

This is the first time I have used this product, so I did not know what to expect. I have used colloidal silver before and am a believer in it's anti-bacterial properties. I purchased some toothpaste in Japan that had silver in it and it really helped with a painful sensitive tooth. I was looking for a good ointment to use instead of the typical neosporin or polysporin.

I read the other reviews on this salve and decided to give it a try even though it is somewhat expensive. I can say that I am glad I purchased it! It is great to keep around if you have kids. I have been using it on my daughters insect bites for the last week and it has really helped them to heal much faster. She has a bad habit of picking at the bites and the faster they heal the better. She recently got a large bite from perhaps a spider and it left a large red swollen and hard area that was oozing a clear liquid. I treated it immediately with the salve several times a day. It has been healing great. The first night a put a lot on the area and covered it with a bandage so she wouldn't scratch at it. The next morning it was greatly reduced.

The salve is very soothing and somewhat cooling. Some of the other reviewers said that it was good for sunburn and I can see why. It absorbs in to the skin relatively fast and doesn't leave any kind of residue. It is very clean and refreshing. It has a kind of yellow to gold color and is the consistency of perhaps a jar of jelly that has been stirred up well with a spoon. The 2 oz size would be the size I would recommend as we have about gone thru a jar in a month of nightly applications. I have some mosquito bites on my legs that I have been putting it on nightly and it does reduce the itching as well as speed the healing. My daughter loves getting it put on her bug bites every night and I can see why as I like putting it on mine too. It's a great product!

This 2 oz size is a bargain. Our local whole foods market sells it for $15 and it's only filled with 1 oz even thought the jar is almost the same size as this one on Amazon!

I have a new kitten who loves to play. That means biting and scratching! I'm trying to teach her not to attack my hands and feet but she isn't fully trained and probably will take some time to outgrow her tendencies. So this past week I got a scratch on my hand that hurt and looked really red and inflamed. I tried a prescription cream from my doctor but it did absolutely nothing. The area was still red and painful. So I decided to try this colloidal silver salve and was amazed at how fast my skin has healed. Within days the irritation stopped and the redness went away. I put this on my skin at least 5 times a day. When you apply it is very viscous and then forms a skin over the wound. So to use this effectively you need to dampen a cloth to remove the old layer so you can apply a new layer of salve. From my experience this has been a very healing and calming solution. I can highly recommend this if you have any skin problems whatsoever. You will be very impressed with how fast this salve works.

~The Rebecca Review

Amazing healing properties. I have 3rd degree burns and no health insurance. Since my visit to the emergency room, I have been left to heal this on my own. This combined with the colloidal silver liquid, has expediently healed my wounds.

This product is a lot easier to use on cuts and wounds than the typical Colloidal Silver liquid in some cases.
It is important to keep the container tightly closed and in a dark cool place or it will disappear.
A must have for all Moms, Dads and first aid kits.

Tried everything to treat my rosacea. Ended up seeing one of the best dermatologists in the country, who tried everything in the book over the course of a couple years. Steroid creams, non-steroid creams, antibiotics -- the works. Nothing would really clear it up.

There was no shortage of folks telling me colloidal silver was quack medicine: it's all placebo effect, will do nothing useful, and maybe turn you bluer than papa smurf. That would have been a welcome change from my constantly red face.

So you can imagine I was pleasantly surprised that after 72 hours and half a dozen applications of this stuff my rosacea completely cleared up. Normal skin tone I hadn't seen in years. If it stays like this, I might even show my face in public more often.

Couldn't be happier.

I bought this locally rather than on Amazon. I bought it because I couldn't find anything else in stock. I almost didn't even buy it. Take a look at some of the ingredients:

Glycerine Usp, Sorbitol, Sclerotium Gum, Sodium Hyaluronate, Sodium Pca, Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein, Polysorbate 80, Ethylparaben, Methylparaben.

Internet research shows that we have NO IDEA what some of these ingredients will do to the body with long term use. So some companies are just assuming they're safe. Bad assumption.

There are all kinds of nasty ingredients! WHY? It is not necessary. Sorbitol? That's an artificial sweetener! You aren't supposed to EAT the stuff! Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein is a source of Monosodium Glutimate. This is a deadly neurotoxin that should be banned. So you're putting it on your skin only? But skin absorbs things, and some of these ingredients are highly questionable to my mind, or worse. Shame on you, Source Naturals! You need to reformulate this and take all the JUNK out. If you want a similar product (looks identical, by the way), buy Curad Silver Solution. It has only two bad ingredients. The day you can get a superior product from a pharmaceutical company than from a company that supposedly makes natural products, there is something seriously wrong. I'm scared to death to use this product (although I have tried it twice). Nasty ingredients in skin products is, unfortunately, a problem for some companies that claim to make natural cosmetics.

I've tried for years to control the nail fungal growth on my large toe nails with only temporary success. Most over the counter products just plain don't work!! I was looking online of a product that contains silver to help with my husbands skin condition and read a review that suggested silver would work for toe fungal infections. Why not try it? This product has worked well for my husband's rash and to stop the spread of my toe fungus. I put it on twice a day and am now waiting for the entire toe nail to grow back without the fungal infection. The salve consistancy spreads easily on the areas that you want it to work on, unlike the sprays available, and it dries without a residue. Give it a try.

Just received the anxiously awaited product. It took me several uses before I realized that the bottom of the jar read: "Best if used by 2/11" (!!!) Wow, I received it on 08/23/11. I contacted Amazon Customer Support via email. This morning, it looks as if they're sending out another one. If that is the case, I will ammend this review. C'mon guys...Quality Control? Besides, this is an item that can almost "disappear" if not kept tightly closed (I've read in some reviews of many brands). Does anyone really want to start off w/a product that is months past it's most effective date. Updates to follow.

Update:Contacted Amazon Customer Service via email. Two (2) days later, new jar arrived with expiration date of "2/14" I upped from 1 star to three (3) stars to commend Amazon Customer Service and the amazingly fast replacement. Didn't even have to contact seller. KUDOS, Amazon! Let's see how the product works now.

We tried this salve on an open wound since the collodial silver bandaids worked so well to promote healing. Instead, my wife went the urgent care facility with chemical burns from the product. Stay away if you have sensitivity to citric products.