- One-ounce tube contains wash treatment for poison ivy, oak, and sumac (urishiol)
- Itching and pain are relieved within 30 seconds of treatment
- Safe for children, pregnant, and nursing women
- Topical solution can be used on external body areas including the face and genitals
- Can be used in conjunction with steroid treatments
Specifications for this item
- Brand Name
- Zanfel
- Part Number
- 53787
- Number of Items
- 1
- Capacity
- 1 Ounces
- EAN
- 0689901537879
- Item Weight
- 0.1 pounds
- Size Name
- 1 tube (1 oz.)
- UPC
- 689901537879
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Product Description
The Zanfel poison oak, ivy, and sumac (urishiol) topical wash treatment comes in a one-ounce tube, provides relief of pain and itching within 30 seconds, is safe for children, pregnant, and nursing women, and can be used on external body areas including the face and genitals. A wash treatment is a topical substance that provides physical relief to campers, landscapers, forestry workers, and firefighters, for itches and rashes caused by plants. This wash treatment can be used in conjunction with steroid treatments. Zanfel cream binds with urushiol, allowing it to be removed from the body with washing and water. Zanfel can be used to clean garden utensils and other instruments that have plant substances on them. It has a 10-year shelf life.
Zanfel Laboratories manufactures topical wash substances used by campers, landscapers, forestry workers, and firefighters to treat physical symptoms caused by plants. The company, founded in 1998, is headquartered in Clive,IA.
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Indications
Completely Washes Away Poison Ivy, Oak & Sumac (Urushiol) From the Skin In. 30 Seconds Zanfel is a safe and effective wash for urushiol-induced contact dermatitis.
Ingredients
Polyethylene Granules, Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate, Nonoxynol-9, C12-15 Pareth-9, Disodium EDTA, Quaternium-15, Carbomer 2%, Triethanolamine, Water.
Directions
Zanfel is easy to use: (The following directions are for an area the size of an adult hand. ) For best results, use Zanfel in a shower or sink where it is easy to thoroughly rinse off the product.
Completely Washes Away Poison Ivy, Oak & Sumac (Urushiol) From the Skin In. 30 Seconds Zanfel is a safe and effective wash for urushiol-induced contact dermatitis.
Ingredients
Polyethylene Granules, Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate, Nonoxynol-9, C12-15 Pareth-9, Disodium EDTA, Quaternium-15, Carbomer 2%, Triethanolamine, Water.
Directions
Zanfel is easy to use: (The following directions are for an area the size of an adult hand. ) For best results, use Zanfel in a shower or sink where it is easy to thoroughly rinse off the product.
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
333 of 336 people found the following review helpful
Zanfel works. But you don't need to spend $40 for a 1oz tube. For the love of god, the EXACT same stuff is in Mean Green Hand Scrub and it'll cost you $20 for 60oz. Yes, you read that right. The guy who "invented" Zanfel used to work at the company that makes Mean Green. He simply realized that it worked on skin rashes like poison ivy and started his own company and now sells the EXACT same stuff for a huge markup to drugstores. I certainly don't begrudge him for his marketing savvy, but you don't have to pay through the nose for something that works. Mean Green (and Zanfel) are simply really good exfoliating soaps. They work on a simple principle: remove the oils that are generating the rash. Mean Green is just sold to car mechanics and other industrial workplaces that need a cleanser for greases and oils. The genius of Zanfel is that it's marketed to drugstores for a totally different use.
I get poison ivy basically throughout the entire summer because of my dogs. They tromp through forests and underbrush and get the poison ivy oils on their fur and then spread that to me. For the past many years, I've just suffered and waited for Fall to come. This year, it started to get pretty bad and so I began intensive research. I tried calomine, Tecnu, Ivy Block, and plenty of others. In desperation, I saw Zanfel at the drugstore and decided it was worth a shot. That 1oz tube got rid of almost all of my itching and cleared up my rashes in about 1.5 days. That's when I started looking around and found the story behind Zanfel and Mean Green. Now I use Mean Green virtually every time I shower. I still get occasional small rashes because the poison ivy oils stay on everything the dogs touch, but now it's a very very minor annoyance as I scrub the area with Mean Green once or twice and the problem is alleviated/gone. For all you Amazoners, this is the first review I've ever written. Please rate this review highly in order for other folks to both stop itching and save money!
I get poison ivy basically throughout the entire summer because of my dogs. They tromp through forests and underbrush and get the poison ivy oils on their fur and then spread that to me. For the past many years, I've just suffered and waited for Fall to come. This year, it started to get pretty bad and so I began intensive research. I tried calomine, Tecnu, Ivy Block, and plenty of others. In desperation, I saw Zanfel at the drugstore and decided it was worth a shot. That 1oz tube got rid of almost all of my itching and cleared up my rashes in about 1.5 days. That's when I started looking around and found the story behind Zanfel and Mean Green. Now I use Mean Green virtually every time I shower. I still get occasional small rashes because the poison ivy oils stay on everything the dogs touch, but now it's a very very minor annoyance as I scrub the area with Mean Green once or twice and the problem is alleviated/gone. For all you Amazoners, this is the first review I've ever written. Please rate this review highly in order for other folks to both stop itching and save money!
69 of 80 people found the following review helpful
By D Alcazar
Those who have had one probably agree with me, a massive poison oak or ivy rash is probably one of the most hellish torments there is
Make no mistake about it, when you're desperate to get rid of that all encompasing poison oak or ivy rash you'll be ready to spend pretty much your entire life's savings in order to get some form of relief, so when you see something that claims to get rid of the itch within 30 seconds you think "Praise the lord and makers of zanfel, I am saved!!!"
Not so fast there campers... You might heed the voice of reason and first look it up to see if it's actually worth it to spend this kind of cash on a tiny 1 oz tube. The company's website speaks wonders of it with some before and after pictures of some pretty horrible cases, and those testimonials they have are probably quite exagerated.
I dropped the $39.99 to get this stuff when I had a rash so bad I could barely open my eyes (yes I was desperate).
PLEASE NOTE: I have to admit that this stuff DOES work to a certain extent, the itching will subside in a matter of seconds and you will have some relief for some time.
Sadly for me, and moreso for my bank account, it is far from the miracle cure it claims to be. Also, the ingredients seem to be unstable, I used the balance of what was left in the tube to try and treat a somewhat mild to heavy case I got not too long ago (around 8 months after I bought it) and it had no effect at all, no temporary relief from the itch whatsoever. This company takes advantage of you and the miserable desperate state you're in by charging you a huge markup and promising results you probably will not get.
The people who will be willing to plunk down this kind of money will not have a small localized rash, they will be miserable and if this includes you right now, then I'll tell you: this stuff is useless in your state, go to a doctor and get a cortisone shot and a prescription for prednisone, it cost me 120 bucks for the visit plus 15 bucks for the prednisone, but it actually worked and you will be on your way to sleeping at night under the same treatment.
So again, this stuff DOES work, it's much better than calamine lotion or any other hydrocortisone cream for instant soothing relief when brand new, but it sure isn't worth the $40 you spend on it each time you get poison oak or ivy, and it sure doesn't live up to it's claims of curing you. I felt horrible after using it because I still itched all over and felt stupid on top of it all for believing the hype.
Here is my rating in the 5 stars scale on this thing from a few different viewpoints
-Instant effectivity on soothing your itch (when new): 5 stars
-Overall effectivity on removing your itch: 2 stars
-Lives up to it's claims: 1˝ stars
-Value for your money: 1 star
I hope you see what I mean about this stuff, you are welcome to try it but don't say I didn't warn you
Make no mistake about it, when you're desperate to get rid of that all encompasing poison oak or ivy rash you'll be ready to spend pretty much your entire life's savings in order to get some form of relief, so when you see something that claims to get rid of the itch within 30 seconds you think "Praise the lord and makers of zanfel, I am saved!!!"
Not so fast there campers... You might heed the voice of reason and first look it up to see if it's actually worth it to spend this kind of cash on a tiny 1 oz tube. The company's website speaks wonders of it with some before and after pictures of some pretty horrible cases, and those testimonials they have are probably quite exagerated.
I dropped the $39.99 to get this stuff when I had a rash so bad I could barely open my eyes (yes I was desperate).
PLEASE NOTE: I have to admit that this stuff DOES work to a certain extent, the itching will subside in a matter of seconds and you will have some relief for some time.
Sadly for me, and moreso for my bank account, it is far from the miracle cure it claims to be. Also, the ingredients seem to be unstable, I used the balance of what was left in the tube to try and treat a somewhat mild to heavy case I got not too long ago (around 8 months after I bought it) and it had no effect at all, no temporary relief from the itch whatsoever. This company takes advantage of you and the miserable desperate state you're in by charging you a huge markup and promising results you probably will not get.
The people who will be willing to plunk down this kind of money will not have a small localized rash, they will be miserable and if this includes you right now, then I'll tell you: this stuff is useless in your state, go to a doctor and get a cortisone shot and a prescription for prednisone, it cost me 120 bucks for the visit plus 15 bucks for the prednisone, but it actually worked and you will be on your way to sleeping at night under the same treatment.
So again, this stuff DOES work, it's much better than calamine lotion or any other hydrocortisone cream for instant soothing relief when brand new, but it sure isn't worth the $40 you spend on it each time you get poison oak or ivy, and it sure doesn't live up to it's claims of curing you. I felt horrible after using it because I still itched all over and felt stupid on top of it all for believing the hype.
Here is my rating in the 5 stars scale on this thing from a few different viewpoints
-Instant effectivity on soothing your itch (when new): 5 stars
-Overall effectivity on removing your itch: 2 stars
-Lives up to it's claims: 1˝ stars
-Value for your money: 1 star
I hope you see what I mean about this stuff, you are welcome to try it but don't say I didn't warn you
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
I'm just recovering from a nasty case of poison oak, and I tried everything including hot hair dryers, benadryl, steroids, crushed manzanita leaves, manuka honey, caladryl lotion and Zanfel.
With the Zanfel, it's best to apply it in the shower. That way you can wet the skin, wet your hands, scrub the stuff onto your skin and then rinse it off without soaking your clothes and the bathroom.
It works in the sense that it gets rid of that electric feeling of your skin when you think you'll go mad if you don't scratch. So that's great. However, it does nothing to get rid of the ugly red splotches on your skin. Those still take 10 days to 2 weeks to go away.
Maybe it's different if you catch it the instant it starts but I had it a couple of days before I discovered Zanfel. If you are likely to get poison oak, ivy or sumac in the next year, I'd buy Zanfel online because it's $40 at the drug store.
With the Zanfel, it's best to apply it in the shower. That way you can wet the skin, wet your hands, scrub the stuff onto your skin and then rinse it off without soaking your clothes and the bathroom.
It works in the sense that it gets rid of that electric feeling of your skin when you think you'll go mad if you don't scratch. So that's great. However, it does nothing to get rid of the ugly red splotches on your skin. Those still take 10 days to 2 weeks to go away.
Maybe it's different if you catch it the instant it starts but I had it a couple of days before I discovered Zanfel. If you are likely to get poison oak, ivy or sumac in the next year, I'd buy Zanfel online because it's $40 at the drug store.
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Published 1 month ago by D2
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ITCHING GONE
Out of desperation of get rid of the intense itching from poison ivy I purchased this product even though it is expensive. It works as described. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Diane
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Here we go. The oil from poison ivy is whats left behind on your skin after making contact with plants by either walking through them or working around them i. Read more
Published 1 month ago by carlo
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It is ok. As I am very allergic to p i, it is hard to find a quick cure. I am still trying to find one.
Published 2 months ago by MADMAC
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I got poison oak and this stuff worked like a champ to help me heal in record time. Will keep it in stock if I ever need it again.
Published 3 months ago by M. Walker
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Best OTC remedy hands down, bar none
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