new Ped at my practice and she's a big fan of arbonne products, thoughts?

turns out she's a consultant so I'm a little skeptical not of the product but obviously there's a bias to recommend it over aquaphor which I've got a ton of at home already or eucerin which we also have in the house.

Do you use arbonne? do you feel ilke it's that much better?

Re: new Ped at my practice and she's a big fan of arbonne products, thoughts?

I tried some of their products but I didn't understand how they say natural etc ( those types of claims) when the ingredient list is HUGE on all their products...maybe someone on here is a consultant and can explain that, but once I saw that I stopped using it. The sunscreen, the entire bottle is a list of ingredients in small print.

Re: new Ped at my practice and she's a big fan of arbonne products, thoughts?

I could be wrong, but isn't it unethical for a pediatrician to try and "sell" (literally or figuratively) his or her own products to the people they are treating?

ETA - I have a few Arbonne products. They are Eh - nothing that the consultants say they are, IMO

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Re: new Ped at my practice and she's a big fan of arbonne products, thoughts?

I use arbonne and non of my family new that. I have had so many complements on how SOFT my DS's skin is. I am not a big fan of the fragrance, but it is safe for baby's skin and I happen to love it!!

Re: new Ped at my practice and she's a big fan of arbonne products, thoughts?

Posted by lipglossjunky73

I could be wrong, but isn't it unethical for a pediatrician to try and "sell" (literally or figuratively) his or her own products to the people they are treating?

ETA - I have a few Arbonne products. They are Eh - nothing that the consultants say they are, IMO

Re: new Ped at my practice and she's a big fan of arbonne products, thoughts?

That would really bother me. A few of my friends sell arbonne and I am so turned off by the scare tactics they use to sell their products. Can you say something to one of the other drs?
I have taken DS to a pediatric dermatologist and arbonne was not on the list of lotions and sunblocks he suggested we try (not saying he said anything bad about it, just that he told me 4 or 5 things to try and they weren't one of them).

Re: new Ped at my practice and she's a big fan of arbonne products, thoughts?

That would really rub me the wrong way. I was bothered enough that an employee at my OB's office is an Arbonne consultant and my OB lets her give out her information in the office.

Re: new Ped at my practice and she's a big fan of arbonne products, thoughts?

I've been to so many doctors, mostly dermatologists, who sell prodcuts. Also, it is very clear that a lot of doctrors are in the pockets of various pharmaceutical companies. Perhaps it's not a cash exchange but I have definitely seen doctors winded and dined by big pharma. I did not think that this would permate pedatrics but I guess it has. I would not like it, nor would I see it as a reason to stop using aquaphor.

Re: new Ped at my practice and she's a big fan of arbonne products, thoughts?

when DD was a baby, maybe 3 or 4 months old, she had cradle cap pretty bad.

i used the baby wash from arbonne and it really cleared it up. but once it was empty, we never ordered more.

my cosuin sells it, but at $14 a pop, we can't afford to use it.