Coconut and Reduced Nipple Crack Formation

• Effect of Tea Tree Oil and Coconut Oil on Nipple Crack Formation in the Early Postpartum Period.

  • 2023-02-10
  • RCT · n = 90
  • Breastfeeding medicine : the official journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine 18(3)
  • • Ebru Şahin
    • Fatma Yildirim
    • Nuriye Büyükkayaci Duman

  • PubMed: 36763614
  • DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2022.0260

  2 Insights on

  • Reduced Nipple Crack Formation

  • High evidence
  • Adults

  The differences between the groups applying coconut oil and tea tree oil on the 3rd, 7th, and 10th days postpartum and the control group were significant in terms of incidence of nipple cracks.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes