Placenta Creams and Ointments for the skin

Your placenta powder can be mixed into many different types of creams and emulsions to make an excellent skin healer. 

Placenta creams have been used by the rich and famous for many years to combat signs of aging.  Placenta extract the active ingredient in Olay's new Regenerist Ointment for the eyes!

How can placenta creams help you heal after birth?

• reduce the appearance of c-section scarring
• reduce the appearance of stretch marks
• heal sore or cracked nipples from breast feeding
• reduce skin inflammation from eczema, psiorisis and dermatitis
• reduce the appearance of aging skin eg. lines, veins, sun-spots, wrinkles
• reduce inflammation for babies with nappy rash or eczema

Manufactured by INCI Aromatic in the UK             This natural base cream would be the ideal cream to mix with placenta powder, using your placenta cream on cesarean scares, as a nappy balm, healing cracked nipples and improving skin tone on the face. 

DIY instructions on how to make your own placenta creams from

Placenta: The Gift of Life
Cornelia Enning, Author; Cheryl K. Smith, Editor.
2007. Motherbaby Press. ISBN 978-1-890446-40-6

Placenta Cream

• 2 oz Ruscue of Five-Flower Ointment (50g)
• 3 drops of placenta tincture (mother essence)

Warm the ointment in a water bath and stir in the placent mother tincture.  Let set for several days before using.

Placenta Ointment

• 3/4 tsp placenta powder (3g)
• 1 tsp carrier oil (almond, meadowfoam seed, avocado)
• 1 1/2 oz Eucerin Aquaphor ointment (45g)

Heat oil together with the placenta powder to 120° F (50°C).  Use a blender to dissolve the powder until the grains are as fine as possible.  Cool to 98.5°F (37°C) and mix in the Aquaphor ointment.  Let it set until completely cooled.  Can be stored for three weeks.

Placenta Emulsion

• 1/3 oz emulsifier (10g)
• 1 oz distilled water (30g)
• 1/2 tsp of placenta powder (2g)

Dissolve the emulsifier in distilled water at 120°F (50°C).  Add placenta powder as soon as the solution has turned into a paste.  Simmer at the same temperature while stirring swiftly, until the powder has dissolved completely.  Remove from heat and let soak.  Cool at room temperature while beating it well with a wisk.

Placenta Ghee (Mother Butter)

• 3 1/2 oz butter (100g)
• 1 tsp placenta powder
• jar for 3 1/2 oz of ointment (100g)
• essential oil of choice (optional)

Melt the butter and skim off the foam while allowing it to simmer on the stove.  The add placenta powder and stir.  Let the misture set for approximately five hours in the oven or on the stove at 120-140°F (50-60°C).  Stir until the powder has dissolved, using a blender if necessary.  Pour the mixture into a jar.  Let it cool at room temperature, not in the refrigerator.  Store in the refrigerator for up to four weeks. 

Variation: Depending on personal preferences and sensitivity of the skin, a drop of essential oil can be added.  The somewhat disagreeable odor of the placenta will improve with an essential oil of lemongrass, ylang-ylang and others.