Breaking Biofilm
I had my second FESS about 2 months ago and have felt great ever since. I rinse 3 times a day with saline and xylitol and once with budesonide. I also use a steroid nasal spray, and overall, this seems to help a lot.
A lot of what I know about my sinusitis comes from this sub, and I’m eternally grateful to have found it.
Recently, I stumbled upon a lot of posts about people using baby shampoo in their rinses to break up biofilms so that steroids and antibiotics can reach the bacteria. I also feel like biofilms have been and still are a big problem with my sinusitis. Every time I rinse, an enormous amount of gunk comes out, sometimes clear and sometimes yellow when things get bad.
So now I wanted to ask your opinion: Is rinsing with baby shampoo safe? Is there another surfactant, maybe in powder or granule form, that doesn’t produce as much foam when shaken? Or is there another substance that can break up biofilms?