Porter’s Original Lotion began in 1915 when Dr. C.E. Whitehead compounded a similar formula to be used for workers at a local cement plant to treat dry skin. In 1931, he passed his formula on to Heber Porter, a Bozeman pharmacist, who formulated the original Porter’s Lotion, which was still compounded in a barrel in various local Bozeman pharmacies until 1994, when the Bungalow Drug, the last to make it, was closing its doors.

Fearing an end of the Porter’s era, Gallatin River Products was formed by three Bozeman natives to preserve the legacy and to take Porter’s nationwide and to four continents over the next decade.
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Nowadays, the new owner is John Hearnsberger, MD who loved the product so much, he bought the company. John is a retired heart surgeon who began his surgical career in 1973. Daily scrubbing left his hands and arms irritated, red and dry with an incessant itch. After trying numerous lotions, including topical steroids that didn’t work, John bought his first bottle of Porter’s Lotion in 1996 and experienced immediate relief and has used it daily ever since.

Although John Hearnsberger is the new owner, the rest remains unchanged with Michael Anderson continuing as consultant and Mary Mackay the office manager in Bozeman, Montana.

I discovered Porter’s Lotion for myself while trawling the internet looking for an answer to my extreme dry skin problems which cause my thumbs to experience splitting during the winter months. I found this product and have never looked back so I hope you will try it for yourself. I can guarantee you will be really pleased with the results.

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