Fatty ointments are water-free and contain as a base especially hydrocarbons, for example paraffin, petroleum jelly and/or liquid paraffins, and natural or partly synthetic fat, for example coconut fatty acid triglyceride, or preferably hardened oils, for example hydrogenated ground nut oil or castor oil, also fatty acid partial esters of glycerine, for example glycerine mono- and di-stearate, and