he escaped to the West again, where he ran various businesses in Bochum and Essen. He also developed and produced ointments again, including Pedimol and Solfapan. It was then sold at the weekly and annual markets.

He moved with his 2nd wife Johanna to the Westerwald mountains, to Steinefrenz. Here Johanna managed the sewing business which she had previously managed in Essen, with approx. 20 employees, while Friedrich Karl Frohne now completely focused on ointment production.

the business boomed more and more so that the production was converted from manual operations to semi-automatic. Only the tubes were still packed by hand because the packaging at that time had to include 2 tubes and pumice stones for foot care.