A petrolatum-based occlusive ointment formulated with ceramides and hyaluronic acid, designed to repair and protect the skin barrier and treat extremely dry, cracked, or irritated skin.
This petrolatum ointment earns universal praise for its ability to seal and hydrate without clogging pores, making it a go-to for eczema, cracked skin, and slugging. The ceramides and hyaluronic acid give it an edge over plain Vaseline by actively supporting barrier repair, though some find it spreadable enough to work as a lighter alternative to thicker occlusives. One reviewer prefers other products for slugging due to texture preferences, but the consensus is strong: this is a safe, effective choice for sensitive and damaged skin, especially around delicate areas or after procedures like chemical peels.
Synthesized from 18 expert reviews · most recent take October 2026
"I'm CeraVe Healing Ointment all the way. This is a petrolatum based ointment that provides that intense hydration. It doesn't clog your pores. It's formulated with ceramides to repair and strengthen the skin barrier. I think it's great for eczema prone skin, cracked lips, cracked heels, really cuticles, anything cracked. It's not going to burn your skin. It is lanoline free and fragrance free, making it a really safe choice for even the most sensitive skin."
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"I'm CeraVe Healing Ointment all the way. This is a petrolatum based ointment that provides that intense hydration. It doesn't clog your pores. It's formulated with ceramides to repair and strengthen the skin barrier. I think it's great for eczema prone skin, cracked lips, cracked heels, really cuticles, anything cracked. It's not going to burn your skin. It is lanoline free and fragrance free, making it a really safe choice for even the most sensitive skin."
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"If your skin is extra dry and you just don't feel like after you apply this moisturizer on it's enough, consider applying a coat of petrolatum on top. These are things like Vaseline, Aquaphor, or CeraVe Healing Ointment, and Aquaphor even comes in a spray bottle that you can put directly on top of that cream to provide extra protection. It's sealing in that moisture and preventing epidermal water loss."
"Whether it's a CeraVe Healing Ointment in a little jar or look at this cute little Vaseline. Go ahead. I got big Vaseline here. Apply a little bit around the nose. You can apply on the lips. Get in the corners there. And you can apply the corners of your eyes. The canthus medial canthus lateral canthus. You can even get it on the eyelids. Just the thinnest film cuz you don't want to get clogged up pores and lead to milia cysts on the eyelid."
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"Very thick occlusive barrier ointment that you can apply to help slug and help seal in your moisturizer at the end of the night. Just a thin film goes a long way. And if you want to protect any cracks on your hands and feet, go ahead and use it."
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"Great for cuts, scrapes, eczema. If you have chafe skin and the folds, if you have eczema in the folds during the summer and you need to have a nice occlusive barrier ointment, those petroleum products are great."
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"If you have a known lanolin sensitivity go with Vaseline or CeraVe healing ointment"
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"When you get a cut I like Plano [Aquaphor] Vaseline or CeraVe Healing Ointment. [...] I like this more for like dry heels a large area of dry skin. The ointment is pretty soothing and goes on, doesn't hurt, doesn't sting. [...] I like moisture with wounds. [...] Keeping a nice moist layer of CeraVe Healing Ointment over it to help bring in new cells. This has been proven over time."
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"Apply some petrolatum ointment like Vaseline, Aquaphor, CeraVe Healing Ointment, or Cetaphil Healing Ointment. The only thing with Cetaphil Healing Ointment though is it has beeswax, which I worry about on the lips. I'm seeing a lot more beeswax sensitivity. [...] Those are good to put on your lips, and you can apply a little bit on your cheekbones after you apply your serums [...] just for extra glow."
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"You can use just a pea-size amount to seal in the moisture and get that dewy glow. [...] A lot of people like to apply it not just to the lips but just a small amount to like the cheekbones. I like to throw a little bit on the forehead there just to plump up the skin and hide those fine lines and wrinkles. [...] Right after your hyaluronic acid goes on, you can put a cream on and a little bit of this to occlude and retain that moisture so it doesn't evaporate."
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"CeraVe Healing Ointment has the ceramides of course, no lanolin, it has panthenol and hyaluronic acid which is documented that will help hydrate the skin. I recommend to my patients to apply Vaseline or CeraVe Healing Ointment because those are great. You don't have to put Neosporin. Neosporin causes a lot of allergic contact dermatitis. Bacitracin same. So I just say keep it simple and just put an occlusive ointment as a barrier to protect your wound so you won't get that infection."
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"CeraVe Healing Ointment works well too."
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"Whether it's a CeraVe Healing Ointment in a little jar or look at this cute little Vaseline. Go ahead. I got big Vaseline here. Apply a little bit around the nose. You can apply on the lips. Get in the corners there. And you can apply the corners of your eyes. The canthus medial canthus lateral canthus. You can even get it on the eyelids. Just the thinnest film cuz you don't want to get clogged up pores and lead to milia cysts on the eyelid."
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"This is a great one. You only need a small amount, less than a pea size amount, really. There's a pea on cheekbones, forehead. If you get a little flaky here you can put some in your eyebrows to help shape them. If you have a little flaking there, little seborrheic dermatitis, you can get those flakes down. I like to put it in the corners, especially before you go to bed, and then a little extra on your lips, corners of your lips and the lips itself."
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"Whether it's the [CeraVe] Healing Ointment I'm going to use samples today my little sample sizes I give to my patients"
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"I like prolotam so Vaseline, Aquaphor, Cetaphil Healing Ointment or CeraVe Healing Ointment, all great options for healing a wound."
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"While we sleep the heaters are on and it's pulling out all the moisture from our face, so it's really important to put Vaseline or some kind of petrolatum over the lips and over the eyelids, so when you put your retinol on you won't have as much dryness and irritation. I like to just spot treat this on the eyelid skin and on the lips before bedtime."
"The CeraVe Healing Ointment is the favorite in my family, my wife and kids use it all the time on every cut, scrape, or dry skin area. It's primarily petroleum jelly, but it comes in a tube so you can squeeze out just what you need instead of dipping your fingers into a jar. It also contains ceramides, which are important lipids and proteins for your skin barrier to function properly."
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"The CeraVe Healing Ointment is the favorite in my family, my wife and kids use it all the time on every cut, scrape, or dry skin area. It's primarily petroleum jelly, but it comes in a tube so you can squeeze out just what you need instead of dipping your fingers into a jar. It also contains ceramides, which are important lipids and proteins for your skin barrier to function properly."
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"CeraVe Healing Ointment is great. My wife and my kids go through so much of that stuff, we just squeeze a little bit out for the lips, and for every cut and scrape that's what we're using."
"I personally find that texture-wise CeraVe is actually the lightest so you can either go with that because you don't want something super thick."
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"I personally find that texture-wise CeraVe is actually the lightest so you can either go with that because you don't want something super thick."
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"There's also CeraVe and Cetaphil Healing Ointment although I do find those two to be not as occlusive enough. I honestly when it comes to lips I much rather prefer just 100% petrolatum or Aquaphor. I find that these two really add the most long-lasting occlusive protective benefits to my lips compared to the other two."
"The new Healing Ointment by CeraVe launched here in Ireland in 2024 and I adore it. [...] I am a lover of CeraVe for the skin and all of their products contain ceramides, which are great for both repairing and protecting the skin barrier. [...] Plus this also has humectants, antioxidants, antimicrobial and soothing ingredients so it seals, it hydrates, it protects and it repairs. It's lighter than Aquaphor and it's non-comedogenic which means it won't clog your pores."
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"The new Healing Ointment by CeraVe launched here in Ireland in 2024 and I adore it. [...] I am a lover of CeraVe for the skin and all of their products contain ceramides, which are great for both repairing and protecting the skin barrier. [...] Plus this also has humectants, antioxidants, antimicrobial and soothing ingredients so it seals, it hydrates, it protects and it repairs. It's lighter than Aquaphor and it's non-comedogenic which means it won't clog your pores."
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"I've also used the CeraVe ointment. I keep that one next to the bed. It's just so pure, really petroleum jelly. I'm using this like every day from now on."
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"It really works. [...] I also use it as a makeup primer [...] just under the eyes and down the center of my face right where my T-Zone is. It's fantastic, my application is super smooth and the makeup stays put. [...] I suspect it might not be great for those with oily or combination skin so beware. I think that it can probably cause milia, but I personally don't suffer from that. I just have dry, dehydrated skin, so for me it works really well."
"Before I apply this I apply an ointment, the one I like is the CeraVe Healing Ointment, and I just apply to those areas so that I don't get too much dryness from this soaking in. So I like doing that. After you apply this in your evening routine be sure to apply it with a good moisturizer a sleep mask afterwards because it is on the strong side."
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"The CeraVe Healing Ointment is more like an ointment, more like Vaseline. [...] It's a lot thicker. [...] I use it more to protect, especially around my mouth when I use tretinoin or acids, things like that, because I have a tendency at irritation in the corners of my mouth from being dry. [...] I tend to use this one more as like a protective one, like Vaseline. It's wonderful."
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"Before I apply this I apply an ointment, the one I like is the CeraVe Healing Ointment, and I just apply to those areas so that I don't get too much dryness from this soaking in. So I like doing that. After you apply this in your evening routine be sure to apply it with a good moisturizer a sleep mask afterwards because it is on the strong side."
"I'm slugging tonight so I'm going to use the advanced repair ointment from CeraVe. I will just kind of put this everywhere on my skin depending on how my skin feels at the time, usually this is just like on my drier areas or under the eyes, but I'm also going to put this over the lips as well. You really do need such a thin layer of this stuff. I think people go like ham on this stuff and they just end up going to bed sticky and looking wet."
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"Their Healing Ointment was designed to protect and soothe extremely dry, cracked, flaky skin and is nowadays used for slugging to stop transepidermal water loss."
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"I'm slugging tonight so I'm going to use the advanced repair ointment from CeraVe. I will just kind of put this everywhere on my skin depending on how my skin feels at the time, usually this is just like on my drier areas or under the eyes, but I'm also going to put this over the lips as well. You really do need such a thin layer of this stuff. I think people go like ham on this stuff and they just end up going to bed sticky and looking wet."
"The CeraVe Healing Ointment is like an inclusive dressing that you can apply to the skin when you want that little bit of repair. It can be put on dry, cracked areas, so if you've got dry, cracked skin, especially if you're someone like me that washes your hands like 50, 60 times a day, it's really really useful for those rough kind of areas. It's formulated with petrolatum, which is basically very similar to petroleum jelly or Vaseline."
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"I personally like it. I actually get patients that come and visit me for laser resurfacing, especially from the states, they use that afterwards as almost like an occlusive dressing because when you've just peeled the skin or you've had a chemical peel, you've taken away that surface layer, the epidermis and the lipid layer because that's part of chemical peeling, and you want to put something on that's exactly like that."
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"The CeraVe Healing Ointment is like an inclusive dressing that you can apply to the skin when you want that little bit of repair. It can be put on dry, cracked areas, so if you've got dry, cracked skin, especially if you're someone like me that washes your hands like 50, 60 times a day, it's really really useful for those rough kind of areas. It's formulated with petrolatum, which is basically very similar to petroleum jelly or Vaseline."
"I'm using the CeraVe Healing Ointment and I prefer this over Vaseline because I feel that it has actual skin repairing qualities. I'm not a fan of slugging so I'll never take Vaseline and put it on my full face, but I'll only use this on the areas where I'm prone to getting dryness."
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"Vaseline is safe, your CeraVe Healing Ointment is safe, any other form of petroleum jelly is safe."
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"I'm using the CeraVe Healing Ointment and I prefer this over Vaseline because I feel that it has actual skin repairing qualities. I'm not a fan of slugging so I'll never take Vaseline and put it on my full face, but I'll only use this on the areas where I'm prone to getting dryness."
"There's nothing quite like slugging for treating my barrier issues. The holy grail here, it is Aquaphor or CeraVe's Healing Ointment. There's a lot of petrolatum based options out there, but I always end up with those as my holy grails because frankly I think that ingredient, petrolatum, is the winning ingredient."
"There's also CeraVe Healing Ointment which has ceramides in it."
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"There's a bunch of other stuff mixed into this as well. You've got CeraVe's standard ceramides, there's also hyaluronic acid to hydrate, and there's a bunch of other occlusives in this as well. I think they're added there so that this makes it a bit more spreadable than your standard petroleum jelly. However, I personally am not a huge fan of slugging on my skin. It's fine for other people's skin but I just find it a bit messy on my pillowcase, and I've got other products that I prefer for that."
"They removed several ingredients and replaced hydrolyzed hyaluronic acid with sodium hyaluronate. It is new, but whether or not it's improved, that's going to boil down to you, the individual. You're not going to get objective data showing improvement. [...] You will find people on the internet who [...] claim it's awful now, others who say they used to hate it and now they love it, and some people like myself who [...] didn't even realize the change and didn't notice a difference."
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"This does not have lanoline. In contrast to Aquaphor and in contrast to just plain petroleum jelly, whose only ingredient is petroleum jelly, this has hyaluronic acid and ceramides. So this has some ingredients that target the barrier and help actively with moisture retention. [...] Petroleum jelly alone is not going to give you [...] an immediate plumping effect like the next day, but without a doubt, you will have better water retention in the skin."
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"What I like about CeraVe Healing Ointment that elevates it above and beyond Aquaphor Healing Ointment and my favorite petroleum jelly, AKA Vaseline, is that it's got hyaluronic acid in it and it also has ceramide and it's got a blend of mineral oil and dimethicone. The hyaluronic acid I think is what makes this a little bit something extra in that it helps improve moisture content in skin's outermost layers."
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"CeraVe Healing Ointment and yeah, a [petrolatum] ointment to the hands at night. Really good because at night the hands are going to lose even more water. It's just kind of the nature of how things go down in your skin. And it's a time where you should be unwinding and not doing as much so you can really have that greasy stuff on there and not be so annoying."
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"I do suggest putting a little bit of petroleum jelly ointment, Vaseline, Aquaphor, or CeraVe Healing Ointment to these areas to prevent it from penetrating and accessing that skin because it can be very irritating in the long run."
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"The [CeraVe] Healing Ointment is a long-standing favorite petroleum jelly barrier healing superhero. [...] In contrast to plain petroleum jelly, which is also excellent for restoring the skin barrier, this packs a little bit of an extra punch in that it has ceramides, lipids naturally found in skin's outermost layer along with hyaluronic acid, a humectant that helps improve water retention, plumping the skin."
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"You get a CeraVe Healing Ointment in there, that's a really good ointment for dry skin."
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"Their Healing Ointment is Vaseline elevated. It has hyaluronic acid and ceramides. The hyaluronic acid nicely hydrates in this formula. If you put this on the lips, not only does it help keep them from getting dry and chapped and protect them from saliva, a real common lip aggravant, but it sort of has a plumping effect."
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"I like to do the soak and smear technique where you pat dry the skin a little bit of visible drips and you slather on a petroleum jelly based ointment. I'm currently using the CeraVe Healing Ointment and then you cover with pajamas to really lock that in the skin and optimize reduction in water loss as you sleep through the night. It's amazing."
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"I would not lean into this if I had chafing or a lot of irritation from a topical and I needed a true barrier cream. [...] While it's got skin protective properties via the dimethicone, the glycerin and hyaluronic acid in this help to really hydrate and smooth out fine lines. It's a really interesting texture, it's not sticky or greasy."
"Petroleum jelly ointments like Vaseline petroleum jelly, Aquaphor Healing Ointment, CeraVe Healing Ointment. Now, if you put these on, they're meant to keep stuff out of the skin. So, they will not allow for tretinoin to penetrate if you apply it on afterward."
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"CeraVe Healing Ointment and yeah, a [petrolatum] ointment to the hands at night. Really good because at night the hands are going to lose even more water. It's just kind of the nature of how things go down in your skin. And it's a time where you should be unwinding and not doing as much so you can really have that greasy stuff on there and not be so annoying."
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"The CeraVe Healing Ointment, I almost have finished that big tub. [...] The label is curling up."
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"If you are on Accutane and your lips are not becoming dry and chapped to a certain extent, are you even taking it? In addition to recommending that they use copious amounts of petroleum jelly, Vaseline, Aquaphor, or CeraVe Healing Ointment to protect the lips to mitigate the symptom, we also have come to learn that there is a role for omega-3 fatty acid supplements in reducing the dryness that people experience with isotretinoin and Accutane."
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"CeraVe Healing Ointment is fantastic. It has some potential allergens in it, so there is low risk overall to use it, but just keep that in mind that it could potentially be contributory."
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"[CeraVe] healing ointment is is in a elite category like I I would go [CeraVe] over Aquaor"
"This is a petroleum jelly ointment with some upgrades. Hyaluronic acid and ceramides, namely. And this also serves as a skin protectant to reduce penetration of stuff. This also helps to improve water content, really limiting transepidermal water loss, giving a plumping and smoothing effect."
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"You could use something like CeraVe Healing Ointment. Those are ointments, skin protectants as a reminder, that are going to limit penetration of things into the skin, that's why they come last."
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"Plenty of people do [...] really well with CeraVe Healing Ointment, so it's not to say that it's off the table, but as a dermatologist I'm going to always recommend plain petroleum jelly because less risk of allergic contact dermatitis and less expensive."
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"It's a little bit different in comparison to just plain Vaseline petroleum jelly. It has ceramides which are good for the moisture barrier, but it also has hyaluronic acid which helps with improving water content in the stratum corneum, kind of has a plumping and smoothing effect. I really love using this on the lips, but I primarily use it on my feet. I also use it a lot around my ankles because with working out and running I end up getting kind of a bit of friction."
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"CeraVe Healing Ointment is a great option. It's a petroleum jelly ointment that has some other ingredients in it that can offer benefit, like ceramides, so [...] they're not necessarily better than plain petroleum jelly, but they do the same thing."
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"Wonderful for dry, cracked hands. Put it on and then cover your hands with cotton gloves, sit that way for at least an hour, if not overnight. It really can help with the dry, cracked hands tremendously. CeraVe Healing Ointment is an ointment that is majority petroleum jelly. [...] Admittedly, these do feel a bit greasy on the skin."
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"The CeraVe Healing Ointment is great because you have the ceramides there which may help with your barrier and it also has hyaluronic acid which can help in improving moisture content in the stratum corneum and ultimately that really helps your barrier to go along and act right and mature properly and function better when the water content is optimized."
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"CeraVe Healing Ointment is one of my absolute favorite must-have [...] skincare products. It's very similar to Vaseline and Aquaphor, and I have to have them with me because they have so many uses in skincare, not just for your face but for your body. It's not just something I love to use, it's actually very commonly used throughout medicine, especially in dermatology."
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"I'm almost finished with a huge tub of CeraVe Healing Ointment because I was doing the whole body slugging thing at one point."
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"This is one of the best lip balms out there because it's got that hyaluronic acid to really help with moisture content in the delicate lip skin area, but it's amazing at protecting lips from saliva and other irritants that lead to dry, cracked lips. Really, really love this. I just wish that they would not use this adhesive label on this jar because it inevitably starts to peel up and that's kind of a pain. But that minor gripe aside, I love it."
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"CeraVe Healing Ointment has got a little bit of something extra, [...] especially for the lips. The hyaluronic acid in there really offers some kind of plumping effect. It really works above and beyond."
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"I gravitate more towards Vaseline or CeraVe Healing Ointment, I prefer CeraVe Healing Ointment to Aquaphor."
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"It's much better to use plain petrolatum in a [...] situation where you have a lot of irritation and inflammation going on, because a lot of other petrolatum ointments like CeraVe Healing Ointment do have other ingredients which, in this case, could potentially be allergens."
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"This is a Holy Grail product for me, their Healing Ointment with petrolatum. It's really good if you want to try slugging, I use it on my eyelids, my lips, I also use it on my body from time to time, it's really good on stubborn elbows and knees, and I also love it if you are prone to chafing like from running or where your thighs rub together or under the arms, this works really well. [...] It has hyaluronic acid, a humectant, and it has ceramides."
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"Ceramides are found in the CeraVe Healing Ointment, one of my favorite barrier protecting products. Ceramides are part of the lipids that are essential for the function of the skin barrier, and in certain dry skin conditions and with conditions like eczema, ceramide levels go down with age. [...] When the barrier is impaired you need a little bit of help, and a barrier product with ceramides may help improve your body's production of ceramides."
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"There are other products on the market that have petrolatum and are sold as ointments, like CeraVe Healing Ointment, that I have covered on this channel before. [...] A lot of times these end up working out great, however they have multiple other ingredients which for people in the midst of an eczema flare can actually possibly lead to the development of allergic contact dermatitis, so plain petrolatum is actually the safest option in that situation."
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"My favorite petrolatum ointment is the CeraVe Healing Ointment. This is what I use, I put this on my hands and cover with the cotton gloves. [...] It really makes the hands soft and hydrated, and it's especially helpful if you have dry cracked fingers or hand dermatitis. It has petrolatum, hyaluronic acid, and ceramides."
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"I have compared the Aquaphor Healing Ointment to CeraVe Healing Ointment, and personally I prefer CeraVe Healing Ointment. They're both great, skin protection is great for reducing chapped skin."
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"This is the real luxury nighttime skincare product right here, CeraVe Healing Ointment, and I'm almost through with this. I was so glad I brought it with me because my lips were getting really dry with all the talking I've been doing here."
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"I've tried many popular petrolatum ointments like Vanicream, Aquaphor and plain Vaseline, but this is my favorite. It has hyaluronic acid in it, which [...] I think gives a plumping effect on the lips. It's my holy grail [...] and I hope they never discontinue it. One word of warning on the tube version: [...] it's very difficult to squeeze out when it's new, though it gets softer and easier to squeeze over time, so if you have hand mobility issues the tube might not be the best choice for you."
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"I brought my CeraVe Healing Ointment and I'm definitely gonna put it on my face. I already have moisturizer on, but I just find that Las Vegas is a desert, so I like to have a little extra. Last night I put this on my face and I think it really helped, since it's really dry here."
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"I compared this Aquaphor to CeraVe Healing Ointment, and my preference is CeraVe Healing Ointment."
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"I have not seen a dupe for the CeraVe Healing Ointment. [...] I did compare it to Aquaphor in another video. [...] I really prefer putting CeraVe on my face."
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"I finished up a holy grail for me, the CeraVe Healing Ointment. [...] I love that this is a holy grail product for me. [...] It's got hyaluronic acid in it as well, and I really think that has a skin plumping effect. It's great on the lips, I love it on the eyelids, and I've been doing body slugging with this and I adore that."
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"If you are doing the slugging thing on your face and you want more aesthetic bang for your buck, like improving fine lines, skin texture, and plumping the lips, I really think CeraVe Healing Ointment brings something additional to the table, especially on the eyelids, where I notice an appreciable difference in fine lines. It is a bit more expensive than Aquaphor, but I think it is definitely worth the ever so slightly increased price point."
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"Last night I put this on before I went to bed, I love this product, it's the CeraVe Healing Ointment, it's really good for the lips and the eyes. Just the tiniest little dot, you don't need a lot, like a grain of basmati rice, that's what you need. This is an eyelid game changer."
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"This trip I have reignited my love for the CeraVe Healing Ointment. [...] I put some on my face last night and I woke up and my face was hydrated, moisturized, and happy."
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"The ceramides are helpful for the skin barrier and the hyaluronic acid can help with pulling moisture into the stratum corneum to help plump up skin cells and smooth everything out, and the petrolatum really traps water in the skin. It's a fantastic product, I've raved about it for years. [...] I've been doing body slugging with it [...] on my arms and legs, and the following morning my skin is very soft, supple, and hydrated, it looks like it took ten years off the skin on my arms and legs."
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"I did something similar on my recent trip with CeraVe Healing Ointment, and the results were stupendous."
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"Tonight I'm going to use this Healing Ointment, this is another one I'm close to finishing up, [...] it's super gratifying to finish up products, especially ones like this that last forever. [...] Where I find this really beneficial is for my thighs and my lower legs, the lower legs are a lot more prone to dryness and irritation, and [...] it's also really good for your hands too if you deal with dry hands from all the hand washing."
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"Sometimes I put a little bit of CeraVe Healing Ointment right where my ear meets my head, where irritation from the retinoid collects, and that kind of helps reduce it for me."
"I use CeraVe Healing Ointment [...] around the eyelids, top and bottom, to prevent tretinoin from transferring to that sensitive area."
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"Getting an ointment is a great idea if you're going to be starting a retinoid because you want to put the retinoid to your face but you want to avoid getting it on the delicate skin of your eyelids, [...] around your nose and around your mouth, especially the corners, where it can be super irritating. [...] I suggest putting a little tiny dot of a petrolatum ointment [...] to those areas before applying your tretinoin to help protect them."
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"I've been using petrolatum ointments whether it be Vaseline or CeraVe [...] Healing Ointment, love using those on my lips."
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"The CeraVe Healing Ointment is a favorite product of mine. You can get it in a tub, which is better than the tube for body application because the tube [...] is so thick it's almost impossible to squeeze it out, [...] especially when you first buy a brand new tube."
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"I've been using and recommending this strongly for years. It has petrolatum in it but also ceramides that facilitate skin barrier recovery and hyaluronic acid that can pull water into the top layers of the skin and improve hydration. [...] I put it on my lips at night for chapped lips, and it's great to put in the corners of your mouth because when you sleep you drool which causes irritation around the mouth. I've always loved this."
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"I love CeraVe Healing Ointment."
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"I'm a huge fan of the CeraVe Healing Ointment. It has [...] petrolatum to put the brakes on water loss out of the skin of the lips. It also has ceramides which [...] are helpful when applied topically for helping with skin barrier recovery. And it has hyaluronic acid in it which can help in holding hydration in the skin."
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"I'm putting CeraVe Healing Ointment on my lips as I always do. I highly recommend putting it not only on your lips but in the corners of your mouth because [...] that part of your mouth is really susceptible to skin barrier breakdown from saliva, stuff you eat, chewing gum, spices that collect there, and drool when you sleep. This can lead to [...] angular cheilitis, so I highly recommend CeraVe Healing Ointment to really help with healing that. It can be your saving grace."
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"Use vaseline, aquaphor, or CeraVe Healing Ointment to the corners of the mouth. Don't use lip glosses or lip balms because they're not [...] occlusive enough to act as a skin protectant. [...] Just keep putting it on non-stop while simultaneously addressing lifestyle habits, and it can help with healing."
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"They removed several ingredients and replaced hydrolyzed hyaluronic acid with sodium hyaluronate. It is new, but whether or not it's improved, that's going to boil down to you, the individual. You're not going to get objective data showing improvement. [...] You will find people on the internet who [...] claim it's awful now, others who say they used to hate it and now they love it, and some people like myself who [...] didn't even realize the change and didn't notice a difference."
"You could use CeraVe Healing Ointment as a richer occlusive that will help lock in hydration, repair your skin barrier, and allow your skin to heal."
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"I recommend the ointment a lot in the clinic because we see a lot of really damaged skin so that ointment gets recommended a ton for just starters."
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"Switching your moisturizer to an ointment base that's based out of petroleum can help. The CeraVe Healing Ointment is great. They actually did some nice studies on that post wound. The petrolatum ointment base is very soothing and is not irritating for a compromised barrier. I see it in patients, I see it in myself, it's very consistent."
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"I was using uh some of my favorites even L Ro P triple moisturizing cream they're a double repair facial moisturizing cream uh s healing ointment and even those were kind of Burnie stingy but this was not"
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"One thing that I really like for when people feel really tight and really dry I like to suggest using a CeraVe Healing Ointment. You want your fragrance-free things, you want things that are not going to irritate the skin at all, and that's what you're going to do the night when you get home and then for a few days after that."
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"You could use CeraVe Healing Ointment as a richer occlusive that will help lock in hydration, repair your skin barrier, and allow your skin to heal."
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"Overall, I find that it is more hydrating than Vaseline, but less hydrating than Aquaphor, but less risk of allergy than Aquaphor. [...] It's like sort of the in-between one, so I really like it for most people. [...] I'm a huge fan of CeraVe Healing Ointment. It's probably my preferred choice for most people for slugging."
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"This is an incredible product. It's a petrolatum-based product that also has ceramides. Just wonderful formula. You can use it all over the body. You can use it on the face. You can use it pretty much anywhere. [...] It mixes a higher concentration of petrolatum to lock in all of the hydration moisturizing ingredients, but it still compliments and brings other things to the table. Where pure petrolatum really is just an occlusive."
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"We're talking about our ointment products here. CeraVe Healing Ointment is something I mentioned."
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"CeraVe Healing Ointment has a lot of moisturizing ingredients, petrolatum to lock it all in. It's a skin protectant, phenomenal. [...] Aquaphor, Vaseline, I'm a big fan of those, especially if you lock in a moisturizer underneath those. Those are really my go-to for the most part."
"Petrolatum is by far the most occlusive ingredient that you can use in skincare. It really does create the most barrier. It really seals everything in and it is really great for fighting severe dehydration, especially as you're sleeping. Some folks have really good success just putting this all over their face and they wake up with really glowing skin in the morning. You could also [...] mix a dollop of this into your existing moisturizer to kind of cut down some of the greasiness."
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"I do like to use something with petrolatum to kind of help protect that skin throughout the day, so CeraVe Healing Ointment is a big one. Another use that I had for it was around my eye area because when I get sick my eyes can get very dry and scratchy, and because I'm just so prone to dryness in my eyes already they do tend to leak and water a lot, and that makes the area around my eyes very dry and irritated."
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"CeraVe Healing Ointment, this is a petrolatum ointment with 46% petrolatum in here, [...] and that's what creates that really thick ointment balm texture. It's so thick, and sometimes it's hard to get out of the package. [...] I'm taking a small amount and putting it around my eye area, slugging my eye area because my eye allergies have been really bad [...] and when they're so irritated and itchy they start to water nonstop, which makes [...] this area really dry."
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"I'm going to finish up with some CeraVe Healing Ointment. This is 46% petrolatum. I am just putting it around my eyes. This is another habit that I fell into when I was sick with covid back in January and I've been sticking with it because as I mentioned this very early spring weather is kind of flaring up some very mild allergy symptoms for me and one of those symptoms is very watery, slightly puffy eyes, which actually make my eye skin feel very dry."
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"If you like to use something that is petroleum based like the CeraVe Healing Ointment, apply a small amount of that onto your lips, maybe even a little bit on top of the border of your lips, around your nose and underneath your eye. The petroleum will really block it because it's very occlusive, so if you accidentally go over those areas, the petroleum based product is going to kind of block in a way the tretinoin and the petroleum will really block it."
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"You can slug over your moisturizer with petrol-based products like CeraVe Healing Ointment, Vaseline, or Aquaphor, or you can even mix a little bit into your main moisturizer to oomph up that protective barrier that it creates on the skin without adding another thick and sometimes sticky layer on top of your skin."
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"CeraVe Healing Ointment is one of the three most popular products to use for slugging. [...] You would apply your moisturizer and then just put a thin layer of it right on top, kind of like a sleeping mask situation. [...] If your dehydration has gotten to the point where your skin also feels inflamed and irritated, this is a particularly good product to know about because it does have soothing and skin healing ingredients in it, including madecassoside which is derived from centella."
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"I'll seal it in with some CeraVe Healing Ointment, some Aquaphor, Vaseline right. I'll rub that all around my cuticles to keep them really, to slug them right, to keep all that moisture and all that oil and all that good skin softening magic sealed into my cuticle area which can get very rough if I don't take care of it."
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"I do like to put a little extra layer and I have found that has cut down significantly on my under eye dryness."
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"Petrolatum is by far the most occlusive ingredient that you can use in skincare. It really does create the most barrier. It really seals everything in and it is really great for fighting severe dehydration, especially as you're sleeping. Some folks have really good success just putting this all over their face and they wake up with really glowing skin in the morning. You could also [...] mix a dollop of this into your existing moisturizer to kind of cut down some of the greasiness."
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"I do find CeraVe to be one of the better ones because I feel like this texture, because of the additional humectant and emollient, I find that on me personally it half absorbs into my skin, which is good because I don't want that thick layer on top of my skin. It's like all up in my hair and all up on my pillowcases and my blanket. It kind of half absorbs into my skin and then it kind of half sits on top, and I kind of like that. I [...] like this one out of the three the best."
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"[CeraVe] Healing Ointment now the main ingredient here is about 49% of petrolatum and as we've already covered that is a very occlusive ingredient"
"I'm also a really big fan of CeraVe Healing Ointment that's 46.5% petrolatum and then also has additional moisturizing ingredients like ceramides that CeraVe is known for as well as panthenol and even hyaluronic acid to help draw water to the skin surface so a lot of people find that product to be extra moisturizing."
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"I'm also a really big fan of CeraVe Healing Ointment that's 46.5% petrolatum and then also has additional moisturizing ingredients like ceramides that CeraVe is known for as well as panthenol and even hyaluronic acid to help draw water to the skin surface so a lot of people find that product to be extra moisturizing."
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"If you're worried about acetone being too drying, you can apply something like CeraVe Healing Ointment around your cuticles as well as the edges of your nail before you apply your acetone so that it's not drying out the skin around your nail, which can also lead to further nail damage."
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"I also keep my CeraVe Healing Ointment in a nice cute jar that derms get as samples in their clinic and I just refill it from the big CeraVe Healing Ointment tube. I like this because it's sort of a utilitarian balm. I can use it on my lips, I can use it on my cuticles, I can mix it in with lotion if I want something richer. So this is always with me or some type of Healing Ointment is like a must in my travel skincare."
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"One other recovery product I wanted to give a shout out to is the CeraVe Healing Ointment. This is a petrolatum-based ointment and if your skin is really chapped and angry putting on something that's this rich and occlusive can feel great and can really help your skin barrier repair. This is stuff we recommend for kids with eczema who have a deficiency in their skin barrier. If you're not prone to milia you can actually use the CeraVe Healing Ointment as your nighttime moisturizer."
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"I find with certain intense retinoids that you can get a little bit of extra irritation around the chin and mouth, around the nose and around the eyes, so I like to use some type of Healing Ointment such as the CeraVe Healing Ointment or Aquaphor around those areas before I put my retinoid on because they sort of act as a buffer and prevent that additional irritation."
"My personal favorite is the CeraVe Healing Ointment. That way you can make sure that your skin is properly being protected from water loss overnight and you don't have to use the single-use hydrocolloid patches every single night."
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"My personal favorite is the CeraVe Healing Ointment. That way you can make sure that your skin is properly being protected from water loss overnight and you don't have to use the single-use hydrocolloid patches every single night."
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"However, I'm not going to put it in the top category because it's just not easy to carry around. Most of these other products I can put in my pocket and I'm fine but this one is bigger. Also it's very simple, so if you're wanting a nice treat-yourself experience, if you're wanting a nice fragrance, any of that stuff you're not going to get it. It's not an elegant product by any means. But I always recommend it to people who are like I just need something to really moisturize my lips."
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"I'm gonna go in with the CeraVe Healing Ointment. I haven't slugged in like a week so I feel like my skin is definitely needing it. I had drinks earlier today so I think my skin definitely needs some hydration after the dehydration that alcohol takes away from your skin overall. It makes your face super greasy."
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"This CeraVe Healing Ointment, I talk about it all the time. I use it like four times a week overnight, waking up with glowy, glazed skin. It's glorious."
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"My personal favorites are the CeraVe healing ointments, which have ceramides in them to replenish and hydrate the skin. It's a similar feel and consistency to Vicks, but without the risk of irritation or sensitivity."
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"I recommend applying a thin layer of a petrolatum based product wherever your necklace touches your skin to help protect that area. My personal favorite is the CeraVe Healing Ointment, a great one that I love using for slugging overnight."
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"The CeraVe Healing Ointment is a super thick petrolatum based product that is amazing for basically slugging. [...] I think slugging is great, and particularly when I'm in dry environments or when I am using prescription skincare, I do like to use the Healing Ointment afterwards just to make sure that I'm locking in as much moisture as possible and not losing any water through my skin overnight. [...] I always apply a little bit to my lips as well."
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"This one is a petrolatum based product, essentially Vaseline, and I fell in love with using it really frequently this year for slugging. [...] Slugging is where you grease up your skin overnight, and [...] it prevents water from escaping your skin, which is one of the biggest contributors to dryness. About six months ago I started using this one twice a week and it has helped my skin a lot. [...] It's only a sealant so I recommend using a moisturizer underneath it."
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"My personal favorite slugging product is the CeraVe Healing Ointment. It's really nice because it has a blend of ceramides along with petrolatum to make sure your skin keeps in as much hydration as possible, and every time I've used this product, when I wake up in the morning I'm just like glorious."
What the evidence says.
Independent of what the gurus think, this is what
the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.
Ceramides
Ceramides are part of the skin's own barrier, and moisturisers built around them have evidence for holding water in and settling the tightness and flaking that come with a damaged barrier.
Ingredients like these draw water into the surface layers and slow how fast it leaves. The evidence is for comfort, softness and hydration rather than for changing the structure of the skin.
Vitamin E is an antioxidant, and it is often in a formula to keep the other ingredients stable rather than as the active itself. It pairs well with vitamin C, though on its own the evidence for visible change is limited.
A petrolatum-based occlusive ointment formulated with ceramides and hyaluronic acid, designed to repair and protect the skin barrier and treat extremely dry, cracked, or irritated skin.
Is CeraVe Healing Ointment worth it?
Mostly yes. 17 of the 18 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 87%.
What is CeraVe Healing Ointment's Guru Score?
CeraVe Healing Ointment holds a Guru Score of 87%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 18 expert reviewers we have collected. It is also Guru Certified, our mark for products that hold broad approval across many expert reviewers.
Who is CeraVe Healing Ointment best for?
CeraVe Healing Ointment is generally suited to dry skin and sensitive skin.
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