Vaseline Original Healing Jelly is a petroleum jelly designed to form a protective barrier that seals moisture into dry skin and helps shield minor cuts and scrapes.
This jelly's standout trick is sealing in moisture, and experts happily use it on dry lips, cracked heels, cuticles and minor cuts. A few experts point to it as a buffer for retinol, which makes retinol less effective but cuts down on irritation. Opinions split on pores, since one camp calls it too thick to clog them, while others say oily, acne-prone skin may want to skip it, and some find it greasy.
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"This is a very very good versatile product. A petroleum jelly I think everyone should have. [...] You can use it on your lips before sleeping at night. If your eyelids are dry then apply it on the eyelids. Apply in the corner of the eyes. If you use retinol [...] and you do not want your skin to get irritated too much, then you can apply Vaseline. You can [...] apply it even on the elbows, on the knees, on the finger tips before sleeping at night, you can apply it on the heels."
"Vaseline is fine on the lips. However, Vaseline is an occlusive. It seals things in. So it will give relief. It won't damage the skin, but it doesn't have many beneficial skincare ingredients that could actually help promote the health of the lip and restore things in the long term. I'd see it almost like a plaster, a band-aid that fixes the problem in the immediate and is a really effective thing for doing that, but in the long term, it doesn't have anything additional."
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"Vaseline will provide an occlusive layer locking that hydration, but it does just do that. It provides some occlusivity to prevent transepidermal water loss, but it's not really nourishing or adding anything back to the lips. It's just preventing that dehydration."
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"Vaseline is fine on the lips. However, Vaseline is an occlusive. It seals things in. So it will give relief. It won't damage the skin, but it doesn't have many beneficial skincare ingredients that could actually help promote the health of the lip and restore things in the long term. I'd see it almost like a plaster, a band-aid that fixes the problem in the immediate and is a really effective thing for doing that, but in the long term, it doesn't have anything additional."
"I think Vaseline is great and it can actually do a lot of benefit under makeup. But if you want to really internally hydrate your skin, you're going to need more than Vaseline. And you probably need something that's going to help to hold on to that hydration underneath your skin."
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"You can use an over-the-counter retinol at 0.25 or 0.3% and use it after a thick moisturizer or an occlusive like Vaseline on your neck and chest. That Vaseline or that moisturizer is going to make your retinol less effective, but that's the goal because you don't want it to be too effective and buy yourself an irritation in the process."
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"Vaseline is a tried and true basic petroleum jelly that one I mean you should not be afraid of, but that is a very very thick rich ointment that is going to act like a really strong barrier. [...] I would use it all the time, [...] and I also use it in the winter when my face is really dry and inflamed with windburn."
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"Vaseline is really going to help seal everything in and exert almost like a physical barrier quality on your skin to really seal the deal and allow the moisture to stay in. [...] You can literally put this after the active, the hyaluronic serum, and the actives, seal a layer of Vaseline on top. A lot of people find that disturbing, a lot of people were really into it when slugging was a huge trend. I would do it in the winter."
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"Focusing on just giving it basic soothing and calming ingredients like petroleum jelly and Vaseline to make sure that you are locking that superficial layer of your skin and minimizing anything that can come in and anything that can come out."
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"Vaseline, the baby jars, the tinier ones, [...] are even better. [...] I love this stuff, this will save your skin. [...] You can use it on your cuticles to help lock in moisture to avoid cuticular damage, and you can also use it as a final step, basting your face completely over your moisturizer."
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"I recommend using a very lightweight retinol, the lightest over-the-counter retinol, a little bit under your eyes and then you can seal it in with Vaseline. Or if you're too sensitive, you put Vaseline first and then you seal it in with the retinol after, so the Vaseline acts like a buffer to the retinol and you do not get irritated around your eyes."
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"If you're worried about any sort of scent, your best bet is plain old Vaseline. This is probably the cheapest and the fastest way you're going to fix your face or your skin if you have super sensitive skin where your barrier is compromised. It's literally just petroleum jelly in it and there's no lanolin, whereas for example Aquaphor contains lanolin. So this is something I think you guys should look into and not be scared to test out on your face."
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"It is probably one of the best products out there to help minimize trans epidermal water loss as an amazing occlusive. For any guy, girl, or anything in between that is losing a lot of hydration on the surface of their skin, this one is for you, especially if you're eczema prone, especially if you have sensitive skin, especially if you are so scared of fragrances. Mineral oil is definitely the best occlusive on the market."
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"I'll use Vaseline and put it underneath my eyes, then [...] take a dab of the retinol and put it on top. Vaseline is a thick ointment, it's harder for things to get through it, but that is a really good way to buffer as well if you are not prone to milia."
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"Vaseline as an under-eye cream is amazing. It helps to lock in moisture and it helps to minimize transepidermal water loss. You should not be scared of vaseline because it is non-comedogenic and it is not going to cause blackheads or whiteheads underneath your eyes. [...] After a moisturizer, vaseline definitely helps seal the deal and hold everything in."
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"Occlusives like this guy, petrolatum, Vaseline, does not deserve the bad rep that it gets and putting a thick layer all over your face is going to really lock in hydration on your face. [...] Vaseline itself has been proven to block nearly 99 percent of water loss so if anything, if you don't want to use even a humectant or a moisturizer before it, I don't blame you because you want less is more, just use this."
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"Vaseline has been a staple in my skincare life forever and every dermatologist is going to tell you they love vaseline. [...] I love it. [...] Vaseline is one of those things that can be used anywhere on your chest, on your neck, especially as you get crepier and you get older. I actually use it a lot of times under my eyes, especially at night, lightly, not too much."
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"I think Vaseline is great and it can actually do a lot of benefit under makeup. But if you want to really internally hydrate your skin, you're going to need more than Vaseline. And you probably need something that's going to help to hold on to that hydration underneath your skin."
"Petrolatum is simple, safe, and effective, and that is why we as dermatologists love it and recommend it so much. [...] It is highly [...] refined despite its original source, and it has not been shown to cause any harm to humans or be carcinogenic. [...] One of the best things of petrolatum that is unparalleled [...] is its occlusive nature. It can reduce up to ninety-nine percent of water loss through the skin."
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"I always like to cop Vaseline, I will not leave my house without some sort of petrolatum, and this is just more like travel-friendly. The Vaseline in the small jar is great too, but I basically use this for my lips, on my cuticles, on my feet if I'm struggling with dry, cracked feet. But yeah, this is a great multitasker. [...] I would say petrolatum are really, aside from sunscreen, one of the two essential items that I always have in my travel bag that I will not leave without."
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"Vaseline petrolatum also comes in like a ChapStick form that is also convenient to not only use but also to have on the go."
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"A petrolatum based product so Vaseline or you can even do if you want to do a cave or say [Aquaphor] healing ointments but something thick and greasy. What you're going to do at night before you sleep you want to soak your hands and or feet or both in lukewarm water for about 5 minutes until they're kind of wrinkly and damp. The soaking helps to hydrate the skin and if your skin is really thick and crusty it may even help to remove some of that crust."
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"Petrolatum is simple, safe, and effective, and that is why we as dermatologists love it and recommend it so much. [...] It is highly [...] refined despite its original source, and it has not been shown to cause any harm to humans or be carcinogenic. [...] One of the best things of petrolatum that is unparalleled [...] is its occlusive nature. It can reduce up to ninety-nine percent of water loss through the skin."
"If you have any target areas with flaking in the eyebrows or on the nose, around the cheekbones that you want to treat, go ahead and use some Vaseline or [Aquaphor]."
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"Petrolatum's gold. It works on so many different things. It's just an essential in my household for kids and adults, for cuts, scrapes, post-biopsies."
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"Petrolatum is another nice barrier supporting ingredient, a very thick, occlusive barrier ointment that you can apply to help slug and 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 petrolatum. You can find that as Vaseline Original Healing Jelly."
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"And you're just strategically applying it to areas that might be sensitive. I love putting it on my forehead because I love having that kind of glassy look on the forehead without looking like I'm sweaty or too shiny from excess oil. It's just a small amount over your moisturizer to just feel like you're really trapping in that moisture with this thick ointment. [...] You're going to have just smoother textured skin, the better light reflection, and it really enhances that glassy skin look."
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"Once the wound is clean, cover it with [petrolatum] ointment, either Vaseline, [Aquaphor], or [CeraVe] healing ointment."
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"Vaseline is just a safe petrolatum based product to use. It's been filtered distilled over and over where it's very safe to apply even to the face. And that's why we have slugging. Slugging is a trendy term that came out but dermatologists have been recommending that for years and that's just applying a moisturizer and then a thicker ointment like Vaseline over the face. A pea size amount is all you need for slugging to work."
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"When you get a cut I like Vaseline or other healing ointments. 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 Vaseline over it helps bring in new cells. This has been proven over time. Drying out a wound will slow down healing if a big scab develops. [...] It's going to become more of a noticeable scar later on."
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"If you need to moisturize your lips or if you want to actually help with chap lips when you wake up in the morning, [...] apply some petroleum jelly ointment like Vaseline. [...] You can apply a little bit on your cheekbones after you apply your serums [...] just for extra glow."
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"Use Vaseline over your scrapes. It's simple and effective for wound care without the risks of products like Neosporin."
"I love applying a little bit of Vaseline if you have dry chapped lips or if you have irritation around your eyes. I don't like chapstick because a lot of times my patients are getting allergic to the ingredients in chapstick like beeswax, propolis. I like just plain old Vaseline for the lips. If you want a little bit of slugging, you want to apply that as well before going to sleep or before a big event to get a little highlight on your cheekbones."
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"Vaseline's petrolatum ointment serves as a great barrier, say for kids who have diaper rashes or if they're going through a bout of a GI illness and they're just going through a lot of diapers and you want to protect the bottom, Vaseline's great. [...] If you are struggling with a lot of saliva for kids collecting around the mouth and lower chin area, you can use Vaseline on the face to help prevent saliva from sitting on the skin causing an irritant contact dermatitis."
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"Just use a small amount of Vaseline if you're raw, especially like around the nose. I like to use it around the eyes. When I have tears that run down, this is a little landing area for my tears. I wake up with redness and irritation there if I do not fall asleep with a small amount of Vaseline or [Aquaphor] there."
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"I have my big Vaseline and my baby Vaseline. You can slug your lips, I like the baby Vaseline for my lips. The bigger one you can do on the face, but you just need a small amount on cheekbones, forehead. I like to put it around your eyes, this is a nice area just to glow up. [...] You can slug the back of your hands, slug your cuticles for a nice shiny glow around your proximal nail fold and cuticles. [...] That's how you hydrate your skin before a big event, before a big day."
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"Vaseline is just filtered safe, you can use this for your babies. I'm seeing in clinic people talking about slugging or on social media [...] people just putting gobs of Vaseline or petroleum on their face, and I'm like, you're using too much, you're going to occlude your pores. If you put that much over your active ingredients, you might push them in further and really cause irritation. So really all you need is a small amount, less than a pea-size amount."
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"If you want to use something like Aquaphor or Vaseline Original Healing Jelly for really dry skin, I'm okay with that as well. And then have them put their PJs over that to kind of lock in all of that moisture and you're slugging that moisture in with the thicker ointment."
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"This one I definitely will use during the winter time when the heaters are on drawing out all the moisture while we sleep. So I really find that petrolatum is a nice thing to put on your lips, especially if you're on say acne medications like isotretinoin, which will really dry out your mucosa in your nose and your lips. So you can apply some, just a small amount of Vaseline in the nose and on your lips before you go to bed and stay hydrated while you're on that medication."
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"Vaseline has a really long history of being a tried and true product. It's filtered many times, it's distilled, it's a clean product of just pure petrolatum, and it's not like you're putting gasoline on your face. It is a nice safe product that we do for babies, kids, and adults. I've been recommending it for years, even before I was a Harvard dermatologist, and all the Harvard attendings would talk about Aquaphor and Vaseline all the time. It's just a great thing for wound care."
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"I have my big Vaseline and my baby Vaseline. You can slug your lips, I like the baby Vaseline for my lips. The bigger one you can do on the face, but you just need a small amount on cheekbones, forehead. I like to put it around your eyes, this is a nice area just to glow up. [...] You can slug the back of your hands, slug your cuticles for a nice shiny glow around your proximal nail fold and cuticles. [...] That's how you hydrate your skin before a big event, before a big day."
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"I like petrolatum so Vaseline or Cetaphil healing ointment or CeraVe healing ointment all great options for healing a wound. [...] When you have that moist environment you're going to have much faster healing and much faster healing is less scarring. Put a nice cream cheese layer of Vaseline or some kind of petrolatum and then put your bandage and tape it down with some paper tape or use a band-aid."
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"I like to look at this cute little sample Vaseline. You're going to get your Vaseline or aquaphor or CeraVe healing ointment, just put a small amount on your eyelid skin. I bring it a little bit down on the cheekbone because my cheekbones tend to collect tears there and they get irritated. And then you also put a little bit on your lips to slug your lips because this is an area where I see my patients get really chapped lips and irritation."
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"If you have any target areas with flaking in the eyebrows or on the nose, around the cheekbones that you want to treat, go ahead and use some Vaseline or [Aquaphor]."
"You could use Vaseline as a richer occlusive that will help lock in hydration, repair your skin barrier, and allow your skin to heal."
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"By layering petrolatum or Vaseline, it's 99% occlusive, meaning it locks in 99% of water, preventing that water loss. The other downside, other than it being potentially irritating if you lock in active ingredients, it's just messy. [...] Even done properly, a thin layer of Vaseline, occluding your moisturizer, still will leave your pillow case unusable for the next day."
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"I use it on my lips when I'm not using remedy for dry lips. I use it under my eyes sometimes if my under eye skin is dry. I use them on my hands when my hands are dry and I actually use it on my daughter quite frequently cuz her skin is always dry. We use this as a family collectively and there's so many different uses for this product. Love Vaseline. It's an absolute killer."
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"I truly believe that Vaseline is one of the greatest products and petrolatum being one of the greatest ingredients of all time. It's incredibly safe, it's inert. A lot of times it's triple refined so that there's no hydrocarbons. A lot of people are worried about the fact that since it's refined from petroleum that there could be risk of that, but they refine it so that there's no hydrocarbons that are damaging to the skin. It's one of the safest, most inert things that you could ever use."
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"If you just want to use Vaseline, you can't go wrong there. I do like lip slugging though. If you're going to use Vaseline, even after the shower, slug over just the damp lips from the shower or using some moisturizing ingredient on the lips first."
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"Petrolatum is the most effective ingredient to reduce transepidermal water loss, so simply using it as a moisturizer, what we call slugging where you use it as the last step in your skincare routine to lock everything in, I truly believe it's incredibly effective for repairing a damaged skin barrier and being one of the most effective moisturizers on the market. [...] You just use a thin layer of serum, thin layer of moisturizer, thin layer of Vaseline to lock it all in."
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"You could use Vaseline as a richer occlusive that will help lock in hydration, repair your skin barrier, and allow your skin to heal."
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"All you simply need to do for most wounds is put something like Vaseline on it. We [...] basically get this leapfrog effect of your skin cells where they start to actually heal. Even though you're under an occlusive dressing, you would think how's it going to heal itself if it has something on top of it? No, it's actually helping it heal. Like, 100% we can guarantee this is the best thing that you can do for your wound."
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"So it locks in the moisture that you have, but it doesn't bring a lot of additional moisture to the table. This [...] is the least allergenic potential, your least risk of forming allergy. I think there's only been like one or two cases ever of allergy to petrolatum, pure petrolatum. So if you're looking for something that's just hydrating, I would actually say that Vaseline is probably the worst option."
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"Vaseline is one I'm a big fan of, especially if you lock in a moisturizer underneath it. Those are really my go-to for the most part."
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"You could certainly use Vaseline on the skin here. It's protective, it's very helpful with burns. So, it wouldn't be contraindicated. In fact, I'm a big fan of Vaseline. [...] When you're dealing with the aftermath of it in the healing process, Vaseline becomes your best friend. In fact, it's commonly used in a lot of blistering disorders, burns. It's been studied in burns, shown to be helpful with healing. It's an absolutely appropriate ingredient to help with the healing process of a sunburn."
"I like it because the skin barrier can get impaired back and forth after 40, and it really helps repair the skin barrier. When my skin feels particularly sensitive I'll put it on top of everything, or some nights I'll just wash my face, let it air dry a bit, and put it on. By the time I wake up in the morning my skin feels so much better."
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"If I put a little Vaseline on the affected area, [...] it kind of acts as a barrier so nothing else is going in. Plus it also helps the skin to heal a little faster."
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"If you're noticing breakouts or discoloration from wearing a mask for longer than four or five hours a day, [...] try applying a thin layer of Vaseline [...] to the area before you put the mask on. It can help lessen some of that rubbing and friction and pressing in because it's creating a little bit of a barrier between your skin and the item. Will you never ever get discoloration again? I can't say that, but this can help to prevent some of it. Less is better than more in this case."
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"Good old petroleum jelly helps when you're having a flare up, provided you're not sensitive to anything that's in it. Less is definitely more when you're having a flare up."
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"I like it because the skin barrier can get impaired back and forth after 40, and it really helps repair the skin barrier. When my skin feels particularly sensitive I'll put it on top of everything, or some nights I'll just wash my face, let it air dry a bit, and put it on. By the time I wake up in the morning my skin feels so much better."
"It's one of the safest ingredients we have, and it costs less than a latte. My favorite use [...] is slugging, a thin layer over your nighttime routine [...] as the final step to lock in hydration and support the barrier, especially useful with retinoids or exfoliants that leave skin feeling tight or irritated, used on your bare night, not on top of actives."
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"This is 100% petrolatum, the gold standard occlusive, recommended by dermatologists worldwide. [...] It is about as pure as it gets. It is probably one of the most inert things that you can put on your skin. [...] It locks up to 99% of skin's natural moisture. It is completely fragrance-free, hypoallergenic, safe for even eczema-prone skin. And I love it because it creates this protective seal to prevent that transepidermal water loss. So you are getting to the core of eczema treatment."
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"My first recommendation here is the Vaseline Original Healing Jelly. This is 100% petrolatum. It's the gold standard of the occlusives. Number one derm recommended worldwide. [...] The Vaseline locks in up to 99% of skin's natural moisture. And it's completely fragrance-free, hypoallergenic. It's safe for any skin type, even eczema-prone skin on the youngest patient. It creates this protective seal to prevent any sort of transepidermal water loss, keeping that moisture in."
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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 Vaseline 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."
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"It's one of the safest ingredients we have, and it costs less than a latte. My favorite use [...] is slugging, a thin layer over your nighttime routine [...] as the final step to lock in hydration and support the barrier, especially useful with retinoids or exfoliants that leave skin feeling tight or irritated, used on your bare night, not on top of actives."
"I always really encourage my patients to keep their wounds moist with a little bit of Vaseline and keep it covered with a bandage until they take their stitches out."
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"Plain Vaseline will work the exact same way when it comes to efficacy, and you're not subjecting yourself to any risk. If you want your minor wounds to heal the best, we want to wash them regularly and keep them moist. So every day, you're going to use an antibacterial soap to gently wash the area. And then you can apply your Vaseline and then keep it covered."
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"There's a few different things that you can apply to a burn wound you can apply plain Vaseline or some type of protective ointment."
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"This has been around since the 1800s and has a very long proven track record. This proven track record isn't just for efficacy but also for safety. Cosmetic grade petrolatum that is used in products like these is completely safe. The reason that 100% pure petroleum jelly is so amazing is that one, it is inert, meaning that it doesn't bind with proteins in your skin that can induce an allergic reaction."
"The value of Vaseline is that it keeps your stitches kind of supple. The stitches they use can feel kind of pokey, almost like fishing lines, so if you keep them soft with Vaseline they're less likely to poke and irritate you. You can just apply this a couple times a day to the area after you go to the restroom and clean with a peri bottle."
"Vaseline Original is 100 percent pure petroleum jelly and it is triple purified. It is probably something I recommend in my clinic every single day and for a variety of skin issues. I love it for cuts and scrapes. I love it for taking care of post-operative wounds and keeping the stitches nice and hydrated so that when I go to remove the stitches they slip right out of the skin. I really like it to be used on the lips if people have sensitive lips and can't tolerate other lip products."
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"I always really encourage my patients to keep their wounds moist with a little bit of Vaseline and keep it covered with a bandage until they take their stitches out."
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"If you're trying to keep a wound moist to help it heal better, we want you to use Vaseline. It's [...] petrolatum-based and there's no increased risk of infection when you're using something like this for wound healing."
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"I could not do a video on my favorite products for sensitive skin without mentioning Vaseline, 100 percent pure petroleum jelly. This is such a versatile skincare item, and no one is allergic to it. A lot of people with chronically dry or chapped lips are actually allergic or sensitive to an ingredient in their lip balm, so I will have these patients switch exclusively to Vaseline. Vaseline is also great on cuts or scrapes, and you don't need Neosporin or any other type of antibiotic ointment."
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"My final favorite product for people with dry skin is 100% pure petroleum jelly or Vaseline. Vaseline is a phenomenal occlusive meaning it has an incredible ability to trap water against the skin's surface and support skin moisturization. It's also a great product for people with sensitive skin because people don't have allergies to this inert substance."
"It's allergy season in the UK, or hay fever, as we call it, and I get it so bad. And one thing I swear by every single year is taking Vaseline. It doesn't have to be a stick, and literally just rubbing it along my eye like that and just leaving it like that. I do that in the evening before bed and in the morning, and it saves my eyes from this."
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"It's not. It's too thick to clog your pores. [...] Incredible for healing dryness and cracks. Perfect on top of actives when your barrier needs support. It doesn't moisturize on its own though, that's a myth. But it does lock in all that hydration you've just put on underneath. If you are feeling a little bit dry and you have had to switch up your moisturizer, applying Vaseline in certain extra dry areas is definitely going to help as well. [...] This goes on my lips."
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"Vaseline is water repellent and not water soluble, meaning it merely seals the barrier so that moisture does not leave the skin. So whilst you might feel the instant gratification of a softened surface, the thick texture makes it difficult to cleanse from the skin. It should always be applied to clean skin to help avoid breakouts. People suffering from skin conditions like acne and rosacea should stay away from petroleum jelly altogether since thick emollients can aggravate those conditions."
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"One TikTok I saw the other day was a skincare hack that was to use Vaseline to slug. That's not a hack. That's just what you do with that product sometimes. [...] It's just the product doing what it says it's going to do and is advertised to do."
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"It's allergy season in the UK, or hay fever, as we call it, and I get it so bad. And one thing I swear by every single year is taking Vaseline. It doesn't have to be a stick, and literally just rubbing it along my eye like that and just leaving it like that. I do that in the evening before bed and in the morning, and it saves my eyes from this."
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"If your lips are peeling, drop the fragranced, flavored, minty lip balms and opt for something basic like Vaseline, applied as needed, especially at night. I'll use a very basic hydrating toner or serum on my lips just before bed, smother that in Vaseline, and by the morning the dead peeling [...] skin on my lips is so soft you can gently wipe it away with a warm washcloth."
"Vaseline comes in at five to seven dollars. It contains petrolatum at a very high percentage, [...] and this ingredient is a very, very good occlusive. It creates that temporary barrier that holds your skin care in place, holds the moisture and the hydration deep within your skin, and resists the dehydration, the dryness, the tightness, and the irritation. When you create that temporary barrier on your skin, you're really sealing your skin care. It's going to work for you better."
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"Vaseline comes in at five to seven dollars. It contains petrolatum at a very high percentage, [...] and this ingredient is a very, very good occlusive. It creates that temporary barrier that holds your skin care in place, holds the moisture and the hydration deep within your skin, and resists the dehydration, the dryness, the tightness, and the irritation. When you create that temporary barrier on your skin, you're really sealing your skin care. It's going to work for you better."
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"A petrolatum based product like Vaseline with 40% or more of petroleum helps to promote the healing process and protects that raw and vulnerable skin from infection. You can put a nice thick generous layer over areas with cracked skin, or rub it all around along the base of the cuticle and the nail to really help seal in the moisturizer that you put there."
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"Vaseline, Aquaphor, or CeraVe Healing Ointment are all like the three most popular products to use for slugging, and so really what you would do is you would apply your moisturizer and then just put a thin layer of one of these products right on top, kind of like a sleeping mask situation."
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"If you've never liked that try mixing a little dab of it into your moisturizer. It booms up the occlusive abilities of your moisturizer so you're still locking in all your skin care and that's the real magic of the petrolatum ointment it locks everything in place all that hydration all that moisture all that plumpness all that goodness. So when you wake up your skin still looks and feels like that in the morning."
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"You can use a layer of a petroleum based ointment like Vaseline as a sleeping mask or slugging product to seal in all your other skincare products. You can also use it around the eye area, maybe in place of your eye cream to really seal in additional moisture at night time. You can actually use it to replace a lot of your common skincare and beauty products. You can take a little bit of sugar and mix it into a bit of petroleum to make your own lip scrub."
"Plain petroleum jelly like Vaseline Original Healing Jelly does the same job just as effectively. Moist wound healing is what promotes healing and minimizes scarring and infections, and plain petrolatum delivers that without any allergy risk. [...] Vaseline Original Healing Jelly is older than most of us, costs $2, and outperforms Neosporin for wound care. The dermatology community has known this for years."
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"Plain petroleum jelly like Vaseline Original Healing Jelly does the same job just as effectively. Moist wound healing is what promotes healing and minimizes scarring and infections, and plain petrolatum delivers that without any allergy risk. [...] Vaseline Original Healing Jelly is older than most of us, costs $2, and outperforms Neosporin for wound care. The dermatology community has known this for years."
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"If you do deal with extra dry skin consider sealing in that moisture with an ointment like Vaseline Original Healing [...] Jelly, but I don't really recommend it if you are prone to acne."
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"Vaseline is an occlusive agent, it's petroleum jelly, and when used in this manner it can potentially soften the contents of the pore. So if you go afterwards and scrub it off it could potentially help. Thing is I actually don't recommend doing this. If you're prone to blackheads you're likely also prone to acne, [...] and if you are acne prone using Vaseline can potentially increase your risk for breakouts. So I don't recommend this generally."
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"With the high likelihood of dryness the best way to keep your lips hydrated and protected is with a petrolatum based product like Vaseline or Aquaphor"
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"My biggest go-to occlusive products are Vaseline petroleum jelly and aqua for healing ointment."
"The problem with slugging isn't necessarily the Vaseline itself, it's that people don't understand what Vaseline is used for and how to use it properly on their skin. A lot of people just don't know what they're doing, which is the case with a lot of TikTok trends."
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"They're putting Vaseline on there as a skin protectant"
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"The problem with slugging isn't necessarily the Vaseline itself, it's that people don't understand what Vaseline is used for and how to use it properly on their skin. A lot of people just don't know what they're doing, which is the case with a lot of TikTok trends."
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"It's also one of the least expensive things you can buy for your skin. But it isn't for everybody. If you have acne prone or oily skin, slugging with it isn't going to feel great, and if you use actives like AHAs, BHAs, or retinol, it can trap them against your skin so they penetrate too deep and cause irritation. You have to start with clean skin, because trapping dirt, makeup, or sunscreen underneath it can lead to clogged pores and breakouts."
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"If you want something that's occlusive, plain Vaseline is cheaper than beef tallow. A little tiny jar of beef tallow was twenty dollars on sale, while a giant jar of Vaseline is like three dollars, so for the price I would recommend a commercial product like that instead."
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"A study comparing Vaseline to Neosporin showed that Vaseline actually helps heal the wound quicker, because some of the chemicals in triple antibiotic ointments slow down the healing process. You just keep the wound moist with a little bit of Vaseline. It's cheap and it works the best. It acts as a protective barrier so bacteria can't get into the wound, and it keeps the environment moist so the cells can move and meet each other to heal."
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"Plain Vaseline is totally safe to use for slugging. I like petrolatum, I think it's a great option for so many different things for the skin, and I love that product, but Dr. Rogers Restore Healing Balm is hands down my favorite ointment of any kind to use, even though it's going to be a little more expensive than Vaseline."
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"Plain Vaseline is one I am a fan of. Not everybody likes petrolatum, but I like it, I think it works well."
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"Can you use Vaseline as your eye cream? The answer is yes, I love Vaseline. We use it in wound healing, we use it post surgically, and you can use it for slugging anywhere on the face. Under the eyes, it's going to be great to help lock in the moisture that your skin has. Vaseline itself doesn't push any moisture into the skin, but it stops your skin from losing water, and most people are going to do really well with this."
"So, what you want to do is you want to go in with an occlusive. So, something like Vaseline, obviously fragrance-free, because don't forget you have a damaged skin barrier and you really want to be reapplying throughout the day. [...] Keep a Vaseline in your pocket and ensure it's fragrance-free."
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"You don't use Vaseline if you have oily acne prone skin it's going to lead to breakouts. It's okay for dry skin but honestly there's no grip for foundation. What will happen is makeup will just slip off of the face."
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"So, what you want to do is you want to go in with an occlusive. So, something like Vaseline, obviously fragrance-free, because don't forget you have a damaged skin barrier and you really want to be reapplying throughout the day. [...] Keep a Vaseline in your pocket and ensure it's fragrance-free."
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"I love it, you need to buy it, everyone needs to have it in their homes. [...] It's got three ingredients in it, very basic: petrolatum, BHT, and tocopherol acetate, your vitamin E. It's great for a damaged skin barrier. Winter's coming and people are going to have damaged skin barriers, which means they're going to have a lot of water evaporating from their skin. The skin's going to become drier, irritants are going to get inside, and a vicious cycle takes place."
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"You also want to keep the place hydrated because it can become very dry and cracked. It's already feeling inflamed and sore. So, use something like Vaseline on top as well."
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"You also want to keep the place hydrated because it can become very dry and cracked. It's already feeling inflamed and sore. So, use something like Vaseline on top as well."
"It's totally safe, totally fine to use. Even on my hundred day old baby I tried it out, no problem at all. [...] I have more dry, mature skin and we have a really brutal winter here in Korea, so it's totally fine for me to use it. But if you have acne prone skin, more oily, and [...] you're suffering from breakouts, I don't really recommend it that much because it can clog your pores and make it too oily, so please keep that in mind."
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"It's totally safe, totally fine to use. Even on my hundred day old baby I tried it out, no problem at all. [...] I have more dry, mature skin and we have a really brutal winter here in Korea, so it's totally fine for me to use it. But if you have acne prone skin, more oily, and [...] you're suffering from breakouts, I don't really recommend it that much because it can clog your pores and make it too oily, so please keep that in mind."
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"Vaseline is a great item, but not many people know how to use it properly. It works as a moisturizing film that traps moisture in the skin, but it doesn't drag water in on its own, so with just Vaseline alone your skin can't be amazing, you need something like hyaluronic acid, niacinamide, vitamin C or retinol to bring moisture in first and then Vaseline seals it in, so your fine lines get sufficiently straightened and your skin gets more plump."
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"I think it's a good idea to use Vaseline first if you're thinking about fine lines and want younger, good skin, Vaseline is the answer. It protects your skin and keeps moisture from evaporating, and if you apply [...] it consistently for about two weeks to a month you can feel the dryness inside get better and your [...] fine lines disappear."
"The alternative that I actually want you to use potentially works better at preventing infection. It works better at healing your wound and it's cheaper. It's Vaseline or the generic petroleum jelly. Studies show that when you use just plain petroleum jelly or this occlusive ointment on top of your wound, you are going to prevent infection and you are going to help your wound heal plenty quickly without the added need of an antibiotic ointment on top of the skin."
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"Vaseline or petroleum jelly is your classic cheap and easy occlusive to apply. [...] But I get it. It's a little bit greasy. Not everybody loves to apply Vaseline."
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"The alternative that I actually want you to use potentially works better at preventing infection. It works better at healing your wound and it's cheaper. It's Vaseline or the generic petroleum jelly. Studies show that when you use just plain petroleum jelly or this occlusive ointment on top of your wound, you are going to prevent infection and you are going to help your wound heal plenty quickly without the added need of an antibiotic ointment on top of the skin."
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"You can get Vaseline for just a few dollars. This is actually a trend that's been viral on TikTok and people are loving it. [...] You literally take plain petroleum jelly Vaseline and you just dab it in the under-eye skin and that creates a really occlusive environment there so that you are preventing trans-epidermal water loss that leads to that crepey texture of the skin and dry flaky appearance."
"Whether you have dry skin or not, you should probably have Vaseline in your stockpile for your skincare products because it has so many uses that can be so helpful for your skin. Vaseline is essentially just petroleum jelly and it's the only thing in this product, so I recommend that this is in your stockpile for eczema because this ingredient has the absolute least chance of somebody developing an allergic contact dermatitis to it."
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"Vaseline is the simplest skincare product out there with one total ingredient in it, petroleum jelly, 100 percent, nothing else. [...] Whether you have oily skin, sensitive skin, acne prone, eczema, rosacea, any of that, all of those skin types can benefit from Vaseline. [...] It's a misconception that acne prone and oily skin should not use Vaseline. You can use it to replace your Chapstick and heal dry cracked lips."
"I've tried it and honestly, I just can't do it. I dislike the experience so much. It is so invasive. It's so messy. Also, trying to wash Vaseline off of the skin is in and of itself a real ordeal. I mean, there will always be a residue left behind."
"I would apply a thin layer of ointment all over my face. I was really surprised to find the next morning that my skin wasn't tight or dry. It felt healthy and hydrated. Revelation."
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"I have this teeniest tiniest tub of Vaseline and I love it. I think Vaseline is just one of those things that is far more versatile than people think, and if something is really parched, I'm actually going to put that on. It works a treat. You just never know when you need it, but you always need it."
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"I use Vaseline because it's the cheapest and I can get it in tubs. You can even get it in bigger tubs. [...] I use it to seal all of that goodness in and then I put a cotton sock on my foot because that's going to help keep everything in place while your skin starts to absorb it. Sometimes I wear the socks just for the evening, probably no less than 3 or 4 hours each time, and if you can do it sleep in them overnight [...] it would be even more effective."
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"I would apply a thin layer of ointment all over my face. I was really surprised to find the next morning that my skin wasn't tight or dry. It felt healthy and hydrated. Revelation."
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"Vaseline is just 100% pure petroleum jelly, also called petrolatum, and it contains nothing else. I tend to keep these teeny little jars in my bag and in all my travel gear because they're super small and they're great for on the go. Vaseline is cheap and you can find it pretty much anywhere, but it's pretty basic and it only works to sort of seal in whatever is underneath it. Plus it can clog pores pretty easily, so best to be careful and use very sparingly."
"Vaseline as a buffer for retinoids yes, but make sure you're putting it on first and then your retinoid. Vaseline in the place of a facial oil yes, it can be a wonderful step as the very last step in your evening skincare routine to lock in your skincare. Once again, do realize if you have active skincare on underneath the Vaseline, it could be driving those active ingredients further into the skin and intensifying the effect of your active skincare."
"It's a great wound healer for something like a paper cut or a minor kitchen burn as long as you clean the area first, though I don't recommend it [...] for deep or infected wounds, and [...] I like using it along my hairline [...] to protect my skin before relaxing or dyeing my hair. [...] This is such a great invention, I wish I'd invented it five hundred years ago."
"Vaseline is occlusive, so it prevents skin from drying out as much, and it also prevents chafing from the often repetitive movements of swimming, which is why regular swimmers rely on it. It's a great alternative if you plan on swimming indoors, where UV protection isn't as essential."
"If my skin was really dry or dehydrated, I'd lock in all that moisture and hydration with a layer of Vaseline, so I'd do it every so often. I don't think you need to do it every night like everyone's doing. You're really greasy. [...] Frankly, you don't need Vaseline. I think people mistake glass skin for just looking shiny, and they think Vaseline gives you that, but it's so shiny."
"Vaseline has no staying power. It's not a product that's made to hold anything, keep anything. It's slippery. It slips. You put Vaseline on your lips and it ends up down here eventually. Especially under mascara, this is a recipe for disaster. It is going to be so messy. [...] Vaseline doesn't act differently on your lashes than it does your skin. It isn't a different formula. It just [...] sits on top of stuff."
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"Vaseline has no staying power. It's not a product that's made to hold anything, keep anything. It's slippery. It slips. You put Vaseline on your lips and it ends up down here eventually. Especially under mascara, this is a recipe for disaster. It is going to be so messy. [...] Vaseline doesn't act differently on your lashes than it does your skin. It isn't a different formula. It just [...] sits on top of stuff."
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"It's not a technique we should be using now. It was very clever back then, but not so much now."
"Plain Vaseline or a silicone based gel and a patch that are much better for scar revision and scar healing for wounds"
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"Plain Vaseline or a silicone based gel and a patch that are much better for scar revision and scar healing for wounds"
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"Petroleum jelly is basic, it's Vaseline, it's inexpensive, but it is so good for the lips, especially if you deal with things like lip eczema."
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"Petrolatum jelly otherwise known as Vaseline has been used for ages by the African-American Community as well as by people who struggle with eczema or psoriasis. It's basically this occlusive petroleum-based product that gets put on the skin and protects it from the outside world. It's used in wound healing and it really is wonderful. It's not dangerous or toxic or anything like that, but it's fragrance free, really inexpensive, and it works very well for a sealant on skin."
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"Vaseline today is not cruelty-free which is why I don't use it."
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"Vaseline works well as a thick and occlusive option for the sandwiching method because the retinoid will still penetrate through it while giving a buffer to make it [...] easier to tolerate."
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"Petrolatum jelly, salimo jelly, vaseline, this is not going to hydrate the skin, [...] but this will moisturize it. It's occlusive, it will seal things in, and that is why it is amazing because it seals in whatever is on it underneath. [...] Petrolatum jelly or slugging has actually been around for decades, a lot of people in the African-American and black beauty communities have used it for years."
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"When I have eye makeup on, I use Vaseline to take the rest of my eye makeup off. I don't know if it works or if it's right, but I [...] just never liked the harsh rubbing of the eye makeup, I just pat it off and it all comes off. I also use Vaseline as my under eye cream and it's been a life changer. I don't know why but Vaseline, I love this. A lot of under eye creams or oils or whatever products were not working for me, but this works fantastic."
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"Yes this is petroleum jelly petrolatum jelly. This is Solimo or Vaseline and yes this is okay for dry skin and yes even for some people with acne. Now if you have acne and oily skin you might not want to use this although it is permeable you know it can kind of clog up the skin if you have oily prone skin but for a lot of people who do have a damaged skin barrier or dry skin this can be a lifesaver especially if you're using an anti-acne product underneath it."
"Vaseline works it works for the lip area it works for slugging on the face no complaints there."
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"Vaseline works it works for the lip area it works for slugging on the face no complaints there."
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"Vaseline, if it's unscented, [...] definitely smash. If it's the one that has menthol or essential oils, then I say pass, because that's not really necessary. Overall I'd say smash."
"Vaseline is not going to help take off your makeup; it might help keep it in because it's a barrier. There's no evidence to show that putting Vaseline on eyelashes and eyebrows helps grow it. It just gives you a little bit of coverage on the hair follicles and hair shaft, giving you the illusion that it's a little bit thicker, but it's not actually going to thicken the hair."
"For this I didn't really do anything fancy. I'll just say keep that area moisturized, like use Vaseline. [...] If you have a hyperactive scar [...] where you felt like the scar was overhealing and it wasn't flattening as quickly as you should, then maybe you should go and see a doctor for that. [...] But for me, one thing I felt like helped me is just making sure that it wasn't dry. When I kept it moisturized, before you know it, it just healed and it flattened."
"If I have any dry patches on my skin like my chin or my skin is just feeling really uncomfortable then I will put a thin layer of this all over my face on top of my moisturizer as that slugging effect, and this does an excellent job. Of course you can put this on your hands, your feet, anywhere on the body. It's basically used the same as Aquaphor but it has that additional vitamin E ingredient, and I love this. [...] This is now a staple in my routine from this day going forward."
"Vaseline only contains completely refined petroleum jelly, and if you look at the back of the label it's called white petrolatum, which is completely refined and completely safe to put on your skin. So feel free to apply petroleum jelly on your skin if you need its occlusive and moisturizing properties. It is safe as long as it's completely refined."
"This is a product protective barrier I am loving it. It's literally been on my bedside since it arrived. I'm using it every single night. It is a really affordable product, I think in Indian Rupees it's like 560 rupees, so it's pretty affordable, and I highly recommend that you try it out this winter. [...] It is such a versatile product you can use it in so many different ways."
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"I am not a fan of it but those people who do slugging and it suits them, they swear by it"
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"This is a product protective barrier I am loving it. It's literally been on my bedside since it arrived. I'm using it every single night. It is a really affordable product, I think in Indian Rupees it's like 560 rupees, so it's pretty affordable, and I highly recommend that you try it out this winter. [...] It is such a versatile product you can use it in so many different ways."
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"Vaseline is highly highly affordable and is a winter must have. It's thick, goopy, and nourishing. You can use it [...] to make a lip scrub by taking a spoonful and mixing it with about two parts sugar. [...] You can use it every single day to gently scrub your lips."
"Petrolatum is the gold standard occlusive, it's really good at sealing water. [...] Your skin can get dried out and itchy and tight and this helps prevent that. On top of that, more hydrated skin can also let in some skincare ingredients a bit more easily into the skin, so this can also have an effect of helping your skincare ingredients penetrate a bit more deeply."
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"Petrolatum is the gold standard occlusive, it's really good at sealing water. [...] Your skin can get dried out and itchy and tight and this helps prevent that. On top of that, more hydrated skin can also let in some skincare ingredients a bit more easily into the skin, so this can also have an effect of helping your skincare ingredients penetrate a bit more deeply."
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"Because Vaseline doesn't have water it also shows pH 5 to 6, pretty much anything without water is going to show that. So yeah this test just doesn't mean anything, and even if you do have water pH only tells you about one tiny aspect of a product. The hydrogen ion concentration. Products are really complex, you can't really say if something is going to work or not just based on pH."
"If your flaky skin is red or irritated, you can slather on a soothing cream [...] or even just Vaseline to help calm it down."
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"You can also try slugging if you want. This is where you put a thick layer of vaseline over your face while you sleep, so you can live the slug life. I'd be a little cautious about this for acne prone skin because while petroleum jelly by itself isn't very good at clogging your pores, it can potentially help your other products irritate more, so proceed with caution. But it is a very cheap thing to try that can work really well for dry weather."
"When you are going to be going to the pool, go ahead and slather on a nice thick layer of Vaseline almost to provide an occlusive buffer between their skin and the water."
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"When you are going to be going to the pool, go ahead and slather on a nice thick layer of Vaseline almost to provide an occlusive buffer between their skin and the water."
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"Vaseline, or even like that cyclopeptide that I just showed you guys will give you a nice barrier between a very strong active like a retinoid and your sensitive skin."
"I don't understand how people take so long to go through a tub of Vaseline petroleum jelly. I [...] use it as my petroleum jelly socks at night, a thick layer on my feet [...] with a sock over it, and I [...] put it around my ankles from the knee down. It's a great moisturizer that reduces transepidermal water loss. The rhinestone bedazzled jars from Etsy don't hold up well, so buyer beware."
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"Petroleum jelly helps act as a second skin here along the proximal nail fold, and that's really what is protecting the rapidly dividing matrix cells that grow the nail plate. [...] By putting petroleum jelly around the nail, you really help protect those so that you get healthier nail growth, reduce risk of infection around the nails, and also helps moisturize the nail plate. You need to start putting petroleum jelly on your nails if you want your nails to grow healthy and strong."
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"A lot of y'all are still scared of petroleum jelly. [...] You can put this around your nails. Great for cutting down on nail fragility, brittle nails. Put it around the skin folds on your nails. Pays off. Nail slugging. That's a real thing. Lip balm. Great. Cut down on shaving. Great. [...] If you get this hydraulic hand eczema, which I do, when you want to itch, you just pull out the stick and grease up the side."
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"Vaseline, it's like one of my favorite skincare products or just petroleum jelly. [...] If you have dry cuticles, put some Vaseline there. Not only will it protect the nails from moisture getting out and irritants getting in, causing problems around the nail that can even lead to brittle nails and ridges, but it also helps to soften any dry rough cuticle edges, really really an effective thing."
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"You know, this is not sponsored, but you guys know I'm a huge fan of petroleum jelly. This is Vaseline brand petroleum jelly, [...] but you can get the store version of this and save yourself some money. Get the big jar though. After you get out of the shower or the bath, slather a thick, thick layer of this stuff to the bottoms of the feet, the palms of the hands, and cover with socks and gloves. This can really help soften that outermost thickened stratum corneum."
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"I also suggest at night time after you've bathed to apply a thick thick layer of [...] plain petroleum jelly, Vaseline, to your feet, cover them with socks, hang out that way for at least an hour if not sleep that way. It really can help cut down on flares of this."
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"You're going to put a layer of petroleum jelly, just regular Vaseline brand or the generic version of 100% petroleum jelly. And then you're going to wrap it with Saran Wrap and hang out like that. It can be amazing for really locking in hydration and helping to exfoliate away that buildup of dry, flaky stuff. It's great for the heels, your feet, your knees, your elbows, the lower legs. You [...] can hang out with the Saran Wrap on for like 10, 15, 20 minutes."
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"One skincare product you hear me recommend all of the time, all of the time is petroleum jelly, name brand Vaseline Original Healing Jelly. That product is one of the safest things you can put on your skin and very low, almost no risk of allergic contact dermatitis developing to it."
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"Before putting your retinol on, in order to avoid it creeping into these areas, I do suggest putting a little bit of petroleum jelly ointment, Vaseline, or other 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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"Get yourself some Vaseline plain petroleum jelly. It doesn't have to be named brand Vaseline, okay, plain petroleum jelly and lubricate up. It is a skin protectant."
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"I've been putting a big glob of this on my feet every night covering with socks and just now I was doing it and I look down at my toenails and they look amazing. [...] I attribute it to petroleum jelly because I run and I walk a lot so inevitably I get some degree of a little bit of nail dystrophy, and the petroleum jelly really helps with the proximal nail fold, keep it hydrated and act almost as a second cuticle."
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"Vaseline is a staple for the lips for me, highly recommend. I find myself using this a lot even when my lips are not necessarily dry. [...] I use it on my lips, my hands, my fingers because they get dry too with all the hand washing."
"Petroleum jelly ointments like Vaseline petroleum jelly are meant to keep stuff out of the skin. So they will not allow for a retinoid to penetrate if you apply it on afterward."
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"I did my hand slugging where I coat my hands in Vaseline before I go to bed and cover them up with the white cotton gloves. It makes a huge difference for hand eczema, but just the look of your hands in general, it makes them a lot softer and glowy and dewy."
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"It's great. [...] Petroleum jelly is wonderful for dry hands. [...] Put it on at night time, that's when water loss out of the skin tends to be greater. [...] Put some on your hands and cover them up with either cotton gloves or a sock, or hang out that way for like an hour. [...] Wake up the following morning. Not only is it great for dry hands, but your fingernails will thank you. Do it as frequently as you can tolerate and it's wonderful. [...] It's also wonderful for dry, cracked heels."
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"I finished a whole jar of the up and up healing ointment [...] and I've been making my way through this because I put this all over my feet, my legs, lips, hands. I mean, it's really a dry skin workhorse. I put it on my lips, helps keep them [...] from getting dry and chapped."
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"The safest thing to use under the arms to help calm, soothe, and heal the rash, especially if you can't get into see a dermatologist and you're just struggling, it's going to be plain petroleum jelly. Vaseline plain petroleum jelly does not cause allergic contact dermatitis. It helps heal dermatitis rashes by essentially acting as a skin protectant, second skin, promoting healing and recovery."
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"Plain Vaseline, don't waste your time with the cuticle oil. Cuticle oils can soften dry rough skin a bit but they're not going to offer what petroleum jelly can. [...] Petroleum jelly is the best occlusive. It helps to protect the skin around the nails so as to limit access of water and debris up under the nail folds that compromises nail growth, and it also helps to improve water content in the nail plate itself."
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"I'm always raving about petroleum jelly brand named Vaseline, a skin protectant. Mineral oil whether it be baby oil [...] or just mineral oil USP as a lubricant for the skin will help alleviate some of those symptoms of itch and discomfort. These topicals [...] that are skin protectants that lubricate, petroleum jelly, mineral oil, allantoin, silicone, dimethicone which is a silicone, they will help alleviate some of those symptoms of itch and discomfort."
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"I recommend using copious amounts of petroleum jelly, Vaseline or Aquaphor or other healing ointment to protect the lips to mitigate the symptom."
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"Vaseline is an effective moisturizer. It's the most robust occlusive. It reduces water loss and supports barrier repair. It has extremely low to no risk of allergic contact dermatitis. It protects the eyelid skin from allergens and irritants. It does not cause milia. It does not grow the lashes, but it might reduce lash breakage and make them look a little better. For dry, irritated eyelids, Vaseline is an amazing choice."
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"Get yourself some plain petroleum jelly, name brand Vaseline. [...] Apply it at night time, actually before you go to bed, because at night our skin, including the skin of our lips, loses water more readily, and petroleum jelly really helps to lock that moisture in place. So the following morning you wake up and your lips are already moisturized. [...] Plain petroleum jelly [...] is the one that is least likely to cause you any issues as far as allergic contact dermatitis."
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"You're going to put plain petroleum jelly, 100% petroleum jelly. You could use Vaseline brand or, you know, the Dollar Tree sells one. Put that on a blister. As a matter of fact, start putting it on the blister when the roof is still intact. And then once it deflates, take that little flap gently. Put it back over the skin as much as you can to make sure it's covering as much of the underlying raw skin as possible and kind of glue it in place with petroleum jelly."
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"Vaseline or just plain 100% petrolatum doesn't have to be the brand name Vaseline, but where this is useful is for those of you who deal with chafing, which can be a lot more problematic in the summer months when you have frictional forces and sweat. Vaseline can really help in cutting down on that, lubricating the skin surface, acting as a skin protectant."
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"It's excellent for healing cuts. Don't waste your time with Neosporin because all you're going to do with Neosporin is what petroleum jelly does anyway. The antibiotics in Neosporin, Bacitracin and Neomycin, they don't improve healing above and beyond what plain petroleum jelly can do, they don't reduce the risk of infection above and beyond what plain petroleum jelly can do."
"Plain petroleum jelly is plain petroleum jelly. You have a waterless ointment so it has a really long shelf life. [...] It's excellent at reducing water loss from the skin, so it's really a dry skin hero. Many people don't care for the way it feels on the skin because it is greasy. [...] Slugging, basically just putting a layer of petroleum jelly all over your face before you go to bed at night to really seal in moisture, is actually a really great way to cut down on dry skin."
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"One of the safest things to use would be a petrolatum ointment. Petrolatum is a skin protectant that might limit access of allergens and irritants to the eyelid skin. It's virtually impossible to develop an allergy to petrolatum. So that would just be plain petroleum jelly such as what is found in Vaseline Original Healing Jelly or the store versions of this."
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"There is no other skin care product that is more versatile more useful in my opinion than petrolatum. Cuts, scrapes, eyelids, lips, dry patches, chafing, you name it, it's really good. If you get a cut or scrape all you want to do is just wash it out with a little dilute soapy water, rinse that out, pat it dry and apply this. It will really help healing and recovery and of course keep it protected from the Sun."
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"Plain petroleum jelly is great as a moisturizer. It will improve water content."
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"The go-to ointment recommendation for this as well as numerous other things is plain 100% petroleum jelly. You can buy the name brand Vaseline or you can buy the store brand petroleum jelly and save yourself a couple of bucks. It's going to do the same thing. [...] Petroleum jelly is very oily, very greasy, and really really good at trapping water in the skin and reducing transepidermal water loss."
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"Good old Vaseline petroleum jelly, one of my favorite things that I can never seem to shut up about."
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"One of my number one tips that I often give when it comes to rectifying very dry skin is to lean into a petrolatum based ointment such as Vaseline. In the evening time when you get out of the shower or out of the bath, pat dry the skin of visible drips of water and immediately slather with a thick coat of that petrolatum ointment."
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"You also could use Aquaphor Healing Ointment, whatever your favorite ointment is. These are occlusive, they're really greasy, they're really thick. Apply these onto the hands at night after you get out of the shower or the tub and then cover with cotton gloves, leave those cotton gloves on as long as you can tolerate. You can even sleep like this. It will really, really, really help to improve the integrity of the barrier and allow for rapid barrier recovery."
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"Vaseline is a skin protectant, it is the ultimate skin protectant. It is unmatched in terms of its ability to reduce transepidermal water loss and protect the skin from garbage getting in and aggravating issues. Here's why it's a winter skin care goat, greatest of all time. Winter is a particularly taxing season for your skin."
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"Petroleum jelly can be a very effective moisturizer when applied to the face. It's good for acne. It is free of possible allergens. The risk of allergy to petroleum jelly is almost non-existent. [...] Petroleum jelly is a very highly refined substance and it consists of hydrocarbons that form an occlusive barrier on the skin to reduce transepidermal water loss and to protect the skin."
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"Petroleum jelly is a game changer for dry eyelids or eyelid eczema because it prevents water loss really well and it also prevents penetration of irritants into the skin. It's free of common allergens and irritants, so your immune system really doesn't care about Vaseline, which is a good thing. It's basically an inert little barrier support there. It's really underrated for all the things you can do with it."
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"I always make sure I have plain petrolatum petroleum jelly because it's so versatile it lasts forever like a jar of it, it's great for the lips the eyelids, it's also great anywhere where you get chafing as the skin protectant, it's great for healing cuts. I mean you name it, Vaseline really helps out a lot."
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"It's chemically inert. It doesn't degrade. Petroleum jelly, straight petroleum jelly, that is 100% aka Vaseline. It has a long shelf life. It has zero water in it, so it's not going to become contaminated with bacteria. It doesn't require any preservatives because nothing's going to grow in it. It's extremely extremely stable in contrast to maybe oils, which depending on the oil, of course, could oxidize and become more inflammatory."
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"I finished a small little jar of Vaseline Original Healing Jelly. This is just straight petrolatum. I like to grease up my feet at the end of the day after I get out of the shower, my ankles especially, with an ointment, and Vaseline is the quintessential ointment, the quintessential skin protectant."
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"Reminder see gel as a skin protectant around the eyelids great for judging up the look of little dehydration lines and protecting eyelid skin from irritants great if you've got eyelid eczema"
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"Vaseline Original Healing Jelly is one of my absolute favorite must-have [...] skincare products. I always have to have Vaseline or one of its cousins [...] 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."
"You don't have to buy brand name Vaseline, you can get the generic store version of 100% petroleum jelly. Apply it to the sole surfaces of the feet. It feels a little greasy, but that's good because it lubricates the skin, cutting down on the friction [...] that creates shearing forces leading to blisters. It also helps prevent callus build-up on the bottoms of the feet and helps with dryness and itchiness on the tops of the feet."
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"It's occlusive, which is great for locking in hydration, but not so great for allowing for good evaporation of sweat to cool the body, so you get sweat trapped in the sweat glands and can develop heat rash. Petroleum jelly is a mainstay staple in reducing flare-ups of dyshidrotic hand eczema, but when you're in the acute flare-up stage where little itchy blisters are coming to the surface, put Vaseline on and the itch gets so intense, because the sweat trapped there is a big trigger."
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"My second favorite is just plain petroleum jelly, aka Vaseline. I love that. If I have active lip dermatitis or dry cracked lips, I'm not using any other kind of product, I am using plain petroleum jelly."
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"I love Vaseline, petroleum jelly, but if you're dealing with tinea versicolor, applying it like the slugging thing can create a more favorable environment for the yeast to thrive in your hair follicles and exacerbate this condition."
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"I love Vaseline petroleum jelly. They even sell it in these little tiny travel pots, which is super convenient. [...] Petroleum jelly can come in clutch in other locations too, like around your eyes if your eyelids get really dry, [...] under the arms as shave relief if you get chafing, on your heels, and around your nails, so it's pretty versatile."
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"This creamy petroleum jelly is another one that is really good. It does have fragrance in it, but it's basically petrolatum in a creamy base, and it's great as a hand cream too."
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"If you have a lot of dryness and irritation on the vulva, [...] it's okay to use plain petrolatum ointment like Vaseline as a skin protectant. It's actually much better to use that in a situation where you have a lot of irritation and inflammation going on, [...] and plain petrolatum is actually one of the safest options."
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"I do more of a spot focused slugging myself, around my eyes, and I like to put Vaseline on my lips."
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"Plain petrolatum, like Vaseline, can be a great option when your eczema is flaring because it has a very low to no risk of allergy and it actually helps protect the skin from irritating things getting in and from water loss. [...] It's a wonderful skin protectant and it helps reduce water loss, and it's the safest option in this situation."
"If you have dry flaky lips, just put Vaseline on it. It'll help soften it and it'll naturally slough off without agitating the moisture barrier."
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"Petrolatum is fine to use, plain petrolatum. Put it on clean hands at nighttime [...] and then cover with a glove, doing it under occlusion like that really helps protect the skin, and you can wear the gloves as you sleep if you want, or just as long as you can tolerate. [...] Vaseline is the common name brand sold here, but wherever you live, petrolatum ointment is just fine, you don't even have to use the name brand, you can use the generic."
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"I finished this mega tub of Vaseline. This is a favorite of mine, and it's a great product for acting as a skin protectant, slugging, eyelids, lips, cracked heels, cracked fingers. You can't go wrong, it's really a great product. It's what we use in medicine for healing surgical sites."
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"You can get a little travel pot of Vaseline. [...] This is probably one of the most versatile things that you could put in your travel bag. You can use it for chapped lips, if you get chafing, you can even use it on the face to slug for the plane if you've got a long flight, to help reduce water loss out of the skin."
"Take a Q-tip, dip it in Vaseline petroleum jelly, and go around the molluscum with that to protect the neighboring skin from the virus getting in. Same with warts—keep the skin moisturized to reduce spread of the warts, and don't shave over these because you'll inoculate more into the neighboring skin."
"I use Vaseline around the eyelids, top and bottom, to prevent tretinoin from transferring to that sensitive area."
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"When I don't do this [...] my upper eyelids do get easily irritated from like the treadmill and stuff, so that can really help cut down on dryness and irritation around the eyelids."
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"I recommend using something that is really occlusive and greasy like [...] Vaseline for people with ichthyosis vulgaris because they have increased water loss from the skin, and using an ointment like this helps reduce that water loss, keeping water in the skin and improving skin hydration."
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"I would suggest using just plain petrolatum to the eyelids, and by plain petrolatum I mean Vaseline. This will serve two functions: first, it will allow the skin barrier to recover from the dermatitis, and second, it will serve as a skin protectant. So if you are somewhere where you are being exposed to things from your environment, it reduces transfer to the eyelids by having that skin protectant there."
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"You'll find certain people vilifying Vaseline, which is like a dollar, but it works perfectly well. It is a gold standard moisturizing product, to be honest."
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"You don't need a really expensive lip balm to do that. Vaseline is actually perfect."
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"It's the gold standard for an ointment. [...] It's a great ointment for lips and chapped lips. [...] It's also really good for healing cuts and scrapes because it provides a nice seal to facilitate new healthy skin tissue coming in and healing that cut or scrape."
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"I always encourage people who do wet work like washing dishes by hand if you work in a kitchen to have some vaseline petrolatum ointment, and each time they wash their hands, rinse off the cleanser and just go ahead and start applying vaseline to really help with barrier recovery"
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"It's actually a really good lip balm if you ever find that you have chapped lips, just use vaseline. No irritating ingredients. It really puts the brakes on water loss. It acts like a second skin for your lips. It's also very good if you get cracking in the corners."
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"Use vaseline, aquaphor, or CeraVe healing ointment to the corners of the mouth [...] to treat angular cheilitis. These are occlusive enough to act as skin protectants and help facilitate healing when applied repeatedly."
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"I can't go wrong with this—use it for everything. It's great for reducing shaping, it's a great lip balm, great for your eyelids if you've got dry eyelids. Really is robust in putting the brakes on transepidermal water loss."
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"Vaseline is arguably one of my favorite skincare products. It's [...] a great recommendation not only for the lips but for the skin. It effectively reduces water loss out of the skin and it's really great for the chapped lips you experience on Accutane. I highly recommend using vaseline on your hands and covering them with white cotton gloves [...] before you go to bed at night if you are on Accutane—it really can help quite a bit with the dry hands."
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"This is my favorite, 100% petroleum jelly. This is great for reducing chafing, it's great for your lips, and you can put it on your eyelids for dry eyes. [...] You don't have to use name brand Vaseline. This is going to work just fine."
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"I don't understand how people take so long to go through a tub of Vaseline petroleum jelly. I [...] use it as my petroleum jelly socks at night, a thick layer on my feet [...] with a sock over it, and I [...] put it around my ankles from the knee down. It's a great moisturizer that reduces transepidermal water loss. The rhinestone bedazzled jars from Etsy don't hold up well, so buyer beware."
What the evidence says.
Independent of what the gurus think, this is what
the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.
Vitamin E
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.
Vaseline Original Healing Jelly is a petroleum jelly designed to form a protective barrier that seals moisture into dry skin and helps shield minor cuts and scrapes.
Is Vaseline Original Healing Jelly worth it?
Mostly yes. 26 of the 34 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 85%.
What is Vaseline Original Healing Jelly's Guru Score?
Vaseline Original Healing Jelly holds a Guru Score of 85%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 34 expert reviewers we have collected. It is also Guru Certified, our mark for products that hold broad approval across many expert reviewers.
Who is Vaseline Original Healing Jelly best for?
Vaseline Original Healing Jelly is generally suited to dry skin.
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