Word: petrolatum
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...BLISTEX LIP MEDEX is 59% petrolatum, a high content that means fewer applications...
...kept healthy by lipids, which are naturally produced by the body but tend to dry up in extreme climates. The goal of lip balm is to keep those lipids moist. Dr. Sandy Tsao, a dermatology instructor at Harvard Medical School, advises, "You should look for products that contain petrolatum, glycerin, lanolin or a combo of all these things...
...VASELINE PETROLEUM JELLY, which is all petrolatum, is still the best overall. If you find it too greasy, doctors suggest using it only at night and switching to lip balm...
...Heat burns (as distinct from chemical burns) should not be covered with petrolatum or other ointment dressing: just sterile gauze, applied dry, with a bandage to hold it in place...
...first tried local anesthesia, but found it was not enough. Now he puts his patients into the hospital, gives them a general anesthetic, and sandpapers the whole face (using No. 1½ or No. 2 grades of sandpaper) in a single operation. Bleeding is controlled by pressure. Then petrolatum gauze and a pressure dressing are applied. After ten days the wrappings come off, and the patient's face is usually healed. Local touching up may be done a few months later...