Utilizing Petroleum Jelly for Your Daily Needs

Petroleum jelly or petrolatum is a mixture of mineral oil and wax that forms substances such as semisolid jelly. This substance which is rather thick and does not smell or taste turns out to have a variety of benefits for your daily needs. Some of the benefits that you can apply everyday like to deal with dry skin, heal minor skin wounds and minor burns, remove eye makeup, prevent diaper rash, and so forth. Petroleum jelly is generally safe to use and can be used as an occlusive moisturizer (which prevents the evaporation of water on the surface of the skin), which can prevent your skin from drying out.

Useful for your skin care

It is not strange if petroleum jelly can overcome the problem of dry skin that you experience. You can experience dry skin anytime and anywhere. Dry skin is a very common condition, this can cause flakes caused by exfoliation from dry skin. Not only is it caused by the weather or cold ambient temperature, several things such as frequent steam baths or hot baths, congenital medical conditions such as atopic dermatitis or psoriasis, irritant soap that can remove skin moisture, irritation, and age can cause the skin to become dry. Petroleum jelly can be used for face, dry body skin, chapped or dry feet, and chapped lips. Its use is quite easy, for the face and skin, you can apply petroleum jelly after bathing. Meanwhile, to deal with dry or chapped feet, you can soak feet in warm water by adding salt to the water. Soak feet for a few minutes, then dry the feet using a towel. Next, apply petroleum jelly and use clean cotton socks. Then, leave it overnight. To overcome the problem of chapped lips, you only need to apply petroleum jelly to your lips, like when you use lipstick. Not only useful for your skin, apparently petroleum jelly also has benefits for the skin of your baby, which prevents diaper rash. This is a common condition that can make her skin feel sore, red, scaly, and sore. Some causes of diaper rash, namely the presence of irritation, infection, and allergies. Petroleum jelly has been shown to reduce the incidence or problem of diaper rash in infants. For its use is quite easy. Before applying petroleum jelly, you need to clean and wipe your baby's skin with diaper rash using a towel. Creams and ointments that contain zinc oxide or petroleum jelly can help calm the skin and protect the skin's moisture. To maintain skin moisture everyday you also need to meet bodily fluids by multiplying drinking water and eating regularly. Because when the body lacks fluids, the skin and mucosa of the body (like the lips) will feel dry and uncomfortable. For optimal skin care, maintaining a healthy body condition plus the use of petroleum jelly as a skin moisturizer is the right step. Although it has many benefits of petroleum jelly, but you can only use it for external use only. Do not eat it, put petroleum jelly in your body, or use it on an open wound. If the various benefits of petroleum jelly that have been described above are not able to overcome your skin problems or baby, immediately consult your condition with your doctor to get the right treatment.