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Does Slugging with Petroleum based products really make sense?
If there is a temporary need to seal your skin completely against moisture loss, then ‘slugging’ may make sense. Slugging typically uses petroleum (yes, extracted and refined from the same ingredient used to make gasoline) to make petroleum jelly or petrolatum. But does slugging with petroleum based products really make sense? And can slugging be done without the…