V is for Vaseline
and here is what I found out about it (summarised from wiki entry):
In 1859, Robert Chesebrough, a chemist who formerly clarified lamp oil from sperm oil, was losing business as whale oil was replaced by coal oil. He travelled to the oil fields in Titusville, Pennsylvania to research what new materials might be created from this new fuel. There he learned of a residue called rod wax that had to be periodically removed from oil rig pumps. The oil workers had been using the substance to heal cuts and burns. Chesebrough took samples back to Brooklyn, extracted the usable petroleum jelly, and began manufacturing a medicinal product he called Vaseline, from German Wasser (water) and Greek elaion (oil).
The Chesebrough Manufacturing Company merged with Pond's in 1955 and was purchased by Unilever in 1987.
Vaseline is used as a topical moisturizer which prevents evaporation of water from the outermost skin layer and seals out external water. It is intended for external use only, to manage and relieve atopic dermatitis and eczema in adults.
When we were teenagers, my friends and I put Vaseline on our eyelashes at night, thinking it would make them grow longer and thicker. It didn't.
V is for Vaseline
and here is what I found out about it (summarised from wiki entry):
In 1859, Robert Chesebrough, a chemist who formerly clarified lamp oil from sperm oil, was losing business as whale oil was replaced by coal oil. He travelled to the oil fields in Titusville, Pennsylvania to research what new materials might be created from this new fuel. There he learned of a residue called rod wax that had to be periodically removed from oil rig pumps. The oil workers had been using the substance to heal cuts and burns. Chesebrough took samples back to Brooklyn, extracted the usable petroleum jelly, and began manufacturing a medicinal product he called Vaseline, from German Wasser (water) and Greek elaion (oil).
The Chesebrough Manufacturing Company merged with Pond's in 1955 and was purchased by Unilever in 1987.
Vaseline is used as a topical moisturizer which prevents evaporation of water from the outermost skin layer and seals out external water. It is intended for external use only, to manage and relieve atopic dermatitis and eczema in adults.
When we were teenagers, my friends and I put Vaseline on our eyelashes at night, thinking it would make them grow longer and thicker. It didn't.