Thread: What Is Petroleum

The lips are most affected as unlike the other parts of the body the skin that covers the lips is not very strong or hardy and does not function much as a protective sheath during the dry winter months. Under such circumstances, the lips crack due to dryness and the problem of chapped lips is very common among different individuals. The only way to get rid of this problem of dried or cracked lips is by applying lip balms.

Lip balms contain several ingredients of which the most prevalent is petroleum jelly. Petroleum jelly is also known by various other names such as petrolatum, Vaseline or soft paraffin and is vital to the composition of lip balms.