Cotton Tree Petroleum Jelly Cocoa Butter A petroleum ointment that heals dry skin, diaper rash, frostbite 226 g

Vaseline follows the legendary discovery of Robert Chesebrough, who invented Vaseline in 1859. Due to its extremely positive effects on human skin, Vaseline was immediately in great demand and is still recommended by leading skin experts today. Vaseline is unique in its ability to lock moisture in the skin and thus accelerate its natural renewal process. It is thus suitable for the regeneration of minor wounds, scars, burns and also helps to reduce the appearance of fine, dry lines. The unique Vaseline cosmetics will thus provide your skin with truly first-class care and contribute to your beauty.

Vaseline (also petroleum jelly or petrolatum) is a semi-solid mixture of hydrocarbons (with a number of carbon atoms in the molecule predominantly greater than 25), originally promoted as an ointment due to its medicinal benefits. However, its folkloric medical value as a "panacea" has been diminished by better scientific recognition of appropriate and inappropriate uses. However, some types are FDA approved for sale in the U.S. without a prescription as a skin protectant and are still widely used in cosmetic care.

The raw material for petroleum jelly was discovered in 1859 in Titusville, Pennsylvania, at one of the country's first oil wells. Workers disliked the paraffin-like material that formed in the wells because it caused disturbances. However, they used it on wounds and burns because it accelerated healing.

A young chemist named Robert Chesebrough, whose earlier work on distilling fuels from sperm whale blubber had been surpassed by the use of petroleum, came to Titusville to see what new materials had commercial potential. He took unrefined black "stick wax," as oilmen called it, to his laboratory for refining and to investigate potential uses. Chesebrough discovered that by distilling the lighter, thinner oil products from this wax, he could create a light-colored gel. He patented this process for making petroleum jelly in 1872 (U.S. Patent No. 127,568). The process involves vacuum distillation of the raw material followed by filtration of the distillation residue through charcoal.

Chesebrough traveled around New York City demonstrating the product and recommending it for purchase. He etched his skin with acid and burned it with an open flame for this purpose, then covered these areas with a new ointment, finally showing them cured, as he proclaimed, by his miracle product.

He opened his first factory in Brooklyn in 1870. The trademark Vaseline is thought to be derived from the German word for water, wasser, and the Greek for oil, elaion, but this is not confirmed.

Physical properties
Vaseline is a flammable, semi-solid mixture of hydrocarbons with a melting point usually around 75 °C or a little lower. It is colourless or pale yellow (unless highly distilled), translucent, tasteless and odourless in its pure form. It does not oxidize in air and does not react readily with chemical reagents. It is insoluble in water. It dissolves in chloroform, benzene, sulphur carbon and turpentine.

It is a common misconception (based on the similar sensation on human skin) that petroleum jelly and glycerin are physically similar. White petroleum jelly is non-polar, hydrocarbon, hydrophobic (water repellent) and insoluble in water, whereas glycerol (which is not a hydrocarbon but an alcohol) has the opposite properties: it is strongly hydrophilic (water attracting), so it still absorbs moisture from the air, therefore creating a moist sensation on the skin, similar to the oily sensation created by petroleum jelly. The sensation is similar, but petroleum jelly repels water whereas glycerin attracts it.

Vaseline is often produced by manufacturers of microcrystalline waxes and similar materials.

Chesebrough originally recommended petroleum jelly primarily as an ointment for wounds and burns, but doctors have shown that petroleum jelly has no medical effect (even against blisters), nor is it absorbed by the skin. Its effectiveness in accelerating the healing of wounds and burns lies in sealing against the penetration of microbes into the wound and against drying out the wound.

The First Aid Petroleum Jelly product, which was a petroleum jelly containing phenol for a stronger antibacterial effect, is no longer manufactured.

Later, however, consumers began to use petroleum jelly to treat a variety of minor ailments and for cosmetic purposes, such as cracked hands and lips, nail fungus, rashes on the male genitalia, nosebleeds, colds, and to remove makeup and paint from furniture. In pets, it was used against fungus on the shells of water turtles and in cats against trichobezoars. In the early 20th century, petroleum jelly, either pure or as an ingredient, was also popular as a hair pomade. When mixed with equal parts of pure beeswax, it was used to wax moustaches .

Even Robert Chesebrough ate a teaspoon of this Vaseline every day and lived to be 96 years old.

For external use only. Avoid contact with eyes. Keep away from children. If swallowed, seek medical attention. Do not use on deep wounds, animal bites, serious burns.