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Nope, not at all.

The reason it is used in things such as boxing is because it seals the wound for a time if you put big gunky chunks of it on.

Edit: With that in mind it is useful for that purpose. If you cannot get it sealed any other way and it looks like it needs serious attention that is not available then I guess it is useful.

More Editing: With that in mind it is useful for things larger than a cut, such as a chunk of flesh missing. A cut (being an incision) is far better left to bleed, the blood clotting and then covering.
Reply 2
So it'll seal the wound for a bit??

Will the wound heal underneat it at all, like a plaster, or will it remain in the same state until the vaseline is removed??

It won't harm the skin, will it, if I put it on a cut??
It won't harm the skin at all, though I believe it shouldn't be used on burns, I think it says that on the pot.

The skin will heal well underneath it in the same way as a plaster helps. It stops anything getting to the wound.
Reply 4
Reply 5
cool thanks a lot for your help!! :biggrin: :biggrin:
Reply 6
yeah because when your leg is stinging like mad you wanna read all that crap...

Pffft.

Try giving advice
Reply 7
You can get aloe vera vaseline too. Aloe vera speeds up healing I've heard.
Sopheh
Aloe vera speeds up healing I've heard.


Simply a wives tale and propagated by cosmetic companies.

It does nothing.
Reply 9
If your leg is stinging like mad then it would be quicker and more reliable to Google for a medical answer, rather than ask a question which is going to be answered by unqualified people from a forum :rolleyes:
Reply 10
Thanks peeps, it's still stinging like a motherbitch but at least it's not bleeding now :smile:
Reply 11
I trust TSR more than google ;yes;
SilverWings
I trust TSR more than google ;yes;


Aye, so would I. Google is full of dodgy american 'online' doctors trying to flog silly things. TSR is good sense... most of the time.
Reply 13
Yeah this damn cut better not turn rancid or I'll 'av yer.

Infact I was gunna rep you but, I'll rep you when it's healed. Therfore the rep is given when I know the advice was sound :biggrin:
SilverWings
Yeah this damn cut better not turn rancid or I'll 'av yer.

Infact I was gunna rep you but, I'll rep you when it's healed. Therfore the rep is given when I know the advice was sound :biggrin:


Haha! Awesome. Don't thank the vaseline, thank me instead! yey!