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Yes and no-but probably not for the reasons you think. “It locks in hydration and really forces the moisture back into the cells.” Is slugging bad for acne? “For really dry skin, or eczema, I think slugging works very well,” says Dr. Slugging, however, can help repair the damage by creating a moist environment that allows your barrier to slowly heal and rebuild itself.

#LAYERS OF FEAR REDDIT SKIN#

And that’s what can happen when you go overboard on the peels, scrubs, and acids-you can break down your skin barrier, leaving it wounded and vulnerable to outside chaos. “When your skin barrier doesn’t have an effective balance of fats, the moisture and hydration that make your skin look supple, full, and plump can’t be maintained,” Dana Stern, MD, dermatologist and assistant clinical professor at Mount Sinai in NYC, has told Cosmo. Take me, crying in the bathroom mirror a few years ago: I had, in an effort to fix my facial keratosis pilaris, doused my face with salicylic acid every single night for months, ignoring the tingles and itches, until I had very slowly and unknowingly destroyed my skin barrier. So how does that apply to your face? Welp, your skin barrier-i.e., the top layer of your skin that’s largely responsible for how your face looks and feels- can get damaged (or wounded) pretty easily by anything from sun exposure to pollution to using overly harsh skincare products. “I’ll put it over stitches because it keeps the wound moist and helps it heal faster.” “We use occlusives, or Vaseline, for wound healing after surgeries,” says Dr.

An occlusive, FYI (because you’ll see this term used a lot), is a moisturizing agent that creates a physical barrier on your skin to lock in hydration and prevent water loss. How does slugging work for skin?Īt its core, slugging is simply coating your face in an occlusive moisturizer, like Vaseline or any petrolatum-based formula, in order to help it heal. Mudgil mentions, slugging comes from the world of K-beauty, where moisture reigns as the most important aspect of skincare, and slugging is the ultimate way to max out your moisture. The term “slugging” comes from the idea that after you coat your skin in Vaseline, your face ends up looking shiny and ~slimy~, kinda like a slug. And if that little explanation just opened up more questions than it answered-especially like how TF does Vaseline fix your face?!-then I get it, and I’ve got you with everything you need to know about slugging, below.

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