During a doctor’s visit as a child, my pediatrician noticed my chapped and bleeding skin and recommended Aquaphor Healing Ointment - Advanced Therapy Skin Protectant to help keep my hands hydrated.

This same hydrating quality lends to Aquaphor’s use as a healing ointment. “It's definitely a myth that leaving your skin open to a scab makes it heal faster,” says Dr. Tomassian.

If the patient needs a product to use postoperatively or needs a product to help wound healing that does not contain an antimicrobial agent, he/she can use petroleum jelly, Aquaphor® ointment ...