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skincare's word for 'nothing gets in or out,' worn as a badge of honor.
means a substance or dressing that forms a physical barrier sealing moisture in and air or contaminants out.
from from latin occludere, 'to shut up' or 'close against' — the same root that gives us occlude, used in medicine long before petroleum jelly claimed it for skincare.
petrolatum kingvaseline blocks over 98 percent of water loss.
linguistics tooa stop consonant like p or b is occlusive.
cardiology overlapan occlusive clot fully blocks a blood vessel.
skincare orderalways applied last, sealing everything underneath.