{"id":31451,"date":"2025-07-08T13:38:36","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T13:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=31451"},"modified":"2025-07-10T11:28:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T11:28:26","slug":"is-the-most-expensive-lip-balm-always-the-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=31451","title":{"rendered":"Is the most expensive lip balm always the best?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<h2>What are the ingredients in lip balm?<\/h2>\n<p>Some lip balm ingredients are manufactured, such as petroleum jelly. Others are natural, such as beeswax. There has been some debate over which is better for you.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Emma Craythorne, a consultant <span data-testid=\"inline-glossary-term-wrapper\" class=\"ssrcss-1otbeo0-StyledGlossaryTerm e1k79ohp2\"><button aria-label=\"dermatologist glossary\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"ssrcss-1y9w8i6-StyledGlossaryTermButton e1k79ohp0\"><dfn>dermatologist<\/dfn><span class=\"ssrcss-4l8rpx-IconWrapper e1k79ohp1\"><\/span><\/button><span hidden role=\"definition\" data-right-aligned=\"false\" class=\"ssrcss-1tskfu2-PanelComponentWrapper e10dlypf0\"><span class=\"ssrcss-jb6c73-PanelContainer e10dlypf5\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1xwy5rn-CloseButtonWrapper e10dlypf2\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"ssrcss-1mmmhqq-Button eoocusk1\"><span data-testid=\"actions:close\" class=\"ssrcss-1a1fy59-IconWrapper eoocusk0\"><span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">close<\/span><\/span><\/button><\/span><span class=\"ssrcss-hp2npr-PanelContentWrapper e10dlypf3\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ssrcss-1ef292g-TitleWrapper e10dlypf1\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1rofw2e-TitleText e10dlypf4\">Dermatologist<\/span><\/span><span>A doctor who specialises in diseases and conditions of the skin.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> and surgeon, who uses petroleum jelly as a lip balm, told the Sliced Bread podcast: \u201cSometimes if you\u2019re creating something <span data-testid=\"inline-glossary-term-wrapper\" class=\"ssrcss-1otbeo0-StyledGlossaryTerm e1k79ohp2\"><button aria-label=\"synthetically glossary\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"ssrcss-1y9w8i6-StyledGlossaryTermButton e1k79ohp0\"><dfn>synthetically<\/dfn><span class=\"ssrcss-4l8rpx-IconWrapper e1k79ohp1\"><\/span><\/button><span hidden role=\"definition\" data-right-aligned=\"false\" class=\"ssrcss-1tskfu2-PanelComponentWrapper e10dlypf0\"><span class=\"ssrcss-jb6c73-PanelContainer e10dlypf5\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1xwy5rn-CloseButtonWrapper e10dlypf2\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"ssrcss-1mmmhqq-Button eoocusk1\"><span data-testid=\"actions:close\" class=\"ssrcss-1a1fy59-IconWrapper eoocusk0\"><span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">close<\/span><\/span><\/button><\/span><span class=\"ssrcss-hp2npr-PanelContentWrapper e10dlypf3\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ssrcss-1ef292g-TitleWrapper e10dlypf1\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1rofw2e-TitleText e10dlypf4\">Synthetic<\/span><\/span><span>A substance manufactured by humans rather than one which is made naturally. A synthetic substance can also mimic a natural substance.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, you\u2019re making it in a more pure form, whereas if you have it from a natural source, it may be contaminated with other things. Natural ingredients are wonderful, but some natural ingredients are really, really harmful, so I wouldn\u2019t say natural was better.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are the ingredients in lip balm?Some lip balm ingredients are manufactured, such as petroleum jelly. Others are natural, such as beeswax. There has been some debate over which is better for you.Dr Emma Craythorne, a consultant dermatologistcloseDermatologistA doctor who specialises in diseases and conditions of the skin. and surgeon, who uses petroleum jelly as a lip balm, told the Sliced Bread podcast: \u201cSometimes if you\u2019re creating something syntheticallycloseSyntheticA substance manufactured by humans rather than one which is made naturally. A synthetic substance can also mimic a natural substance., you\u2019re making it in a more pure form, whereas if you have it from a natural source, it may be contaminated with other things. Natural ingredients are wonderful, but some natural ingredients are really, really harmful, so I wouldn\u2019t say natural was better.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31453,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31451"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31454,"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31451\/revisions\/31454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}