Quote Originally Posted by mythicat
2.) I recently read that Vaseline could have the potential to hang around inside the colon for awhile encouraging bacterial growth. I haven't tried to substantiate this claim yet, so I don't know if it's true. But I figured I should mention it anyway as a possible risk. If you don't use it often, and get some yogurt and enough insoluble fiber in your diet, I wouldn't worry about it. I personally fall into that category and have never had any problems with Vaseline at all over many years.
I thought Vaseline was a petroleum-based product, actually. In my totally non-medical opinion, wouldn't bacteria hate anything based upon petroleum?
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