When should the thick layer of moisturizer/ointment be applied?

Shereene IdrissBoard Certified Derm, Founder and Chief Nerd

Slugging #shorts

25 Oct 2023 · 0 min

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This content was created by Shereene Idriss and uploaded as a YouTube short titled "Slugging #shorts". The speaker explains the correct way to "slug"—apply a thick layer of moisturizer/ointment—but advises doing so well before sleep (about two hours prior) to avoid wiping the product off on pillowcases and wasting product.

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About two hours before bedtime.

Looking like someone poured an entire bucket of lube on your face, then you're doing it wrong. So you are right, but you are still wrong on a big level. In order to really get this right and not to be in the wrong, you have to be using a thick layer of moisturizer, cream, ointment, etc. Like probably two hours before you go to bed so that you don't slap on all of this product and then plop on your pillowcase and wipe it off, wasting the product and dirtying your pillowcases in the process.