Helps chapped lips, but not worth the hype

I ordered a tube of Lucas' Papaw after hearing much fanfare about it. So far I have only used it on my lips overnight as a mask. I found that it worked very well - my lips were soft and moisturized with no flaky spots. However, I only gave an average rating for quality and value beacuse I have since read that this ointment is primarily petroleum (96%!!!) with barely any carica papaya in it (4%!!). I'm disappointed to hear this news, because it turns out this tube is basically overpriced Vaseline. I wouldn't buy it again, but I will continue to use it because it does work.

I've Had Better

I've heard such amazing things about this product, but for the price and amount you get (and considering that this is actually mostly petrolatum, so it's just glorified Vaseline) you're better off getting Aquaphor. It smells and tastes veeeeeeery faintly of papaya, but is mostly petrolatum. It is fairly effective on dry patches of skin, but no more than any other occlusive ointment product. In fact, sometimes I get a bit of a red/itchy patch reaction from it, not sure if it's the papaya.