A black friend of mine uses it for dry skin. She calls it “ash”, funny gray looking areas on her skin where dry skin builds up. It does look flaky and gray like ashes.
As a white person that grew up amongst black people, I can attest to "ash".
White folks get it, too, but it isn't as apparent on us.
It's just dry skin.
I hate to sound like a Queer Eye sorta guy, but... uh... Moisturizer!
Ash is an issue for African Americans with overly dry skin. But in prison, you’d think he’d get a topical for it from the infirmary. Vaseline...is just too ghetto. LOL
Vaseline just makes the residue stick to the skin and doesn’t offer any medical relief, a medicinal topical does.