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In this month’s Q&A, Ann asked, Hi Susan, I have a question about using allantoin in a balm. I found a formula (I dont want to link again if it’s going to be marked as spam but the title is ‘using allantoin in balm’) that used 5% (five whole percents not 0.5!) allantoin mixed into the…