Vanicream Moisturizing Ointment - 13 oz - Unscented Ointment Formulated for Sensitive Skin

I work with a lot of solvents. I also now wash my hands and use hand sanitizers in quantities here-to-for unimaginable. I begin waking up with skin so dry it was actually painful. So I did what I usually do in such circumstances which rather than look up dodgy information on the Internet, I asked the experts. I asked every person I knew who had great skin what their secret was. I have an acquaintances who’s skin is so buttery soft. I also have a friend who is a dermatologist. She works at a world-class hospital. I specifically asked for non-prescription stuff. And while she deals with more serious problems in her work, she actually uses this for herself at home. Doctors have to wash their hands even more frequently and with stronger soap. She informed me that most doctors she knows just use nothing and end up with horribly dry skin. Go figure. But the ones that use something typically will use Vanicream. And I pretty much got the same answer from every woman that I asked, and the dermatologist. And that’s vanicream. They told me to put it on my hands before I go to bed and wear gloves to bed. This is the cream and it’s a lot thicker and stickier than the lotion which I think is more for every day use. This is more intense and I think it’s meant to go on and sit on your skin overnight. I also bought the lotion which I use several times throughout the day. That leaves a lot less resident. It’s all part of a comprehensive treatment system here. Within three days my hand started feeling not only back to normal but better than they have been since I was in my youth.They told me to put it on my hands before I go to bed and wear gloves to bed. This is the cream and it’s a lot thicker and stickier than the lotion which I think is more for every day use. This is more intense and I think it’s meant to go on and sit on your skin overnight. I also bought the lotion which I use several times throughout the day. That leaves a lot less residue. It’s all part of a comprehensive treatment system here. Within three days my hand started feeling not only back to normal but better than they have been since I was in my youth. I’ve started to use it on other parts where I get really dry skin like on the elbow and knee joints and it’s been quite effective. It’s reasonably priced and it works well. I appreciate the fact that it doesn’t really have a scent and it really contains no controversial ingredients. There is another brand of a similar type that I don’t want to put the name in here because that’s usually what seems to get my reviews rejected. It was also the go to brand for many many years but they recently change the recipe and if you look up this other product, you will see that the more recent reviews have been very negative. If you’re familiar with the singer Bobby McFerrin, and go “who Ferrin”, this other product will rhyme with that. I have since passed this recommendation on the several other friends and everybody has been quite happy with the results. No more of the mineral oil chemical garbage that I used to just grab from the drugstore aisle. This is the stuff. I know it’s a little hard to demonstrate but I tried to take some close-up of my hands. The first pic I’ve been using the cream and lotion regularly, and on the second picture the other hand I stopped using it for about a day and a half to see if I can tell any difference. I certainly can but I don’t know if it’s demonstrable through photographs. But yes my hand that I stopped using the lotion on and actually got a little more red. I guess the dryness can cause subdermal inflammation. You can clearly see the difference in texture though between the cream and the lotion. I don’t know if that will be helpful to anyone but I think if you’re going to try the stuff you should get both.

I have very dry and sensitive skin. I have been using this product at night as my last skincare routine step, story to seal in the hydration from other products and moisturize the skin, and it has been amazing. It is fragrance free, thick but goes and spreads on so very smoothly, and leaves the skin feeling not greasy, but soft and velvety. This is mainly a moisturizer, not really a hydrator, so I do use something to hydrate the skin first, then I lock everything in with this. It does not irritate my skin, nor does it cause me to have break outs. The ingredients are simple, nothing fancy, but it does what it needs to. I have nothing bad to say about this product. Which is surprising. If you’re looking for something simple that doesn’t have any active ingredients that might interfere with your current skincare, something to really just moisturize the skin, you should give this a try.

Ask your own dermatologist: for dry sensitive skin, an ointment is more effective than a cream, and cream is better than lotion. However, many/most ointments aren't a great feel for hands or large body areas--think Vaselinein large quantities. Vanicream is an ointment that spreads and sinks in much more like a cream but works like ointment. For active eczema, highly sensitive skin, or young children, fragrance free is best, so it's unscented. Has a faint neutral smell of it's own. However, I find that I use product much more if it's fun, and dry skin needs frequent replenishing, so I repot Vanicream into lots of small containers ( easy to find now that airplanes limit the size of toiletries). Then I gussy them up with a squirt of Crabtree and Evelyn Rose lotion and stir. I've distributed them into every bathroom, work desk, handbag , and endtable I the house. ( For the end tables, I use small decorative boxes, for the rest, plain plastic travel containers.) Fun to use, smells divine, and works better than any luxurious scented cream I've ever used at a fraction of the price.

I have SUPER dry skin. This product works great for me. It might be too greasy for normal skin, but soaks into my cowhide fairly quickly, leaving my face feeling soft, smooth and hydrated. I also use it on my elbows & knees. It is a good size tub that lasts a long time. Good value for the money.

This product works OK on my skin, but is extremely greasy, so stains clothing. I cannot have that. I decided to try using it on my hair: after I use the same brand hair gel and dry my hair (which is extremely dry to begin with), and before applying my hairspray. This product contains no salicylates, which is a need for me, so I tried it in place of coconut-oil-type products, and discovered it works great to moisturize my hair and give it lift even though the hair is very fine and I don’t have much of it. So in the end, I use it as a hair product, and love it!

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