The Best Pharmacy Products For Eczema And Dry Skin

Dermal Emollients - Barrier Restorers

Dermal emollients, also known as barrier restorers, are moisturising treatments designed to repair and strengthen the skin's natural protective layer, often referred to as the skin barrier. By doing so, these treatments help lock in moisture and keep irritants at bay.

How Dermal Emollients Work:

The skin barrier is like a wall made of bricks.
The bricks are the skin cells.
The mortar is oils and waxes that hold the skin cells together.
When the mortar becomes damaged, moisture can escape, and dirt can enter. Creams called dermal emollients help in three ways:
They replenish lost oils. They retain moisture in the skin. They transform rough skin into soft and smooth skin.

Main Types Of Dermal Emollient

• Diprobase Cream:an emollient, moisturiser and protectant. It helps soothe, smooth, and hydrate the skin, preventing moisture loss, and is used to treat red, inflamed, damaged, dry, or chapped skin, as well as to protect raw skin areas.
• Epaderm Cream: Epaderm is a rich cream that offers deep moisturisation. Use Epaderm on the skin as an alternative to soap. Epaderm is free from colourings, fragrances, additives or preservatives.
• E45: An intensive cream that hydrates your skin and creates a protective barrier, similar to natural oils, to prevent further moisture loss.
• Doublebase: Creates a protective barrier on the skin, particularly good for eczema, dermatitis and skin prone to psoriasis.
• Adex: A steroid-free gel emollient is used for the treatment and management of mild to moderate eczema, psoriasis, contact and atopic dermatitis.

Colloidal & Ceramide Formulas

• Aveeno Dermexa: Colloidal Oatmeal, Avenanthramides and Ceramides. Its unique Aveeno Dermexa formula intensely moisturises extra-dry and irritated skin to help strengthen the skin's natural barrier.
• Cerave Healing Ointment: Advanced Repair Ointment deeply hydrates and repairs dry, cracked skin. Infused with ceramides and hyaluronic acid, it restores the skin's protective barrier, locking in moisture for lasting hydration.
• Aproderm: Protects the skin against damage by fluids due to incontinence by providing a long-lasting barrier. Aproderm Barrier Cream can also be used to moisturise skin affected by eczema, dermatitis, and other related skin conditions.

Ideal emollients for babies and children:
• Epaderm • Aveeno Baby Dermexa • Doublebase Gel • Cetraben • Oilatum • Aveeno Baby Care • La Roche-Posay Lipikar Balm •

Common Emollients For Adults:
• CeraVe Moisturising Cream / Lotion • Eucerin UreaRepair • E45 Cream / Itch Relief Cream • Doublebase Gel • Epaderm Cream • Cetraben Cream •