Eucerin Repair Hand Creme 5% Urea

Name: Eucerin Repair Hand Creme 5% Urea
Brand: Eucerin

Repairing and replenishing cream for dry to extremely dry hands

Intensively moisturises and soothes dry hands to noticeably smoothes and softens the skin.

Product info

Hands are exposed to cold weather, water, soaps and other chemicals much more frequently than the rest of the body. This makes their skin more vulnerable to a breakdown in barrier function, resulting in moisture loss and dryness, redness due to dryness, scaling, and itching. Eucerin Repair Hand Creme 5% Urea is enriched with Urea and Lactate to soothe dry hand skin by providing the effective moisture it requires.

Clinical studies

Eucerin Repair Hand Creme 5% Urea was tested in several studies focusing on moisturisation efficacy and on patients with dry hands.

Before

After 4 weeks

Main Findings

Compared to untreated skin, treated skin benefited from:

Over 150% improvement in skin moisturisation after 1 week
Over 1200% improvement in skin Urea content after 2 weeks
Substantially reduced skin roughness after 1 week
Significant improvements as soon as week 2 in dryness/scaling and cracking/fissuring.
These improvements were maintained until the end of the study (week 4)

Properties

fragrance-free
colourants-free

How To Use

Instructions

Squeeze a small amount of cream into your hand.
Massage the cream into your hands until it is completely absorbed.
Apply as often as necessary.

Do's and Dont's

Use Eucerin Repair Hand Creme 5% Urea if...

You have dry to severely dry hands:

Eucerin Repair Hand Creme 5% Urea is designed specifically to moisturise your hands.

You experience frequent dryness, itching, redness due to dryness on your hands:

These symptoms suggest you have dry to extremely dry hands.

Try a different product if …

You are looking for an all-over body moisturiser for dry to very dry skin:

Try one of our dry skin body care products instead.

You need a product you can use on your feet:

Try Eucerin Repair Foot Creme 10% Urea.

Ingredients

Urea

Urea is one of the substances produced naturally by the skin called “natural moisturizing factors” (NMFs). Urea is hygroscopic, binding water in the uppermost layer of the skin, the stratum corneum. Urea is also keratolytic, meaning it breaks down the connections between dead skin cells, improving cell shedding and, thus, smoothing the skin’s surface.

Lactate

Like Urea, Lactate (the salt of Lactic Acid) is also a “natural moisturising factor” (NMF), and is produced naturally by the skin. Lactate absorbs and retains moisture within the stratum corneum, or upper layer of the skin, and therefore plays a vital role in maintaining the skin’s physical properties. Low levels of Lactate within the stratum corneum are known to be associated with dry skin.

How it works

Dry skin is not only lacking in moisture, but also deficient in moisture binding substances, such as Urea and Lactate. Replenishing dry skin with these natural moisturising factors replenishes the skin's moisture barrier, reducing dryness and promoting skin elasticity to keep it feeling soft, smooth and healthy.

All Ingredients

Aqua/Water/Eau, Glycerin, Urea-Uree, Glyceryl Stearate, Stearyl Alcohol, Cyclomethicone, Dicaprylyl Ether, Sodium Lactate, Dimethicone, PEG-40 Stearate, Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate, Lactic Acid, Phenoxyethanol, Methylparaben, Xanthan Gum, Propylparaben

FAQ (2)

Why do I need a special moisturiser for my hands?

I am not sure if I have dry skin, extremely dry skin, or a skin condition. How can I tell the difference?

You can find information about dry skin, as well as skin conditions such as atopic dermatitis (face/body) and psoriasis, throughout our website. However, if you are worried or unsure about your symptoms, or if they are becoming worse, we recommend that you visit your doctor, dermatologist or pharmacist.

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