- Avoid rough or tight clothing, such as woolens, next to the
skin.
- Avoid frequent hot baths or showers. They will remove excessive
amounts of the natural protective oils from the skin.
- Limit baths or showers to a maximum time of 5 minutes per day;
warm not hot.
- Lubricate with moisturizer creams or lotions immediately after
cleansing and frequently. Use 2 to 4 times daily, more if necessary
(for hand eczema we often recommend application of emollients
10 to 15 times daily).
A partial list of these follows:
Products marked with a star* are said to be safe on the acne-prone
areas*
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Regular or lighter products:
Complex 15 cream
Carmol, Carmol 10, 20, 40 cream
Cetaphil cream or lotion*
Curel Lotion
DML lotion
EltaLite
Intensive Hand Cream
Moisturel lotion* or cream
Neutrogena Moisture (for face)*
Pen-Kera
SBR-Lipocream
Theraseal Hand Protector
Vanicream*
Vaseline Dermatology Formula
Ultramide 25
Special Moisturizers:
Amlactin 12 cream or lotion
Epilyt lotion
Lac-Hydrin Five or 12 (12 is by prescription)
Lacticare (plain or with HCT 1% or 2-1/2%, which is by
Rx.)
U-Lactin
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Heavier ointments:
Aquaphor Ointment
Crisco
Theraplex Emollient
Vaseline, plain (not on acne-prone faces)
Neutrogena Moisture (for face)*
Hydrolatum
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- Use minimal or mild soaps or cleansers. Recommended soaps include:
Dove (“Unscented” or “Sensitive Skin” bar),
Aveenobar, Basis, Cetaphil bar, Lowila, Oilatum, Purpose, Eucerin
bar, Neutrogena bar (for dry skin), Vanicream bar.
DO NOT USE medicated, deodorant or perfumed soaps. These include
Coast,
Dial, Irish Spring, Lever 2000, Palmolive, Safeguard, Zest, Caress
and Camay. "Organic" and liquid soaps are also not generally
recommended.
- You may have been prescribed a medicated cream. This should
be applied by itself, not at the same time as the moisturizer
cream, which should be applied 30 to 60 minutes earlier or later.
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