Dr Sam Bunting.

"An interesting lineup of ingredients, a nice texture if you like something to layer, but I don't think it's going to meet the needs of anybody with a skin type that isn't oily, if you're combination or dry you're probably going to want something with a little bit more. Compared to the other two, this is probably not a full service barrier treatment, you definitely need some kind of occlusive in there, but it's more suitable for daytime than the Cicaplast and the Cicalfate."

"Next I'm going in with Nightly Pro. I alternate between that and tretinoin. My skin is just a little dry from travel recently, so I'm just having a Nightly Pro night, but that's just my personal choice to lower the intensity, so I'm not doing tret every single night. You really don't need more than a pea sized amount, if you're using a cream with Nightly Pro that's one pump, a little goes a long way."

"They're great to have in the bathroom cabinet for sore chapped skin, suitable for use on just about any part of the body. The drawbacks are that if you want to use this during the day to tackle an upset barrier you're going to struggle, it doesn't sit well under sunscreen and makeup, it's very much the kind of thing you'd put on to soothe the skin at nighttime, and I've definitely had a few patients who've reported acne breaking out with using Cicaplast for a prolonged period of time."

"This is the large size of Cicalfate, it does come in a 40 ml size just like the La Roche-Posay product, they're around the same price, [...] around the 10 pound mark. I think of them as being the kind of thing that's great to have in the bathroom cabinet for sore chapped skin, and they're suitable for use on just about any part of the body, [...] on the face, [...] in the private areas, [...] on your baby's bottom if they've got nappy rash."

"The final one is a little more spendy, this is Dermalogica Stabilizing Repair Cream and it comes in at £65 for 50 mls. I think this is good for those of us with dry skin, perhaps more mature skin, a formula that's really well considered for probably a postmenopausal complexion where the need for replenishing essential lipids and ceramides is high, and it has a really lovely reassuring and nourishing texture, very comforting on the skin."

"The reason why I like Moisturiser Intense in particular with retinoids, and I formulated it this way, is because [...] our cells need lots and lots of energy at night because of all that repair work to do, and every single action the cell takes requires energy. And to use energy correctly, you need something called NAD+, [...] so it makes sense to boost NAD+ whenever your cell is extremely active on the repair front, in terms of both the DNA and your skin barrier repairing too."

"One of the best ways to reapply tinted sunscreen over makeup is to use a non-absorbent beauty blender to [...] blend at the edges so you're not just moving product around. [...] I find the Real Techniques Beauty blender is really good for this, so not using a wet blender, using a dry blender that doesn't absorb much sunscreen. Be generous, I think it's one of the easiest ways to feel secure that you've put enough SPF on for a second application."