A soothing cream designed to calm eczema-prone skin, formulated with colloidal oatmeal, thermal spring water, glycerin, shea butter, and niacinamide.
Colloidal Oatmeal (1%), Water, Shea Butter, Glycerin, Dimethicone, Mineral Oil, Niacinamide, Cetearyl Alcohol, Rapeseed Seed Oil, Ammonium Polyacryloyldimethyl Taurate, Peg-100 Stearate, Glyceryl Stearate, Tocopherol, Sodium Benzoate, Peg-20 Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate, Dimethiconol, Mannose, Xanthan Gum, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Capryloyl Glycine, Microcrystalline Wax, Sorbitan Tristearate, Paraffin, Disodium Edta, Vitreoscilla Ferment, Citric Acid
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Early verdict · Few reviews so farWhat the gurus are saying
The 1% colloidal oatmeal is what sets this cream apart for eczema flares, and dermatologists praise it for visibly reducing itching and inflammation. The formula combines La Roche-Posay's thermal spring water with glycerin, shea butter, and niacinamide to soothe and nourish, and clinical evidence backs oatmeal's ability to ease eczema intensity. It's a strong pick if you're in the middle of a flare and need something genuinely calming.
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Nothing. None of the experts who reviewed it raised a problem.
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Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.
Niacinamide has evidence behind it for redness, uneven tone and supporting the skin barrier, and it is usually well tolerated even by skin that reacts to most things.
Source: DermNet
Vitamin E is an antioxidant, and it is often in a formula to keep the other ingredients stable rather than as the active itself. It pairs well with vitamin C, though on its own the evidence for visible change is limited.
A soothing cream designed to calm eczema-prone skin, formulated with colloidal oatmeal, thermal spring water, glycerin, shea butter, and niacinamide.
Yes. All 2 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 84%.
La Roche-Posay Lipikar Eczema Soothing Relief Cream holds a Guru Score of 84%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 2 expert reviewers we have collected.
La Roche-Posay Lipikar Eczema Soothing Relief Cream is generally suited to dry skin, sensitive skin and acne-prone skin.
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