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CeraVe · Body · Hands and feet

CeraVe Therapeutic Hand Cream

Dimethicone 1% with ceramides and niacinamide in a thin cream that sinks in fast. Labeled by the maker to help prevent and temporarily protect chafed, chapped or cracked skin.

3 ozCreamDimethiconeCeramidesNiacinamideFragrance-free
$11.99 MSRPAmazon price not shown
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Buy it if

  • You want a hand cream that goes on fast at your desk
  • You wash your hands often and do not mind reapplying
  • You want no scent

Walk past if

  • You want a thick cream; owners call this one watery
  • Your hands are very dry; owners say they reapply constantly
  • You want more than a mostly silicone base

What's in it

The ingredients that do the work, from the maker’s label.

DimethiconeCeramidesNiacinamideHydrolyzed hyaluronic acid

Niacinamide guide →Ceramides guide →Sulfate-free →Fragrance-free →

Not in it: fragrance, essential oils, drying alcohol, sulfates. Nothing on our flag list.

Full ingredient list, from the maker

Active ingredient: DIMETHICONE 1%. Inactive ingredients: WATER, CYCLOPENTASILOXANE, ALUMINUM/MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE STEARATE, CYCLOHEXASILOXANE, NIACINAMIDE, SODIUM CHLORIDE, POLYGLYCERYL-4 ISOSTEARATE, CETYL PEG/PPG-10/1 DIMETHICONE, HEXYL LAURATE, PHENOXYETHANOL, CERAMIDE NP, CERAMIDE AP, CERAMIDE EOP, CARBOMER, METHYLPARABEN, SODIUM LAUROYL LACTYLATE, CHOLESTEROL, PROPYLPARABEN, HYDROLYZED HYALURONIC ACID, PHYTOSPHINGOSINE, XANTHAN GUM, PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRA-DI-T-BUTYL HYDROXYHYDROCINNAMATE

Known issue

Owners call it thin and watery, needing reapplication after every wash, and say it is not enough for very dry hands.Walmart and MakeupAlley reviews

What owners say

Filled by the research pass: two or three owner reports from named venues, each linked, each with the date it was read.

If it's not right

O'Keeffe's Working Hands Hand CreamNo maker list price for this sizeA dense glycerin cream the maker sells for extremely dry, cracked hands, with a money-back promise. It works by sitting on the skin, which some owners call greasy.Vanicream Gentle Body WashNo maker list price for this sizeA short-list wash with no fragrance, soap or sulfates, dermatologist tested according to the maker. Owners mostly like it, a few find it drying, and the list has acrylates copolymer.

Sources

  1. Maker page: active and inactive ingredients, 3 oz list price, label wording on chafed, chapped or cracked skin.
  2. Walmart reviews, 3 oz: thin or watery, constant reapplying and not enough for very dry hands, with a few who find it greasy.
  3. MakeupAlley reviews, about 3.9 of 5 from 16: reviewers note the heavy silicone content, while others like how fast it sinks in.

Ingredient lists from the maker's label, not our measurements.