Cold air, indoor heating and hot showers strip skin faster than anything in summer. This is sorted by what has actually gone wrong — flaking, cracking, redness or an eczema flare — so you can skip to your problem. (Note: This list contains affiliate ...
Seven moisturisers plus aloe. The drugstore tub that fixes shins and forearms in about a week.
Gold Bond Healing Hydrating Body Lotion Aloe
For skin you have wrecked with wind or over-exfoliating. Repairs a barrier in a few nights.
La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Balm B5 Repair
Urea-based, so it breaks down the dead skin rather than just sitting on it. For heels and elbows.
Eucerin Advanced Repair Body Cream 16 OZ
Colloidal oatmeal for itch. The one that calms an eczema flare fastest.
Ultra Repair Cream Intense Hydration
Thick, herbal and slightly greasy. Warm it between your palms before applying.
Skin Food Original Ultra-Rich Cream
The heavier winter version of their classic. Squalane plus glycerin.
Ultra Facial Advanced Repair Barrier Cream
Zinc and copper for cracked, weeping patches. A pharmacy staple across Europe.
Cicalfate+ Restorative Protective Cream
For genuine atopic skin rather than just dryness. Fragrance-free and thick.
Atoderm Intensive Balm | cream for very dry skin prone to discomfort
Nothing in it to react to. What dermatologists give patients who fail everything else.
Vanicream™ Moisturizing Lotion for Dry, Sensitive Skin & Face
The big cheap tub. Keep one by every sink and use it every single time.
Intensive Moisturizing Cream for Dry Skin | Cetaphil US
Almost no water in it, so a fingertip does both hands. Fixes cracked knuckles in days.
Norwegian Formula® Fragrance-Free Hand Cream For Rough Hands
Bonds to the outer skin layer and stays through several hand washes. Built for people at sinks all day.
Gloves In A Bottle Shielding Lotion
Most winter dryness starts in the shower. Swapping your wash matters more than your cream.
Skin Relief Fragrance-Free Body Wash for Sensitive, Itchy, ...
For a scalp that flakes in winter. No sulphates, no fragrance, no botanicals.
Vanicream™ Shampoo - No Fragrance, Parabens or Sulfates
Higher-strength pyrithione zinc. For a scalp that flakes despite normal anti-dandruff shampoo.
Head & Shoulders: Clinical Strength Hair Care
Pure occlusive in a twist-up stick, so it stays put overnight. The cheapest thing that actually works.
