The sounds like a giant hyperbole, I know. But this is really the most accurate way I can describe this product and what it's done for me, so as far as I'm concerned, it's true!
I've had pretty terrible eczema all my life. I've tried all sorts of medicine including herbal remedies to little or no effect. As I grew up I just learned to live with it and accept it as a part of my life. Winters in the northeast were terrible - itching, dry flaky skin, redness, etc. My skin would get so dry and red it would crack and bleed. On any given day in January I would almost always have some sort of open or healing wound on my skin. My face and scalp is constantly flaking and shedding. Not only was this painful, this did a number of my self esteem as people would constantly assume that I didn't shower or I was just gross. I became very ashamed of my skin and simply didn't talk about it even to my regular doctors.
Fast forward to my late twenties when I got a good job and I paid for great health insurance. I took it upon myself to see a dermatologist and among many other creams and topical ointments, she recommended me Amlactin as a daily moisturizer. At first I was extremely skeptical as I have literally tried every lotion and cream worth its salt on the market. I've paid ridiculous amounts of money for tiny jars of expensive exotic creams with promises of eczema and psoriasis relief only to be left with dozens of partially used bottles of useless crap lying around the house. Literally everything felt great being lathered on after a shower but within a few hours even the thickest creams rubbed off or evaporated to the point as if I've put no lotion on at all.
Imagine my surprise when after a long day, I come home and realized my skin was as soft and smooth as the morning when I put this lotion on. This was a real winner. My skin has never been this soft or smooth. I've never had a winter where I wasn't a walking scab! No more blisters or cracked skin! I could actually take off my clothes in a pool or hot tub and not feel the staring eyes of people! This stuff is AMAZING! I literally bought another bottle two weeks into my first bottle for fear of the company discontinuing this stuff! (It did not).
This lotion works by having a small amount of lactic acid. It will dissolve the top layer of dead skin and work its way DEEP INTO your skin, not just cover it up. Once you put it on, it gets in there - really REALLY gets in there and stays there. The acid does burn a little but it's not terrible pain but a slight tingling sensation and wayyyy more tolerable than blisters or bleeding cracks. The result is smoothness - like butter in the hot sun smoothness. I will touch my skin hours after treatment and wonder if it belongs to me because it feels so foreign!
The lotion is fairly pricey, around $22-25 a bottle, but you get a BIG 20z bottle! Not some dinky two squirt bottle. This thing will last me about two months in the winter (I use it about 2x every day for full body coverage) and 3-4 months in other seasons. For around $100 a year, I can deal with the price.
There is some slight burning/tingling sensation when you use it. Some people report burning, I don't find it bothersome or painful. Whatever sensations I get with this usually subsides within a few minutes anyways. If you use this on an open cut though, it will sting.
As mentioned above, AMLACTIN does eat away a a layer of dead skin so it is helpful for keratosis pilaris (KP), which I also have as a result of the eczema. My arm and legs which have the most KP are a lot clearer since I started using Amlactin due to the dead skin cells being dissolved away. I'm still working on the rest of my body but I feel like I have new skins!
While they don't recommend using this, I have when I didn't have my face ointment available and the results are usually better than my RX facial ointment. The tingling/burning sensation is a bit worse on your face than body as your face is more sensitive.
The smell does take some time to get used to. It has an acidic smell to it. It's not terribly strong, but given the alternatives I'll take it. It usually subsides within a few minutes anyways.
In short, BUY THIS LOTION!
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| Price Per Unit | — | $0.95 / Ounce | $1.90 / Fl Oz | $1.21 / Ounce | $4.53 / Ounce | $2.41 / Ounce |
| Delivery | — | Get it as soon as Wednesday, May 15 | Get it as soon as Tuesday, May 14 | Get it as soon as Tuesday, May 14 | Get it as soon as Tuesday, May 14 | Get it as soon as Tuesday, May 14 |
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| Sold By | — | Sunset Health & Beauty | Amazon.com | Hargraves Online Pharmaceuticals | Amazon.com | Amazon.com |
| skin type | Normal, Dry | Dry | Dry | Dry | Dry | Dry |
| form | Lotion | Lotion | Lotion | Lotion | Cream | Cream |
| size | 1.25 Pound (Pack of 1) | 14 Ounce (Pack of 1) | 7.9 Fl Oz (Pack of 1) | 14 Ounce (Pack of 1) | 3 Ounce (Pack of 1) | 4.9 Ounce (Pack of 1) |
| volume | 20 fluid ounces | 14 fluid ounces | 7.9 fluid ounces | 14 fluid ounces | 3 fluid ounces | 4.9 fluid ounces |
| scent | Fragrance Free | Fragrance Free | Fragrance Free | Fragrance Free | Unscented | Fragrance Free |
| product benefit | Hydrating | It helps moisturizes and softens rough, dry skin | Hydrating, Moisturizing, Wrinkle Treatment | Moisturizing; Softening | Hydrating | Hydrating, Moisturizing, Soothing, Exfoliating |
| target gender | unisex | unisex | unisex | unisex | female | unisex |
| recommended uses | Moisturizing | Moisturizing | Dryness | Softening | — | Hydrating,Moisturizing |
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Amlactin Green Works Wonders for Mild Ichthiosis Vulgaris
This product changed my life by softening my skin and making it tolerable for others to look at. It seemed like I had tried everything under the sun to no avail and I had given up hope of ever finding something to help alleviate my skin condition until a friend gave me a bottle of Amlactin to try. Thanks to Amlactin I can wear shorts in the middle of the summer without worry of offending anyone.I've been using it since 2015 and it has worked wonders. A little goes a long way and the relief is instant if I've gone a few days without using it and the skin has gone bad. It soothes the open sores and sheds the dead skin.I wish it had been around my whole life, but I'm glad it is available now. I highly recommend trying it if you've got ichthiosis.
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works great on extremely dry skin
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One of my favourite KP products
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my favorite moisturizer
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