Oilatum Shower Gel > Reviews (3)

I had never come across this shower gel before until my doctor recommended this to me. I have been suffering from really dry skin on my face for a few weeks now and no amount of my normal moisturiser was helping it! When I moisturise my skin looks fine but as soon as I try putting my foundation on, my skin started to flake!

I have never had this problem before on my face, but I do get eczema on other parts of my body, so my doctor thought it might be a bit of eczema, so recommended this shower gel. I probably would of just preferred a cream really, as I wasn't sure a shower gel could help my problem with my face!

However after one use I couldn't believe the difference, this shower gel is a miracle worker! You can find this shower gel by oilatum in boots, priced at an expensive but worth it £9.50! Although I got two boxes of it from my doctor for just a normal £7.50 prescription charge. It comes in a white and blue box, and the shower gel bottle is like the shape of a hand cream tube. It is 150g, and is fragrance free.

All you need to do with this shower gel is apply liberally all over your skin, although I have only been using it on my face at the moment. It comes out like a cloudy gel, which is quite thick, but feels smooth enough to spread out on your skin. Your skin and hands must be wet before applying it. You do need to use quite a lot of it, it doesn't seem to lather when just rubbing it on my face. It feels quite heavy and greasy, and when you wash it off you will notice that it seems to stick to your skin.

You are suppose to just rinse so you can leave like a film of this on your skin, and when you get out the shower just pat your skin dry gently, or it will wipe the product off. Once dry your skin doesn't feel or look greasy, but when you touch your skin you can feel it soaked in. I used mine at night the first time, and the next morning I could not believe the difference when I went to put my make up on! It was no where near as dry, although it definitely was still dry and flaky but no where near what it had been like before I used this oilatum.

I used this oilatum every night for four days and now my skin is so moisturised, I have no problem with my skin going dry as soon as I put make up on, which is such a relief, I felt so self conscious and putting foundation on was just becoming a nightmare! This was a few weeks ago now, and my skin started to flare up again the other day so I used this shower gel again, and the dry skin has gone again. I think I will just continue using this shower gel just once or twice a week to stop it coming back, but I am so impressed with it!

The leaflet inside says this shower gel works by stopping moisture loss from the skin, and can be used for lots of dry skin conditions like eczema and dermatitis. I would recommend this to anybody with a dry skin problem, it is expensive in the shops, but try and get it prescribed by your doctor as a prescription charge is less than you would pay for it in the shops, although I would pay the £9.50 as it has worked so well for me, it is amazing stuff!