Skin Care Creams Versus Lotion

Skin Care Creams Versus Lotion

Name an ailment, and you will find hundreds of skin care creams, lotions and other products for it. As a result of ongoing research and due to ever increasing demand, the number of skin care products seems to be on the rise. Skin care lotions and skin creams care are the most popular forms in which these products are available, and there always seems to be a debate on which form is better?


There is no definitive answer to this. It seems more a matter of personal choice. But greasy creams are surely less popular as compared to  less greasy ones. Since the application of skin care creams is easier, they seem to be preferred over lotions in cases where the skin care product is not to be removed immediately after application. So, skin care creams seem more popular as moisturizers than as cleansers or toners. To toners, lotions seem preferable to skin creams. There are some skin care creams, which acts as toners, too, but in general, the tones are available in liquid form. For cleansing, lotions and skin care creams are equally popular, but the slope seems more towards lotions.

Creams are known to be most effective in keeping skin moist, therefore the most popular form of skin care creams moisturizer. By the same reason, many people tend to associate skin care creams with dry and sensitive skin.  Skin care creams are not used only for dry skin, they are also used for making products for oily skin, like Vitamin A creams and sulfur creams that help reduce sebum production.



Skin care creams are also used for products that cater to skin disorders especially for disorders that require the application of product over a small local area. This is again due to the fact that the skin care creams are easier to use in the affected area. But in cases where skin needs to be washed with a medicine   product, lotion is a better choice.

Eye-creams and Anti-ageing creams are other examples where skin care cream is preferred over its lotion counterpart.

Whatever your choice be cream or lotion, knowing how to use it effectively, is more important than anything else.

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Skin care creams Versus Lotion