There is no shortage of skin care creams and lotions in the market. Name an ailment, and you will find an overload of options for skin care creams, lotions and other products for it. Research and an increase in demand, has caused the number of skin care products seems to increase. Skin care lotions and skin care creams are the most popular forms in which these products are available, and there always seems to be a debate on which form is better?
Well, there is no definitive answer to this. It seems more like a matter of personal choice. However, greasy creams are less popular as compared to the non-greasy (or less greasy) ones. Since the application of skin care creams is simpler, they seem to be preferred (over lotions) in cases where the skin care product is not to be removed immediately after application.
Skin care creams seem more popular as moisturizers than as cleansers or toners. For toners, lotions seem to be preferred over skin care creams. There are some skin care creams that acts as toners too, but generally the toners are available in liquid form only. For cleansing, lotions and skin care creams are equally popular; with the majority favoring lotions.
Creams are known to be most effective in keeping skin moist; the most popular form of skin care creams is moisturizers. Due to the same reason, a lot of people tend to associate skin care creams with dry and sensitive skin. Though it is true to a certain extent, skin care creams are not used only for dry skin, they are also used for making products for oily skin (vitamin A creams and sulphur creams) that help reduce the rate of 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 localized area. However, in cases where skin needs to be washed using 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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