No. 27
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How it works.
81% would recommend
Why we ranked it No. 27 in skincare
Sample
16 redditors with explicit opinion · 13 positive · 3 negative · 0 neutral
Score
0.812 — formula: 0.75 × % positive + 0.25 × pos/neg ratio
Confidence95% CI: 57–93% · the true approval rate falls in this range with 95% statistical confidence
Verdict
Top Pick — ≥75% positive across ≥10 redditors.
Sources
r/SkincareAddiction, r/30PlusSkinCare, r/tretinoin, r/BeautyBoxes, r/Sephora + 2 more
CeraVe · skincare
Top Pick
Healing Ointment
r/SkincareAddictionr/30PlusSkinCarer/tretinoinr/BeautyBoxesr/Sephorar/40PlusSkinCare
TL;DR — Reddit consensus
A multipurpose healing ointment users turn to for lips and compromised skin. Limited evidence on long-term effectiveness for chronic issues.
What redditors love
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Go-to for actual lip repair, not just moisture
“the one that I use everytime my lips actually need help is the cerave healing ointment”
u/u/Fair_Phrase1
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Recommended over antibiotic cream for wound healing
“skip the antibiotic cream for a Cerave healing ointment or La roche posay cicablast balm”
u/u/Flowfie
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Used as occlusive cover until skin heals
“cover with aquaphor or cerave healing ointment until it heals”
u/u/lovethatssleeping
What they don’t
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Relief may only last a day for some conditions
“I have tried Neosporin, CeraVe healing ointment, and Aquaphor lip repair balms and nothing has worked for longer than a day if that.”
u/u/red_queen122790
Direct quotes
What 16 redditors actually said.
Top 6 by confidence shown — expand below for the rest. Click any to open the original on Reddit.
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u/Fair_Phrase1
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r/BeautyBoxes
the one that I use everytime my lips actually need help is the cerave healing ointment
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u/DomesticSlacker
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r/SkincareAddiction
Cerave Healing Ointment saved me in all seriousness.
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u/Advanced-Sector1769
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r/Sephora
I would use CeraVe healing ointment. Absorbs super fast and non gloopy
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u/littlebit0125
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r/30PlusSkinCare
That's a bummer my skin looooves the Cerave healing ointment, and that's a good thing since my skin turns red and itchy with the lanolin in
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u/SageOfProse
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r/SkincareAddiction
[Product Question] Cerave Healing Ointment Tanked Now that CeraVe done gone and screwed up the good thing they had going f
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u/Flowfie
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r/SkincareAddiction
skip the antibiotic cream for a Cerave healing ointment or La roche posay cicablast balm
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"ed a question about a substitute to Infadolan because I am allergic to lanolin (cerave healing ointment is great if you’re in the us) and the answer I got was very polite and helpful."
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"I’d skip coconut oil and go for an occlusive ointment like Aquaphor/Vaseline/CeraVe Healing Ointment, especially overnight with cotton gloves. Apply after every wash while hands ar"
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"Take one of your "safe" moisturizers and put some cerave healing ointment over it at night (it's like a vaseline but thinner and easier to spread). Your"
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"I have tried Neosporin, CeraVe healing ointment, and Aquaphor lip repair balms and nothing has worked for longer than a day if that."
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"cover with aquaphor or cerave healing ointment until it heals"
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"reen SPF 30
In the beginning when I did experience irritation, I slugged with CeraVe Healing Ointment day or night, didn't matter.
Also used CeraVe Moisturizing Cream intermittentl"
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"helps both acne AND seb derm). After shower I use vanicream lotion followed by CeraVe healing ointment around my eyes and lips, followed by the tretinoin. After about 30 minutes I wi"
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"rom .025)
- LRP Lipikar Balm AP+
- LRP Cicaplast Baume B5
- Seal it all in with CeraVe Healing Ointment"
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Threads tracked
The conversations we're watching.
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r/BeautyBoxes
Confessions Of A Lip Balm Addict
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r/SkincareAddiction
r/SkincareAddiction
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r/Sephora
r/Sephora
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r/30PlusSkinCare
r/30PlusSkinCare
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r/SkincareAddiction
Product Question Cerave Healing Ointment Tanked
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r/SkincareAddiction
Routine Help I Need Some Judgement Free Help Sex
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r/40PlusSkinCare
r/40PlusSkinCare
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r/SkincareAddiction
Psa Cerave Ointment Ingredient Change
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