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A member asked:

For dry skin would you recommend a lotion or say cerave moisturising cream? i heard thick creams are better. however hard to use all over every night

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I like eucerin cream: as my number one choice. Stay away from lotions,they tend to be more drying than creams

Answered 6/9/2016

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