Noble Formula Alise's Maintenance Cream for Itching, Redness, Irritation, Scaling, and Flaking, Moisturizing Cream, 4 oz

I love this. It is actually fading my age spots and clearing up my skin.

In July 2013, I had the misfortune to develop allergy-induced pink eye, for which I was prescribed a medicated eye drop. The second day of using these eye drops, I noticed red flaking on my eyelids. I thought it was residual from the thick eye drops, but it persisted even after the conjunctivitis was healed. I saw doctors who said it was one thing and another, but nobody could give me a prescription that helped relieve my symptoms. Meanwhile, I was suffering physically and mentally. My eyelids were red, inflamed, scaly and peeling, and I was mortified. This lasted until around Christmas, when a PA prescribed me a hydrocortisone cream. A couple weeks later, the flakiness stopped and my eyelids returned to normal. I did it. I survived. This mystery ailment was defeated! Wrong. July 2014 comes around, and to my deepest dismay, I notice my eyelids have begun to scale like a lizard. The first thing I did was fall into an instant panic. How am I expected to live like a lizard for half of the year every year? I knew my best approach would be to pick up some hydrocortisone cream and hope it nips this issue in the bud. Oh wait, I don't want to leave my house with lizard eyelids. Best check Amazon. That's when I stumbled upon Noble Formula HC Cream. (This is starting to sound like a commercial). Despite the price, I was inspired to purchase a container because of the excellent reviews and the claim that it's formulated for the most sensitive areas (like eyelids, in my case). I received it two days later and made the first application, which requires very little cream. No burning! I like that. No white residue on my eyelids either. Bonus. I make another application in the evening before bed. I wake up and check out my eyelids. They haven't gotten worse. That's good news. I make two more applications that day. The third day, I wake up and hop in the shower. Since my first struggle with atopic dermatitis, I've been washing my eyelids with baby shampoo. No different today, but -- wait -- yes, different. Could it be? My eyelids are baby soft. There's no scaling. There's no flaking. Three days. This kicked my eczema in three days. Sorcery. Witchcraft. I don't care. I'll take it. TL;DR: This stuff works like magic. Buy it. With your money.

This formula helps keep my lifelong troublesome skin in check - as long as I use it religiously. A few days off and the skin is broken out again. So it's not a cure - yet - but it helps more than anything else I've ever used that wasn't a prescription cortisone cream. Aristocort (R) prescription (no longer available) was the first cream (not ointment) that helped back in 1971. I've had this issue on different body parts since the 1950s. Update: I'm now on my fourth jar. Quick suggestion. Since a little goes a long way, use a small spoon, dip fingers into the spoon (instead of the jar) and *then* apply to skin. Wash the spoon. This eliminates the finger-in-the-jar transfer that often contaminates the rest. Works for me and jar lasts much longer this way. I would actually like a pump jar to eliminate the spoon altogether. Later: So I took my own advice and transferred contents into a small pump bottle. This eliminates the spoon. Just in case cream is affected by light, I keep it in a dark drawer. Will look for an opaque pump jar for the next order. OK, July 8, 2015 Fifth Jar Small pump bottle works fine - instead of putting my fingers into the jar every day = contamination issues. After a few months the cream always smells a bit "rancid." Could be the container was not opaque enough. So, this time I purchased a truly opaque bottle also from Amazon (Infinity Jars 100 Ml (3.4 Oz) Black Ultraviolet Glass Push Pump Bottle). Very expensive bottle but truly opaque. The neck is very narrow so I spooned almost the entire jar into a plastic sandwich baggie and piped it gently into the narrow opening. It pumps very well and I hope the very dark environment will help preserve the contents. May I suggest Noble Formula do something like this. A $40 jar lasts a long time but not if it becomes contaminated by fingertips or containers that are not dark enough to preserve it. Update June 17, 2017: The *Infinity Jars 100 Ml (3.4 Oz) Black Ultraviolet Glass Push Pump Bottle* jar (from Amazon) worked! I was able to keep this cream fresh for nearly 2 years. As before, it works to soothe redness, fresh bumps and itchiness but still does NOT cure. I only use a little as the irritation gets worse in the winter with a more "closed in" environment. The black glass and pump delivery system which keeps air and other contaminants out are key. If you use this cream, please consider transferring to another container if this fairly expensive cream goes rancid sooner than you'd like.

Helped with my itch almost as good as my prescription cream

I have tried everything including rx Ketoconazole cream to try to keep my seborrheic dermatitis secret, or at least at bay. Nothing worked, not even the pyrithione zinc soap. I finally decided to give this a shot since it has a lot of 5 stars, and man am I glad I did! This stuff basically clears up all the red/flaky areas on my face, and the itch is gone! Note that the first couple of applications or so it looked like it was going to be worse. Areas became redder and instead of itch it was more of a light burn sensation. But I hung in there and after a month, I just apply as needed on areas that start to get red/scaly again before it gets to "full blown" problem. I first gently with my fingernail get all the flakes I can off the area without digging much, get rid of the looser ones. I try to clear up the flakes first without making the redness worse. Takes awhile to get the hang of it, but I find if I clear up the scales myself before the cream that the result is no scales after the cream. When I need to apply it, I do it at night as you have to give it a few hours for it to take noticable effect imo. My worst areas are forehead, nose (especially creases), and a couple spots around my mouth and chin areas. There has been a week where I haven't had to apply it at all, but generally I'd say a couple times a week when I see it's coming back. Remember that there is no cure for SD so the best you can do is to hide it and keep any itching at bay, and this cream is most definitely a goldmine for me. So glad I found this and wish I had sooner so I wouldn't have spent so much $ on otc and rx stuff claiming it works for SD! Give it a go I say!

I've long had problems with eczema, but have only recently developed seb derm. Actually, I've had it for about a year but only realized what it was when, about a six weeks ago, it suddenly got worse and spread (probably a reaction to increased stress). As others have noted, people who are affected by seb derm typically try many products (spending a bit of money in the process) before they hit on some that work. Alas, this was one of my more expensive trials; at this writing, the cream cost $30. I regret not heeding the warnings of the folks who left negative reviews. Perhaps it is the sodium laurel sulfate that's causing the problem, but it could easily be something else; I have very sensitive skin. Like other negative reviewers, I experienced two problems with this cream: #1 It burned like the devil. I can take stinging (as in CeraVe stinging or AmLactin stinging) but this was different. Unlike other products that produce a bit of discomfort upon application, this actually hurt. The pain didn't go away until I washed off the cream. #2 It aggravated the condition instead of relieving it. After gutting it out thru several applications, I developed bumps, increased redness, and heavy flaking. I'm especially disappointed because I've had a fair amount of success with the Noble Formula soaps. I've tried two: the version with argan oil and the one with emu oil. Neither have bothered me and both seem to help clear up the seb derm. FWIW, if this is of any help to anyone, to rectify the damage done by the Noble Formula cream, I used TGel Extra Strength to wash the affected areas on my face (smells like the crypt, but works) and followed up with CeraVe cream (not lotion). This combo has helped to reverse the damage done by the Noble Formula cream. Despite its malignant odor, I may stick with the TGel for a while. I've read that it's smart to mix up one's regime to avoid developing resistance to products that work.

I have had Rosacea for 18yrs, I had accepted it as a fact of life and not one that I liked; it made me self conscious because people would always ask about my 'sunburn' or think that I am angry because my face is red. I would cover it with make-up, making sure not to touch my face afterwards because if my make-up rubbed off I would have red showing through. Recently, my Rosacea had gotten worse and was now accompanied by annoying itching so I went back to the internet to see if I could find an 'inexpensive', OTC and possibly natural remedy that would help get things under control. I found a few people noting that Pyrithione Zinc (an ingredient in dandruff shampoo) was helpful - so I thought, what the heck. First I found the Noble Formula 2% Pyrithione Zinc (ZnP) Bar Soap ($12.99) and after trying that with some success I decided to order this cream which had the added Hydrocortisone that would hopefully help with the itching. I will say that, at $39.99 for 4oz, it is a bit pricey but if you are just using it on your face it will probably last for quite a while. I have only had this cream for a few days but so far it feels amazing - it goes on smooth and seems to be working; my redness has decreased and the itching has stopped. I have been using it in place of a moisturizer and have even worn it under make-up. Now, it does leave my face a little oily but I think that is a small price to pay for having the redness decrease and it's not any more oily than I normally am. I would definitely recommend trying this cream. (I'm not sure how natural this cream is but it has relatively short list of ingredients: Hydrocortisone (1%), purified water, Almond Oil, Squalane, Cyclomethicone, Rose Hip Oil, Arachidyl Behenyl Alcohol & Arachidyl Glucoside, Natural Vitamin E (d-Alpha-Tocopherol), Cetearyl Alcohol & Cetearyl Glucoside, Pyrithione Zinc (.25%), Sodim Lauryl Sulfate, Sodium Hydroxymethylglycinate, and TEA-Carbomer)

Rarely will I write a review of a skincare product without a month of using it. Never, actually. But this is close to miraculous for me. I have a combination of rosacea and seborrheic dermatitis on my face and eyelids. I have lost almost all of my eyebrows and frequently lose more than the usual amount of lashes. I have tried everything available in stores and have been to the dermatologist to no avail. (She told me I had a yeast infection and actually prescribed 10% ketonazole shampoo and told me to wash my face with it, leaving it on for 5 minutes. This did absolutely nothing and actually burned my skin. I should have known better.) And it seems, reading on line, that the doctors are universally befuddled. Searching the internet, seeing everyone's frustrations with these skin conditions, finally from a California Plastic Surgeon's blog I stumbled on, I learned about these 2 conditions in addition to the over activity of demodex mites that we all have on our skin, that some researchers feel may exacerbate or even cause all of these problems. And from her blog I learned about Noble Soap and Noble Formula cream as well as what product ingredients aggravate these conditions. I washed my face with the soap the instant I opened the box from Amazon and then followed it with the cream. The redness was calmed IMMEDIATELY. It has been 2 days - 48 hours - and every time I apply the cream I am impressed with the calming effect. Clearly it works calming the rosacea and time will tell if it does anything for the seborrheic dermatitis but I am extremely hopeful. I wish I had taken a before picture. And I will write another review after a month. I am delighted to be able to get these items from Amazon Prime. But my question is, Big Box Retailers and Major Drugstore Chains (you know who you are), why aren't you carrying these products?! I asked my local giant drugstore chain pharmacist and he knew about both the soap and the cream and knew the virtues of the active ingredient, 2% zinc pyrithione. He offered to mix me up a batch in some cream if I could get my dermatologist to write me a prescription for compounding. Seriously? I went straight home and got on Amazon. This is inexpensive enough that it is worth trying if you have exhausted all other options. The cream is very creamy as is the soap. A little goes a long way.