Cicalfate.

"Both Avene Cicalfate and The Ordinary Soothing and Barrier Repair Serum contain 4-t-butylcyclohexanol, an ingredient that intercepts the irritation signal at the nerve level and stops stinging and burning on contact immediately upon application, making both exceptional for burning, itching, and stinging skin. The Avene has a lightweight hydrating gel texture with panthenol and Avene thermal water, making it refreshing, lightweight, and cooling, great for dehydrated feeling skin and for oily skin that doesn't like heavier textures. It's very light, refreshing, and non-sticky, and any skin type would appreciate it. It's a good option for highly reactive skin that reacts to ingredients like fragrance or plant extracts, because the ingredients list is minimal, just the humectant content and the 4-t-butylcyclohexanol. Avene is the best for highly reactive skin looking for minimal formulas in a lightweight hydrating gel texture."

"This is the large size of Cicalfate, it does come in a 40 ml size just like the La Roche-Posay product, they're around the same price, around the 10 pound mark. I think of them as being the kind of thing that's great to have in the bathroom cabinet for sore chapped skin, and they're suitable for use on just about any part of the body, on the face, in the private areas, on your baby's bottom if they've got nappy rash. They have quite a similar formula to the La Roche-Posay one, we have a mineral oil glycerin base in terms of the occlusive humectant side of things, some antibacterial metals, copper and zinc, and a postbiotic, which means treated bacteria have been included in the formula to help stimulate the skin immune system, plus panthenol, which is a good skin conditioning agent, good for repair. The drawbacks are that if you want to use this during the day to tackle an upset barrier you're going to struggle a bit, I don't think I have any patients who'd be happy putting these on during the day, they don't sit well under sunscreen and makeup, they're very much the kind of thing you'd put on to soothe the skin at nighttime. A great thing to have in the bathroom cabinet, a perfect little rescue for sore areas, but with barrier repair having come so far we can probably do better when it comes to cosmetic elegance and user friendliness."