Avène Tolerance Control Soothing Skin Recovery Cream

What the gurus are saying.

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"My all-time favorite brand is Avène. So their Tolerance Soothing Control Cream is one of my favorite moisturizers that never burns on my skin despite how angry my skin can get. This is a great recovery cream that is nourishing but not super heavy."

All 5 takes from Dr. Jenny Liu

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"It's really nice and creamy, hydrating, but not nasty, not shiny, sticky, or heavy. This comes in two different formulations, one is for reactive skin and one is for extra dry reactive skin. [...] The texture is creamy but very nourishing and hydrating, not overly burdensome and not super heavy. This is great, I think more ideal for combination dry skin, normal dry skin. It can be a great option for oily combination skin depending on the season, especially if you use it at night."

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"The Tolerance Control Soothing Skin Recovery Cream is probably one of my favorite absolute favorite products from Avène. It comes in an airless pump and it's such a creamy nourishing moisturizer that when my skin gets sensitized or irritated, whether it's from using too many products or just that time of the month, I can reliably always use this one to calm my skin, to hydrate and nourish my skin without burning, without causing additional sensitivity."

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"It's a very rich, nourishing cream that when I've used it when my skin was irritated never really burned. Very hydrating, very soothing. It can be used [...] as a daily moisturizer if you have rosacea flares and have a hard time finding moisturizers that don't burn, or as needed when you're going through bouts of skin irritation, or even to spot treat areas that are irritating. [...] It comes in two different formulations, great for very different skin types."

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"If you have sensitive or eczema prone skin you must try the Avène Tolerance line moisturizer, made for reactive [...] irritated skin and available in normal to dry and an ultra creamy extra dry version that's great in the evening. Avène formulates for sensitive and eczema prone skin, and packages it sterile so it dispenses without air getting in, skipping preservatives that can be an issue for some."

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"My all-time favorite brand is Avène. So their Tolerance Soothing Control Cream is one of my favorite moisturizers that never burns on my skin despite how angry my skin can get. This is a great recovery cream that is nourishing but not super heavy."

Dr. Aleksandra Brown

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"It's a calm-everything-down moisturizer, not a treatment cream. Its job is to give furious, flaring skin something it can absolutely tolerate, and it does that beautifully. I think about it when skin is stinging or mid-flare and the smartest move is to strip the routine all the way back to the basics. The key ingredients are Avène Thermal Spring Water, squalane, and postbiotic soothing complex."

All 2 takes from Dr. Aleksandra Brown

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"It instantly soothes any stinging, tightness, and heat that's associated with any sort of barrier disruption. So if your barrier is very, very compromised, this one's probably a little bit better option. The Avène helps rebuild a weakened skin barrier, which is often seen during hormonal shifts, and it will do that in as little as 48 hours. It will also support that skin microbiome, which plays a bigger role in skin health especially after your 40s."

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"It's a calm-everything-down moisturizer, not a treatment cream. Its job is to give furious, flaring skin something it can absolutely tolerate, and it does that beautifully. I think about it when skin is stinging or mid-flare and the smartest move is to strip the routine all the way back to the basics. The key ingredients are Avène Thermal Spring Water, squalane, and postbiotic soothing complex."

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"Following that up with the Avène Tolerance Control Cream. This is their soothing skin recovery cream. [...] It's a nice rich cream that feels really soothing on the skin and I want to just lock everything down because I know that this dermatitis is being caused from irritation. So, this is going to help a lot."

April Basi

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"One of my favorite picks for sensitive skin is Avène Tolerance Control."

The Budget Dermatologist

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"The tolerance control cream is a 10 out of 10. Not going to irritate your skin. [...] A little thicker, a little heavier, and a little more hydrating in and of itself. If you're super super sensitive and the budget ones just still are not quite doing it for you, this is going to be where you would go to next in my opinion."

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All 3 takes from The Budget Dermatologist

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"The tolerance control cream is a 10 out of 10. Not going to irritate your skin. [...] A little thicker, a little heavier, and a little more hydrating in and of itself. If you're super super sensitive and the budget ones just still are not quite doing it for you, this is going to be where you would go to next in my opinion."

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"It's crazy to me how sometimes you have to pay more for a product like this to actually get less of the bad things, less ingredients overall, and less of the problematic ingredients, which sometimes costs more. So this is worth the spend to me because it's overall very safe for hypersensitive skin types. If something like Vanicream cream or ointment is not doing it for you or you just want to try something more elevated, try these products in the Tolerance Control collection."

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"My top pick night cream for a gentle skincare routine is Avène Tolerance Control Skin Recovery Cream. This is so gentle on the skin, calms the skin, can reduce redness and irritation, and can hydrate the skin up to 24 hours."

208SkinDoc

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"The third product is a lightweight lotion, the tolerance control lotion. It's a lot more lightweight, kind of your final layer, that you put on to really moisturize the hands after the thermal spring water and the XeraCalm. Using it together with the overnight glove routine is really going to help repair the skin barrier because of the ingredients Avène comes with."

No BS Beauty

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"Avene Skin Recovery Cream. I'll hold on to it because I've obviously been using it."

Dr. Sam Ellis

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"Another moisturizer I really like and has quite a different texture from the La Roche Posay Toleriane Ultra is the Avene Tolerance Recovery Cream. [...] This cream is slightly thicker and has a very rich emollient texture to it but also feels amazing on the skin. I have had some stinging with it when my skin barrier is completely trashed but on a night where I just want a good rich moisturizer and my skin barrier is feeling okay and I'm just trying to support it I reach for this all the time."

Dr Dray

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"I really like the moisturizer and the cleanser and the thermal Spring Water spray may be beneficial in reducing like irritation in theory compounds in thermal spring water are anti-inflammatory as they come from certain thermophilic bacteria."

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Frequently asked.

What is Avène Tolerance Control Soothing Skin Recovery Cream?

A rich, creamy moisturizer designed to soothe and calm irritated, reactive skin while supporting barrier repair, available in formulations for normal-to-dry and extra-dry skin types.

Is Avène Tolerance Control Soothing Skin Recovery Cream worth it?

Yes. All 9 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 83%.

What is Avène Tolerance Control Soothing Skin Recovery Cream's Guru Score?

Avène Tolerance Control Soothing Skin Recovery Cream holds a Guru Score of 83%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 9 expert reviewers we have collected. At least one expert has named it a Top Pick in its category.