Gold Bond

Gold Bond Ultimate Healing Cream.

Moisturizers

About this product

A fragrant moisturizing cream designed to heal and soothe dry, damaged skin, particularly for hands and body.

Full ingredients

Water, Hydroxyethyl Urea, Glycerin, Stearyl Alcohol, Dimethicone, Petrolatum, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Glyceryl Stearate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Steareth-21, Tocopheryl Acetate, Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Niacinamide, Panthenol, Jojoba Esters, Distearyldimonium Chloride, Stearamidopropyl Pg-Dimonium Chloride Phosphate, Ceramide 2, Polysorbate 60, Methyl Gluceth-20, Behentrimonium Methosulfate, Propylene Glycol, Cetyl Alcohol, Hydrolyzed Jojoba Esters, Diazolidinyl Urea, Silk Amino Acids, Methylparaben, Potassium Hydroxide, Cocodimonium Hydroxypropyl Hydrolyzed Rice Protein, Propylparaben, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Tribehenin, Butylene Glycol, PEG-10 Phytosterol, Fragrance, EDTA, Palmitoyl Hexapeptide-12

Guru Score

80%

Yay

Early verdict · Few reviews so far

What they liked

Hydrating peptides and stable vitamin C
Affordable and portable

What they flagged

Contains fragrance
Not the best in Gold Bond's range

What the gurus are saying

This cream earned strong praise for healing severely cracked and bleeding hands where other products failed, though one expert flagged fragrance as a drawback and prefers other Gold Bond formulas. Those with extremely dry or compromised skin may find it transformative, but anyone sensitive to added scent might want to explore the brand's fragrance-free options first.

Synthesized from 2 expert reviews · most recent take October 2023

Best for

Dry skin

Type

MoisturizersCream

Key actives

Vitamin C NiacinamideVitamin ECeramidesPeptides

Formula notes

Contains fragranceNo drying alcohol

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What the gurus are saying.

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Dr Dray

2.69M subs

✓Mixed

"The Gold Bond version is actually pretty decent, not my favorite Gold Bond moisturizer and not just because it has fragrance, but they have so many other much better options. But this one isn't too bad. It has hydrolyzed elastin and hydrolyzed collagen which are hydrating, and it has magnesium ascorbyl phosphate, a stable form of vitamin C that may help reduce oxidative stress at the skin surface."

Hyram

4.34M subs

✓Yay

"The Gold Bond Ultimate Healing Cream is one of the products that personally changed my life, it took my hands from being cracked and bleeding to not cracking and bleeding. [...] When I first discovered this, it was like a godsend. I was so happy to use it because it was the only one that worked to make sure my hands didn't bleed, and to this day I still have this formula with me all the time."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Vitamin C

Topical vitamin C is an antioxidant with reasonable evidence for dullness and uneven tone. It breaks down in light and air, so how a product is formulated and packaged matters as much as the percentage on the front.

Source: DermNet

Niacinamide

Niacinamide has evidence behind it for redness, uneven tone and supporting the skin barrier, and it is usually well tolerated even by skin that reacts to most things.

Source: DermNet

Urea

Urea both holds water in the skin and gently loosens dead surface cells. At higher strengths it has good evidence for very dry or thickened skin.

Source: DermNet

Frequently asked.

What is Gold Bond Ultimate Healing Cream?

A fragrant moisturizing cream designed to heal and soothe dry, damaged skin, particularly for hands and body.

Is Gold Bond Ultimate Healing Cream worth it?

Mostly yes. 1 of the 2 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 80%.

What is Gold Bond Ultimate Healing Cream's Guru Score?

Gold Bond Ultimate Healing Cream holds a Guru Score of 80%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 2 expert reviewers we have collected.