Rescue Balm.

Moisturizers

About this product

A lightweight peptide-rich balm designed to soothe irritated skin, support barrier recovery, and aid healing of compromised or damaged skin.

Best for

Sensitive skin Acne-prone skin

Type

MoisturizersBalm & ointment

Key actives

Vitamin EPeptides

Formula notes

Fragrance-freeNo drying alcohol

Full ingredients

Water/Aqua/Eau, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Dimethicone, Glycerin, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Panthenol, Propanediol, Butylene Glycol, Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Cetyl PEG/PPG-10/1 Dimethicone, Beta-Glucan, Oligopeptide-32, Oligopeptide-29, Allantoin, Copper Tripeptide-1, Tocopherol, Silica Dimethyl Silylate, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Pantolactone, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Trihydroxystearin, Diisostearoyl Polyglyceryl-3 Dimer Dilinoleate, Polyglyceryl-3 Oleate, Polyglyceryl-4 Isostearate, Polyglyceryl-4 Diisostearate/Polyhydroxystearate/Sebacate, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Stearalkonium Hectorite, Aluminum Hydroxide, Zinc Oxide, PEG-10 Dimethicone, Magnesium Sulfate, Propylene Carbonate, Tetrasodium Iminodisuccinate, 1,2-Hexanediol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Titanium Dioxide

Guru Score

84%

Approved

3 experts · Moderate agreement

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What the gurus are saying

This balm earns consistent praise for speeding wound and blemish healing, with one expert reporting it closes compromised skin roughly twice as fast as skincare alone and helps prevent hyperpigmentation from forming. The peptides and overall formula are built to support skin recovery, making it particularly useful for post-acne flakiness, razor irritation, or raw patches that need gentle mending. A little goes a long way; most find a tiny amount is all that's needed, and many pair it with pimple patches for extra support.

Synthesized from 3 expert reviews · most recent take November 2024

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What the gurus are saying.

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Dr Dray

2.67M subs

✓Approved

"I love the Rescue Balm. It's good for the dry flaky skin after a pimple goes away."

All 3 takes from Dr Dray

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"Hero Cosmetics has the Rescue Balm that's good. It's a lot more lightweight if you have acne breakouts and they heal, they're dry, the skin's super irritated, maybe the acne treatments you were using dried out your skin too much. Try the Hero Cosmetics Rescue Balm, it's really good. It has like a peptide in it which may aid in barrier recovery."

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"Hero Cosmetics has a lot of good formulas. I really like their Rescue Balm for once a pimple has gone away and it's healed with flaky dry skin, this is a good option."

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"I love the Rescue Balm. It's good for the dry flaky skin after a pimple goes away."

Kelly Driscoll

90k subs

✓Approved

"You absolutely could use this cream for cuts, maybe some accidents with the razor if you're shaving right on your face or anywhere really, bug bites. I think it can be particularly helpful for anywhere that you need skin healing. The peptides in this formula and the overall formulation really do support that. I particularly use this one whenever there's that area on my face where the skin is raw, it's open, it's vulnerable. I am putting this on the area and it really does work. It really speeds up the healing like two times faster. If I just did normal skincare, I think that it's a lot slower to mend up on its own. Using this cream, it closes it up so much faster. But it doesn't just promote the healing by closing the wound; it really does promote the healthy healing of that wound, that smooth skin. I think it helps to cut down on the hyperpigmentation if you suffer from that."

Nadine Baggott

164k subs

✓Approved

"This tube, which is teeny, lasts until you die. You put this on a red spot and just say goodbye. If you're feeling really hot and bothered, find yourself one of the pimple patches, put the tiniest dab on, less than you think you need, put the pimple patch over it and go get married. It's unbelievable."

Common questions

Frequently asked.

What is Hero Cosmetics Rescue Balm?

A lightweight peptide-rich balm designed to soothe irritated skin, support barrier recovery, and aid healing of compromised or damaged skin.

Is Hero Cosmetics Rescue Balm worth it?

Yes. All 3 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 84%.

What is Hero Cosmetics Rescue Balm's Guru Score?

Hero Cosmetics Rescue Balm holds a Guru Score of 84%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 3 independent expert reviewers we have collected.