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  • MEdline Remedy Skin Repair - Ingredients not in order? Suspicous

    Posted by Zink on May 16, 2014 at 7:22 am

    Excellent general eczema, anti itch etc cream according to reviews and my own experience, but looking at the ingredient listing on the web and on the product, it seems a little off - ascorbic acid the second most prevalent one and water the second last?!

    Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice , Ascorbic Acid , Ascorbyl Palmitate , Canola Oil , Cetyl Alcohol , Cholecalciferol , Citric Acid , Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Peel Oil , Citrus Grandis Peel Oil , Citrus Tangerina Peel Oil , Diazolidinyl Urea , Glycerin , Glyceryl Stearate SE , Glycine , Hydroxytyrosol , L Proline , L Taurine , Methylparaben , Methylsulfonylmethane , N Acetyl L Cysteine , Niacinamide , Olea Europaea Fruit Oil , PEG 8 , PEG 100 Stearate , Propylene Glycol , Propylparaben , Pyridoxine HCl , Retinyl Palmitate , Stearic Acid , Stearyl Alcohol , Tetrasodium EDTA , Tocopherol , Triethanolamine , Vanillin , Water , Zea Mays Oil


    What do you guys think is happening here? And why do you think it’s one of the best reviewed creams on the market?
    Zink replied 10 years, 6 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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  • Bill_Toge

    Member
    May 16, 2014 at 11:38 am

    whoever wrote the pack copy has put the ingredients in alphabetical order, not weight order

  • Bobzchemist

    Member
    May 16, 2014 at 5:27 pm

    This is only OK in the US if it’s a monograph OTC drug product.

  • Bobzchemist

    Member
    May 16, 2014 at 5:30 pm

    Amazon has a listing indicating that this is a monograph OTC drug product listing Dimethicone at 1.5% as their active ingredient.

  • Zink

    Member
    May 17, 2014 at 4:08 am

    Wow I did not know that. In any case, interesting formula and arguable THE best reviewed skin treatment product on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Medline-Remedy-Olivamine-Repair-Cream/dp/B004GC2LLE

    The alphabetical order makes it harder to know what’s doing something though.What would a stripped down version look like? Emulsifier + thickener + preservative + the following

    Ascorbic Acid
    Ascorbyl Palmitate
    Cholecalciferol - Vitamin D3
    Citric Acid
    Citrus Grandis Peel Oil
    Glycerin
    Glycine
    Hydroxytyrosol - Olive derived antioxidant?
    L Proline - Seems to be part of a amino acid ++ blend.
    L Taurine
    Methylsulfonylmethane
    N Acetyl L Cysteine
    Niacinamide 

    Propylene Glycol 
    Pyridoxine HCl 
    Retinyl Palmitate 
    Tocopherol 
    Vanillin 
    Water 

    So it uses Olivamine, a prop. blend that the pinnacle olivamine supplement can tell us a little about:

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