Whoever is not looking for the perfect emollient and nourishing cream! These are young mothers, people with problem skin, and suffering from dermatitis and eczema. Bepanten cream can help everyone, with instructions for use for which you can find in this article.
Release form and composition
On sale funds under the trade name "Bepanten" in three forms:
- Bepanten ointment with an active substance concentration of 5%. It has a color from white to white-yellow. It is released in tubes of 30 g.
- Cream "Bepanten" (5%) is sold in tubes of 30 g.
- Bepanten lotion with an active substance concentration of 2.5% is sold in 200 ml plastic bottles.
The active component of the product in any form of release is a substance called dexpanthenol, a multi-healing, emollient and regenerating skin cell.
Indications for the use of cream
The instruction to Bepanten states that the drug can be used both for the treatment of skin in adults and children in the following conditions:
- psoriasis;
- dermatitis of various etiologies;
- cut wounds;
- bruises, cuts;
- burns, including sunburn;
- anal fissures;
- inflammation of any genesis on the skin;
- hemorrhoidal disease;
- eczema;
- acne
- purulent furunculosis;
- cracks in the intimate areas of the body.
Cream, lotion and ointment can be used to treat dermatitis in infants and pregnant women. It is allowed to use the cream to heal cracks in the nipples formed during breastfeeding.
Cream "Bepanten" (instructions for use confirms this) has an extremely delicate composition. This allows you to use the product even in intimate areas, without worrying about irritation and itching. Protein, lanolin and bee milk in the cream enhance its nutritional properties.
The principle of action of dexpanthenol
Bepanten in any form of release is absorbed very quickly - within one minute.
The active substance of the drug in the skin cells quickly turns into pantothenic acid, which is an integral part of the coenzyme of acetylation (coenzyme A). In addition, it plays a large role both in the formation of skin integuments and in their healing, stimulates cell regeneration and normalizes their metabolism.
This principle of action determines the quick-healing and nourishing effect of the use of the product. Dexpanthenol showed excellent results in the treatment of first and second degree burns, including sunburn.
What to choose: cream, ointment or lotion
Instructions for use with Bepanten recommends that when choosing a drug, proceed from your own preferences.
In cream and ointment, the concentration of the active substance is the same, however, due to auxiliary components, the cream has a lighter texture and is absorbed faster. But the ointment is also absorbed well - within one to two minutes. The cost of cream and ointment is not very different - both funds cost about two hundred and fifty rubles (the price may be higher depending on the region of the country and the pharmacy chain extra charges).
The lotion is effective for use on dry skin on the face and neck. After about a month of daily use, the skin becomes nourished, moisturized, radiant.
Instructions for use with Bepanten cream reports that it is this form of release that is most preferred for infants and children.
Contraindications and side effects
Side effects were not identified. Allergic reactions to dexpanthenol occur extremely rarely and make up only about 0.01% of the total number of all patients using Bepanten agents.
The main contraindication to the use of Bepanten cream, ointment and lotion is the individual intolerance of dexpanthenol or auxiliary components that make up the drug.
Use for children and adolescents
For babies, it is most preferable to use a cream, since the composition of the ointment includes rather aggressive auxiliary components. Bepenten ointment can be safely used for the treatment of skin diseases in children from five years of age and older.
For the treatment of diaper dermatitis in infants, Bepanten cream is also used. Instructions for use informs that the product quickly brings relief: relieves pain, itching and burning in a child after the first use. Diaper rash and redness become visually less after the second or third use.
Instructions for use "Bepanten" for children reports that if there is a burning sensation or rash on the skin after applying the product, it is necessary to immediately wash off the composition with cool water. Such an allergic reaction occurs in a negligible number of cases, but you should be vigilant.
Instructions for Bepanten for children reports that the product can be used to care for the skin of infants with the development of dermatitis, urticaria, insect bites, burns. Even with the penetration of the baby through the pores, the cream does not cause any toxic harm.
The recipe for a rejuvenating mask with Bepanten
The instructions to Bepanten confirm that cream and ointment can be used as an ingredient for caring, moisturizing and nourishing masks.
Reviews of women who used Bepanten for facial skin care are positive, many were satisfied with the result. Here is the recipe for an effective mask with Bepanten, which will help smooth out fine wrinkles and moisturize the skin, nourish it with vitamins. In equal proportions, mix the following ingredients: Bepanten cream and apricot kernel oil. Then add a couple drops of orange oil to this composition, tsp. honey and chopped avocado pulp. Thoroughly mix all the ingredients of the mask until a homogeneous consistency is obtained. Apply it in a thin layer on the face and neck. Leave on for twenty minutes. If you feel a strong burning sensation, immediately rinse off with warm water. It is forbidden to apply the mask close to the eyes, as the product can provoke a burn of the mucous membrane.
Note that the manufacturer recently launched a special line of cosmetics - “Bepanten Derma”. Creams and lotions, balms help fight dry skin or xerosis.
Reviews for Bepantene
The instruction reports that the drug has virtually no contraindications and side effects. And what are the reviews of ordinary consumers talking about? Are they satisfied?
Cream "Bapanten" is actively used by young mothers to treat dermatitis in infants. They leave rave reviews, as the cream has truly miraculous properties.
The cream is also praised by adolescents, who help accelerate the healing of acne and acne.
But the treatment of furunculosis with the help of Bepanten ointment is not very successful. Reviews indicate that the ointment does not have the ability to draw pus. So, it can only help accelerate wound healing from an already released boil.
Analogs of Bepanten cream
List of ointments and creams, which also include dexpanthenol:
- the cheapest analogue of domestic production is Dexpanthenol;
- Pantoderm;
- Korneregel;
- spray "Moreal-plus" (used, as a rule, in the treatment of sunburn).
All of these agents have an almost identical effect. But the leader of the pharmacological market is, of course, Bepanten, thanks to an aggressive marketing policy. If the patient wants to save money, then you can safely purchase "Dexpanthenol" instead of "Bepanten". There is practically no difference, treatment with a Russian drug will also be effective.
Which is better: Bepanten or Dexpanthenol?
Dexpanthenol is an ointment manufactured by a Moscow pharmaceutical plant. As the name has already made clear, the composition contains the same active substance as Bepanten. Can be used to treat children and adolescents.
The cost of Dexpanthenol is lower than Bepanten. If the first costs about ninety rubles, then the second - about three hundred.
Dexpanthenol has the same indications for use as Bepanten.
But “Bepanten” contains beeswax, protein and lanolin, which are absent in “Dexpanthenol”.
What to prefer: "Solcoseryl" or "Bepanten"?
Solcoseryl is not a direct analogue of Bepanten. Instructions for use report that the main active ingredient of Solcoseryl is deproteinized dialysate from the blood of dairy calves. This ointment has excellent regenerative properties.
It would seem that such an unusual drug should be expensive. In fact, its cost is almost equal to the price of Bepanten.
Solcoseryl is great for the same purpose as Bepanten. It can be used to treat dermatitis, burns, cuts and wounds in children older than two years. It has a very powerful regenerative effect. You can add it to moisturizing, nourishing and anti-aging masks for facial skin care.