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Eczmol is a new cream in which a long established anti microbial, 1% chlorhexidine gluconate is mixed with moisturising agents (white soft paraffin and light liquid paraffin), surfactants and stabilisers to produce a soap substitute which can also be used as a leave on moisturiser.
Chlorhexidine kills bacteria quickly and Genus Pharmaceuticals Ltd, the manufacturer state that it is rare for resistance to build up .The level of chlorhexidine in Eczmol is said to produce a lasting antimicrobial effect against staph aureus on the skin surface, of up to six hours; 4 hours when Eczmol is used as a leave-on product, and for more than 2 hours when used as a soap substitute.
Eczmol comes in a squeeze bottle with a flip top and being quite a light cream it is easy to use. It is used in the same way as other soap substitutes and emollient creams. It can be used alongside your usual emollients. As long as you wait until your skin is dry, putting a different emollient on top will not remove the chlorhexidine from your skin. The formulation is designed to release the chlorhexidine rapidly on the skin so that high levels remain on the skin even after short contact takes place when the product is used as a soap substitute.
As with all emollients and soap substitutes it is sensible to patch test Eczmol and leave it for 24 hours before using it fully. In addition, although uncommon, reactions to chlorhexidine are not unknown and obviously you should not use Eczmol if you have previously reacted to chlorhexidine or any of the other ingredients, which include cetostearyl alcohol. Hypersensitivity to some of the ingredients of Eczmol may, we understand, be more common in patients with leg ulcer or gravitational (also known as stasis/ varicose eczema) dermatitis.
Eczmol is available on prescription and you can find out more at www.eczmol.co.uk
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