- Helps treat and prevent diaper rash
- Protect chafed skin due to diaper rash and helps seal out wetness
- Relieves diaper rash discomfort from the very first use
- Creamy formula that glides on smoothly and wipes off easily
- Helps reduce redness and irritation of sensitive skin
- Forms a protective barrier on the skin
- Provides moisturization and emolliency to the skin
Frequently Asked Questions
What Is DESITIN Cream Used For?
DESITIN Cream instantly forms a protective layer on the skin to soothe and relieve diaper rash and skin irritation discomfort, providing relief from the first use.
This fragrance-free, hypoallergenic, dermatologist-tested creamy formula goes on smoothly and wipes off easily, making DESITIN Rapid Relief Cream your everyday partner in protecting against and treating diaper rash for relief you can feel.
Don’t rely on other zinc oxide diaper rash formulas -- only DESITIN provides the rapid relief you need for sensitive, inflamed, or macerated skin. Application is quick and easy; simply remove the wet or soiled diaper, cleanse the affected skin, and let dry before applying DESITIN Rapid Relief Rash Cream liberally as often as necessary. Be sure to apply whenever exposure to wet diapers may be prolonged, such as before bed, for the ultimate in diaper rash protection. Available as either a 4-oz tube or a 16-oz jar with exclusive fast, free 1-3 day shipping from LL Medico.
Is DESITIN an Antifungal Cream?
DESITIN’s ingredients and formulation are not made to treat fungal rashes. DESITIN is not an antifungal cream, but it can be used along with other medications to address fungal rashes.
It may be difficult to determine whether a rash is caused by yeast infection or diaper irritation. The main difference is that yeast rashes normally appear in skin folds, where it’s warm and moist. A diaper rash will appear in places that often comes in contact with the diaper.
If you think you’re looking at a yeast infection, it’s best to consult your doctor to find out what antifungal cream you need.
Can Adults Use DESITIN Cream?
DESITIN is primarily used on a baby to treat diaper rash, but it can be used for other things.
Both babies and adults can use DESITIN Maximum Strength, DESITIN Rapid Relief, and DESITIN Multi-Purpose ointment. DESITIN Maximum Strength and Rapid Relief are primarily used to sooth and prevent a diaper rash, while the Multi-Purpose ointment can be used to treat other concerns.
The Multi-Purpose DESITIN ointment isn’t just for protecting the delicate skin of a baby from a diaper rash. It’s a multi-purpose cream that can also be used by infants, kids, and adults to treat dry, chapped skin, and minor skin irritation, cuts, and burns, as well as protect the skin from drying due to wind and cold weather..
Clinical evidence:
DESITIN® Rapid Relief Cream helps provide overnight relief of diaper rash. In a clinical study, 90% of babies with diaper rash had noticeable relief within 12 hours of the use of DESITIN® Rapid Relief Cream.
Allergies:
DESITIN® Rapid Relief Cream is hypoallergenic and pediatrician tested.
Active Ingredients:
Zinc Oxide (13%)
Inactive Ingredients:
Mineral Oil
Petrolatum
Beeswax
Dimethicone
Sorbitan Sesquioleate
Microcrystalline Wax
Desitin Rapid Relief Diaper Rash Cream
