Description
Urea is an important component of your skin’s natural moisturizing factor (NMF), which is essential for maintaining a healthy and hydrated skin barrier. its unique combination of moisturizing and exfoliating benefits helps improve the appearance of dry, rough, or scaly skin.
A hydrating cream with urea is a skincare product designed for daily moisturizing for dry or sensitive skin. It moisturizes, softens, and repairs dry or rough skin. Urea is a powerful humectant and keratolytic agent, meaning it draws water into the skin and helps break down hardened or thickened skin.
At high concentrations 10% it is ideal for taking care of Rough patches in elbows and knees and may help restore cracked heels.
At higher concentrations, this ingredient is a keratolytic agent, meaning it can help reduce dead skin buildup on your skin’s surface
In addition to Urea this cream also contains other moisturizing agents that smooth and soften the skin by filling in the gaps between skin cells with lipids. They improve skin texture and appearance.
They also create a barrier on the skin surface to prevent transepidermal water loss in addition to attracting water from the environment and deeper skin layers into the outermost skin layer.
They’re especially useful in very dry environments or for very dry skin types
