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Front Pack Shot of DESITIN® Daily Defense Cream 4.8oz
Back Pack Shot of DESITIN® Daily Defense Cream 4.8oz
Front Pack Shot of DESITIN® Daily Defense Cream 4.8oz
Back Pack Shot of DESITIN® Daily Defense Cream 4.8oz

DESITIN® Daily Defense Cream

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DESITIN® Daily Defense Cream (formerly known as DESITIN® Rapid Relief) instantly forms a protective layer on your baby's skin to soothe and relieve rash discomfort, providing relief from the first use. This fragrance-free, hypoallergenic, dermatologist-tested creamy formula goes on smoothly and wipes off easily, making DESITIN® Daily Defense Cream your everyday partner in protecting against and treating diaper rash for relief your baby can feel.

 Uses: 

  • Helps treat and prevent diaper rash

  • Protect chafed skin due to diaper rash and helps seal out wetness

 Benefits: 

  • 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

 Clinical evidence: 

DESITIN® Daily Defense 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® Daily Defense Cream.

 Allergies: 

DESITIN® Daily Defense Cream is hypoallergenic and pediatrician tested.

Active Ingredients

Zinc Oxide (13%)

Inactive Ingredients

Mineral Oil

Petrolatum

Beeswax

Dimethicone

Sorbitan Sesquioleate

Microcrystalline Wax

PEG-30 Dipolyhydroxystearate

Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract

Glycerin

Tropolone

Tocopheryl Acetate

1,2-hexanediol

Caprylyl Glycol

Magnesium Sulfate

Potassium Hydroxide

Phenoxyethanol

  • Change wet or soiled diapers promptly

  • Cleanse the diaper area

  • Allow to dry

  • Apply ointment liberally as often as necessary, with each diaper change, especially at bedtime or any time when exposure to wet diapers may be prolonged

DESITIN® Daily Defense Cream is for external use only. When using DESITIN® Daily Defense Cream, do not get into eyes. Stop use and ask a doctor if: condition worsens, symptoms last for more than 7 days or clear up and occur again within a few days.

Keep out of reach of children. If swallowed, get medical help or contact a Poison Control Center right away.

Store at 20° to 25° C (68° to 77° F).

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