Nexcare Skin Crack Care .24 fluid ounces (7-ml)
by Nexcare
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Product reviews of Nexcare Skin Crack Care .24 fluid ounces (7-ml)
Review: Nexcare Skin Crack Care
Beauty product: 5 Stars
I have suffered with skin cracks for years and have never found an effective treatment, until now. The use of this product heals skin cracks in days, rather than weeks.
My son and my mother also have this problem and use this product with good results.
Review: Nexcare Skin Crack Care is Better than other Liquid Bandages
Beauty product: 5 Stars
I use Nexcare Skin Crack Care on my feet. I was becomming almost immobilized because of painful cracks in the heels of my feet. Nexcare SCC is helping me heal those cracks. I put on the Nexcare first, then moisturize. Great stuff.
This is absolutely the best liquid bandage product available. I have tried them all. None of the rest work as well. None of the rest are as durable.
The one problem is the product becomes too thick before you hit the end of the bottle. I have emailed the company with regard to a thinning agent.
Review: Not Impressed
Beauty product: 2 Stars
After reading the reviews I was very excited to give this product a try for the cold winter. It does not have a strong smell at all which is good. However, I was disappointed at the lack of effectiveness. It almost seems too thin and watery to give my small cuts a sufficient barrier. I keep re-applying in the hopes that it will work better but it's "so-so" at best. Review: Not nearly as good as 2-octyl cyanoacrylate products
Beauty product: 3 Stars
I was extremely pleased for many years with the original Band-Aid Liquid Bandage which contained the miracle ingredient 2-octyl cyanoacrylate, a human-safe version of superglue which is currently used by doctors/surgeons/vets as the best available product. This Nexcare product doesn't work as well in any respect compared to the original, and 3M knows it, but it is no longer sold over the counter to people (evidently too many folks were not careful in using it). Note that acetone (horribly stinky nail-polish remover) or mineral oil or any superglue remover does remove this human-safe version of superglue, but this was not common-enough knowledge and folks did not have a remover readily available when they misused it. So it was removed from the consumer market several years ago, evidently due to liability concerns.
I used the original Band-Aid liquid bandage for many years for my painful winter skin cracks. A miracle product since it instantly cut the pain. When it was discontinued I tried literally every other product on the market and all had serious deficiencies. This Nexcare liquid bandaid is adequate in filling skin cracks except it doesn't cut the pain at all (my main gripe) and doesn't last nearly as long.
I just serendipitously stumbled onto the wikipedia entry for Cyanoacrylate, which includes this in its introductory remarks:
"2-octyl cyanoacrylate is a medical grade glue encountered under various trade names; e.g., LiquiBand, SurgiSeal, FloraSeal, Dermabond, Orabase, Surgi-Lock and Nexaband. This was developed to be non-toxic and less irritating to skin tissue."
I searched amazon and the only two products in the list of 2-octyl cyanoacrylate products above from wikipedia that are sold (by amazon) are Dermabond (0.5ml for $17) and Surgi-Lock 2oc (2.0ml for $40). There is no other liquid bandage that compares to a product with the main ingredient cyano 2oc -- at least that is what the medical establishment believes (and I know from years of experience, having tried all the liquid bandages on the market). Sorry the real stuff is expensive, but you get what you pay for (plus they can charge doctors nearly any price and get away with it).
Off topic somewhat, the doctors in our family have recently turned me on to an excellent non-liquid bandage which they use, but a year later, pharmacies still do not sell this quite amazing product. However Amazon does sell it, "3M Micropore paper tape" (also called "3M Micropore surgical tape" because that's what surgeons use). 12 small portable rolls of 10 yards(!) each are about $10, which will last you forever. I have been using the 1" wide version for the past year (also have the 2" wide version, but haven't had a wound that wide yet :-) and am very impressed by its properties. You can easily tear it by hand (no scissors needed!) to the length you want, you can put it on a wound in one layer or wrap it around a finger one or more times. It is "micropore", ie. it lets the wound breathe, and is waterproof enough to stay on through a couple of days of showers.
Review: Say NO to crack !
Beauty product: 5 Stars
This is the only thing that works for dry, cracked-to-the-nerve fingers. After working with cardboard boxes from overseas, my skin opens up within a day. This product seals the cracks, keeping the exposed lower layers of skin from making me cry in pain, and it works within the minute. Another miracle from 3M.