and useless imo. i've tried store brands, nivea and garnier. cerave is at the bottom of the list

Lmao, opposite for me. When it comes to moisturizer, it's basically the only one that works lol. I hate how expensive it is now, I use to pay like $13 for the big bottle, now it's what, $17?
 
Lmao, opposite for me. When it comes to moisturizer, it's basically the only one that works lol. I hate how expensive it is now, I use to pay like $13 for the big bottle, now it's what, $17?
i've never used moiturizers. granted cerave stuff here is only sold in pharmacies and i don't spend much time in those to be looking at the over the counter shelves. the face cleansing stuff is like €11 or €12, probably higher now because i haven't bought it in years. nivea is €7, garnier is €5. and the garnier is 10x better than cerave. the cerave felt like it just removed the top layer of oils from the face, which is no different than just using soap. but maybe the formulas in america are different and it works better there. it's like the toothpaste that's whitening. crest here is under the name oral b and it's never gonna get you the whitening effect that people get from crest because it's made differently.
so maybe cerave is good in the u.s and shit in europe
 
i've never used moiturizers. granted cerave stuff here is only sold in pharmacies and i don't spend much time in those to be looking at the over the counter shelves. the face cleansing stuff is like €11 or €12, probably higher now because i haven't bought it in years. nivea is €7, garnier is €5. and the garnier is 10x better than cerave. the cerave felt like it just removed the top layer of oils from the face, which is no different than just using soap. but maybe the formulas in america are different and it works better there. it's like the toothpaste that's whitening. crest here is under the name oral b and it's never gonna get you the whitening effect that people get from crest because it's made differently.
so maybe cerave is good in the u.s and shit in europe

Yeah, CeraV moisturizer is the only thing I use from them, I haven't tried their cleansers or exfoliators or anything. I found the others like Nivea don't really absorb into my skin as well as CeraV does. With Nivea (and others), I would apply it, and like an hour or two later, still feel sticky from it. CeraV absorbs well and my skin feels smooth and nice. The biggest thing I found is that it works really good for clearing surface scars from acne or sun spots during the summer. I get these blotchy dry patches during the hotter seasons that will darken if not treated, and CeraV was the only one that got rid of them and has prevented more.

Again, this is just me, might not work the same for others, but I definitely recommend trying it at least.
 
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Yeah, CeraV moisturizer is the only thing I use from them, I haven't tried their cleansers or exfoliators or anything. I found the others like Nivea don't really absorb into my skin as well as CeraV does. With Nivea (and others), I would apply it, and like an hour or two later, still feel sticky from it. CeraV absorbs well and my skin feels smooth and nice. The biggest thing I found is that it works really good for clearing surface scars from acne or sun spots during the summer. I get these blotchy dry patches during the hotter seasons that will darken if not treated, and CeraV was the only one that got rid of them and has prevented more.

Again, this is just me, might not work the same for others, but I definitely recommend trying it at least.
I swear by CeraVe. I get the two pack of moisturizers for cheap from Costco.