Diprobase

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Diprobase is an emollient, specifically targeted at eczema and dermatitis.

It is an occlusive emollient, meaning that it restores the layer of oil on the surface of the skin to slow water loss.

This gives its tendency to make the applied area sticky.

Diprobase contains no 'active ingredients'. It is made from a combination of liquid paraffin, white soft paraffin and water, as well as cetomacrogol and cetostearyl alcohol as emulsifying agents, chlorocresol as an antimicrobial preservative, phosphoric acid,Dry skin results from lack of water in the outer layer of skin cells (the stratum corneum).