flexitol
Flexitol is a trusted skincare brand specialising in therapeutic solutions for dry, cracked, and rough skin. With a focus on effective formulations, Flexitol combines advanced ingredients like urea and lanolin to provide deep hydration and nourishment, ensuring your skin feels soft and smooth. Their product range includes creams, ointments, and foot care solutions.
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Who are Flexitol?
Who are Flexitol?
Flexitol is an Australian skincare brand founded by Steven and Shelley Sher, inspired by their own search for effective solutions to their toddler's chronic eczema and their family's wider skin concerns. Combining pharmaceutical-grade ingredients with dermatological expertise, the brand has grown over more than 20 years into a trusted name recommended by podiatrists, dermatologists and pharmacists worldwide. Flexitol's range spans heel and foot care through to hand, lip, scalp and eczema treatments, all built on the same commitment to real, visible results.
What should I use for everyday foot maintenance with Flexitol?
What should I use for everyday foot maintenance with Flexitol?
Once severely dry or cracked skin has been treated, the Intensely Nourishing Foot Cream is a good option for keeping feet and legs feeling smooth day to day, using 10% Urea and Vitamin E to hydrate and soften without the higher intensity of a treatment balm. It's a good pairing with the Rescue Heel Balm, using the balm to treat problem areas and the cream to maintain results afterwards.
What is Urea and why is it used in Flexitol products?
What is Urea and why is it used in Flexitol products?
Urea is a naturally occurring humectant found in the skin's own moisturising factor, helping draw in and retain water for softer, more hydrated skin. Flexitol uses different concentrations of Urea across its range, from gentler 10% formulas for everyday moisturising to more intensive 25% treatments for severely dry or cracked skin, letting you choose the strength that matches your skin's needs.
Is Flexitol suitable for diabetics?
Is Flexitol suitable for diabetics?
Yes, many Flexitol foot care products, including the Rescue Heel Balm, are approved by the College of Podiatry and considered suitable for daily diabetic footcare. As with any skincare routine, it's worth checking with a healthcare professional if you have specific concerns about diabetic skin care.
How do I treat severely cracked heels with Flexitol?
How do I treat severely cracked heels with Flexitol?
The Rescue Heel Balm is clinically proven to treat and repair dry, cracked skin, using 25% Urea to deeply hydrate with visible results in as little as one day. For an even more intensive overnight boost, the Rapid Relief Overnight Cream uses 30% Urea to nourish and hydrate feet while you sleep, so you wake up to visibly softer, smoother skin.
Is Flexitol cruelty-free?
Is Flexitol cruelty-free?
Absolutely, Flexitol is 100% cruelty-free and doesn't test any of their products or ingredients on animals.