Review Comparison: Aveeno Eczema Care Cream vs Cetaphil Restoraderm

I have raved about and previously reviewed the Aveeno Eczema Care Cream (review is here)

Left to right: Cetaphil Restoraderm and Aveeno Eczema Therapy Cream

I mentioned before that I struggled with a bit of eczema on my right hand (on two fingers)

There were times that the flare ups would be bad and before these two creams came on the market, no hand cream I tried would help me. So I had to rely heavily on a prescription steroid cream called elocom

I've had really really good experiences with both the regular Cetaphil and regular Aveeno lotions - they are both brands that I trust. I've been using Cetaphil and Aveeno products for over 12 years - they are both my HG body lotions 

So as soon as both competing creams for eczema came out on the market, I bought both

I must say, the Cetaphil Restoraderm does as excellent of a job as the Aveeno Eczema Care Cream does. Both creams have helped my eczema so tremendously that (1) I no longer have flare ups and (2) I do not have to use elocom. 

The main difference for me perhaps is that the Aveeno Eczema Care Cream seems a tad bit stickier. It's thicker than the Cetaphil Restoraderm. The texture of the Aveeno Eczema Care Cream is just like the texture of their Aveeno Daily Moisturizing lotion. Similarly, the texture of the Cetaphil Restoraderm is just like their Cetaphil Moisturizing Lotion

But the main reason I continue to buy both brands of lotion and not just settling on one is because of the packaging

The Cetaphil Restoraderm has a pump - and the pump can lock 

(a pump that can lock is necessary for travel) 

The pump on the Cetaphil Restoraderm, which can lock

I put the Cetaphil Restoraderm on my desk & bedside table - as it's easy to just press a pump and dispense product instead of having to pick up the bottle and physically flip to open / flip back to close a cap

That being said, for creams that I throw in my purse, I want the flip cap - like the one on the Aveeno Eczema Care cream bottle. I just don't fancy the idea of whipping out a bottle of cream from my purse which has a pump dispenser on top 

Both products have done wonders for me

I will continue to use them both for a long time even after my eczema is long gone

And I don't think I'll be experimenting with any other hand creams anytime soon

I know how it is to struggle with eczema - my struggle was 3-4 years long

I hope this review can help someone that also suffers from Eczema as well