I buy hydrocortisone cream for my elderly mother whose legs are very sensitive due to poor circulation. I always bought her Member's Mark Hydrocortisone Cream before, but that seems to have disappeared.
I read the reviews of Kirkland's hydrocortisone cream and worried that it would burn her legs since everything else does, e.g. the mildest hand lotion. I decided to try it anyway, but warned her to use it in a tiny spot on her legs first.
She decided to try it on a place on the back of her hand where she had some tiny blisters. She said it stinged a tiny bit and then felt great. So, she tried it on her legs. She said it did not sting at all and felt great. She wants more Kirkland's when this is gone. They have at least one very happy customer.
Now, to the aluminum sulfate controversy. Aluminum sulfate is an ingredient of Kirkland's cream, and it does indeed hydrolyze into a dilute sulfuric acid solution. But the solution is so dilute that it is used to lower the pH of soil, not burn skin. As matter of fact, aluminum sulfate is an ingredient of common baking soda and used in styptic pencils to relieve pain from stings. Look at the Wikipedia article on aluminum sulfate.
This product works fine for me It is not as thick as some of the name brands but I suspect that is just because they use a bit more water in making it. It does not sting any more than any other brand for me.
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This is a good company to buy from. They ship it fast and the prices are so good. Even with shipping I cannot buy tubes of hydrocortisone in the stores cheaper. Good stuff also.
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NOT RECOMMENDED. At least one star was required to submit this review, but one star was one star too many.
On application, I found this product began to sting and did not stop until after I had washed it off! (Label says it has "10 moisturizers." Who knows which chemical is the culprit!) This is the hydrocortisone cream in the firey red box: a fitting color.
By contrast, Kirkland's other product, hydrocortisone 1% with Aloe, in the white, blue and lime box, is soothing.
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Update provided 08/27/2010 I originally wrote a joking review (see below) when Costco made available a hydrocortisone cream with aloe that did what you'd expect a non-descript tube of presumably soothing cream to do. That product came in a blue box four tubes per box. That's what I originally wrote my review about, figuring there wasn't much you could possibly say about it other than it worked
Now, as you can see, it comes in an angry red colored box, which is sort of appropriate, given what it feels like when you use it. What has happened, as a couple of other people have noted, is that Costco/Kirkland switched manufacturers. Whatever the new manufacturer is adding to the cream does, in fact, sting like crazy, particularly when applied to the part of my body I use it for. I ended up throwing the latest shipment away, since it wasn't worth the hassle of trying to get a refund for three unused tubes of cream. I've since switched to another product.
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Okay you can't use it to brush your teeth, or as an ingredient for flapjacks, but it does work as advertised.
Keep in mind that this is not the prescription strength version it is only 1% but for various and sundry skin ailments, and to treat a certain part of the body with a certain condition that shall remain unnamed, it can't be beat. You get four tubes in a box, so if you make frequent use of this stuff, as I do, then buying it in bulk is the best way to save some money.
I think I have said everything I can about this product so enjoy and don't let Grandpa try to use it to set his dentures it probably doesn't taste very good and it lacks adhesive properties...
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