I recently developed a severe allergy that left me with itchy rashes around my neck. According to my dermatologist, the culprit could’ve been anything - from our laundry detergent, to my perfume, to the dozen trinkets I insist on wearing around my neck. Her advice: ditch the perfume and necklaces, switch to unscented soap for sensitive skin, and use a topical steroid plus an intensive moisturizer with 30% urea.
Now, for as long as I can remember, I’ve associated urea with fertilizers and, yes, urine (nerd alert). So imagine my surprise when I learned that most moisturizers actually contain urea - just not at the high concentration my derma prescribed.
Five days later, not only had the rashes subsided, but the lines on my neck - which I’d always chalked up to, um, maturity - had all but disappeared. Turns out the moisturizers I’d been dutifully slathering on since R’s constant admonition to “moisturize, moisturize, moisturize!” weren’t cutting it. What I really needed was 30% urea in my moisturizer… otherwise I risk looking like Heihei’s long-lost cousin.
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