E45 cream makers

[stuffyoursandbox]

Taking comfortable in your own skin literally. Could do without the photo glorifying "top surgery".

e45.com/uk/skin-through-transition/

Oh FFS. DD has various allergies to a fair few creams so we've got a mahoosive pot of E45 in the bathroom. Bugger.

It's a specific page about transitioning and gender reassignment surgery. The photo is not out of place in the context.

It's the glorifying of it I have an issue with. Obviously helping trans people with skin issues is great but although they are at pains to say it's all research based info it then veers off into saying things like breast binding is ok because some people who do it say it is, to paraphrase.
I do think it is interesting effort as they are outlining some serious issues such as consequences of inadequate hair removal but still normalising breast removal/ binding is not good

How is it glorifying it? They're quite clear about the (skin related) side effects which can occur.

I would consider that photo with arms up big smile and mastectomy scars to be glorifying it in my opinion

Would they show a photo of someone with body integrity identity disorder who had amputated a healthy limb?

I’ve just seen the advert on telly and came straight here.

wtf?

If you scroll to the bottom of the page there's a pic of someone putting on a breast binder.
The last I heard these were considered to be child abuse.
The whole page is horrific OP, thanks for bringing it to attention. There are certainly a few grounds for complaint but the binder jumped out at me.

Doublebase Emollient Gel might be a good alternative - DH switched to it from E45 a while ago and thinks it's better.

I see one of the experts consulted is Jon Arcelus of WPATH leaks fame.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/12/nhs-trangender-doctor-jonathan-arcelus-male-female-genitals/

This is like Dulcolax advertising to anorexics.

That woman at the bottom with the mastectomy scars would have been better using Bio oil for scars rather than E45 cream. I mean as adverts go you look at that photo and think shit well E45 is going to be crap.

How can it be anything other than corporate virtue signalling ? E45 will do the same for your skin regardless of gender identity.

Well maybe if people left their bodies in the natural state that was designed for them (by their genetics), then they would not need to buy emoluments for skin conditions, generated in the first place.

Of course E45 will have “skin in the game”

It really doesn't bother me, I'm all for inclusivity - live and let live.

Oh geez, I love E45 Bath Oil but need to find an alternative now.

Thanks @Mermoose good tip will buy some. Do they also do bath oil for @Teddleshon?

@Igmum Aproderm is vastly superior - specifically, in my opinion, the colloidal oat cream.

Thank you @NitroNine

So do they have equally massive sections on other kinds of scars? Mastectomy for breast cancer for example? Caesarian scar?

Of course not. Mastectomy scars for breast cancer are so last decade.

'Live and let live' would be them noting that their cream can be helpful for all kinds of scarring, including surgical transistion.

'Glorifying' is having pictures of grinning people looking happy and healthy after having their healthy body parts amputated.

There is a difference.

Mastectomy isn't too be undertaken lightly. A cancer survivor in my family still had nerve damage and itching 10 years later. Its not like having a bit of lip filler or something.

Any anyway, what about cancer survivors who will find suddenly being confronted with this very triggering?

What are the stats now, something like 1 in 9 (born) women will get bc in their lifetime? That's an awful lot of women likely to be upset by this.

Don't they matter?

Oh dear - it took ages to write my post last night & just realised it reads as if I’m being shady about @Mermoose recommending Doublebase, which wasn’t at all what was meant, sorry! I do prefer the Aproderm to Doublebase (& Zerobase & Lipobase & Ultrabase & Exmabase & Myribase &…) but I wasn’t being mean about her suggestion @Igmum !

@Teddleshon I think for bath oil the obvious switch would be Oilatum - it’s really commonly prescribed, certainly. There’s also Balneum or DoubleBase. If you’ve [dis]liked any of their emollients it should help narrow things.

@stuffyoursandbox

i think you are on risky ground.
you are saying minority people don’t deserve information and advice.

its a tricky area but this was a specific page .

seems like on this one you are trying just to stir the pot.