Cicaplast Baume B5+
SUMMARY OF REVIEWS
La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Baume B5+ is a thick, balm-like cream that soothes damaged, irritated skin and helps repair the barrier, with board-certified dermatologist Doctorly praising its aesthetic and anti-inflammatory effects. Several creators call it a go-to for eczema, heat rashes, cracked skin, and post-procedure recovery, noting it leaves a protective layer and calms redness.
FULL REVIEWS
POSITIVE
- “I would shout from the rooftops that everyone should have for 16,000 different reasons”9:26–9:32
- “It works on infants. It works on grown people, kids, whatever”9:39–9:47
- “When I was having dermatitis around my mouth, perioral dermatitis, this was a godsend”9:59–10:06
- “This is what I'm using if I've got cracked hands, dry skin patches, redness, irritation, like all of that. This is an amazing cream for it”10:10–10:14
- “I tell everyone I know about this product. Like you should just have this for when you need it”10:34–10:41
- Source: Fragrance free product reviews for sensitive skin - Jun 16, 2026
- “The barrier revive cream has just an incredible aesthetic. So not only does it give you a healthy skin barrier, decreases inflammation, balances out the microbiome, but also has a lot of other ingredients that just help the skin and they nail the aesthetics”3:20–3:24
- “Like you just love how this feels”3:31–3:35
- “I absolutely love this product. Use it all the time and I'd be remiss if I didn't mention it”3:39–3:44
- Source: Best moisturizers of the year: doctorly favorites of 2025 - Jan 15, 2026
- “This is a very effective multi-purpose repairing balm that soothes damaged, irritated skin and helps to optimize the conditions for your skin's repair”35:14–35:18
- “I personally use it for dry cracked like rub raw skin”35:56–36:03
- “I put some of this on and within a few days that heals right up and stops being sore and painful”36:17–36:21
- “This honestly works really well for that”36:21–36:26
- “I've also put it on eczema flare-ups when my skin's itchy and angry”36:25–36:31
- “I've put it on heat rashes as well and this all just works to really soothe it, calm it down, and helps my skin repair itself and heal faster”36:27–36:35
- “A little goes a long way with this product so it lasts for quite a while”36:53–36:57
- Source: Best skincare of 2025: K-beauty and J-beauty favourites - Jan 18, 2026
- “This is my skin recovery product”
- “The texture of this is very thick. It's very rich. It's balmlike almost like a healing cream”12:24–12:35
- “It really leaves a protective layer on the skin which makes it perfect when my skin feels irritated or overworked”12:35–12:40
- “You can use this in so many ways and you can use it even on your body”12:44–12:49
- “I don't use this every night but when my skin barrier is compromised this really helps calm down my redness and speed up recovery”12:49–12:56
- “I love using this as a you do for slugging like when you put like a layer on your skin and also when my hands are super super dry especially now that it's winter time”12:58–13:09
- “I usually do it at night, not in the morning because it's quite thick”13:15–13:22
- “You spread it on your face, leave it on overnight, and then when you wake up, you'll feel that your skin is very soft, very supple, very moisturized, very calm”13:25–13:32
- Source: Best Western skincare of 2025: honest review + results - Jan 25, 2026
- “Absolute solid holy grails”
- “This one I will use when I'm feeling like irritated and I need extra barrier protection”13:08–13:11
- Source: Realistic travel skincare routine AM & PM - Jan 16, 2026
- “This is still the one that I rely on when my skin just needs that, you know, protection. It is a fail-safe”20:49–20:56
- “This one's not like texturally the best, and it's a little harder to work with”21:03–21:07
- “When I do want definite skin barrier protection, this is still the one that I go for”21:09–21:20
- Source: Gentle & skin barrier friendly skincare routine AM & PM - Apr 17, 2026
- “I love the cicaplast baume B5 which is getting reformulated to the B5 plus. I picked one up in Europe and so far it seems to be pretty similar on my skin, maybe a little bit lighter”3:19–3:30
- Source: Barrier repair, rosacea, and sensitive skin tips - Jan 17, 2023
- “This one was my SOS moisturizer when I was irritated, when my skin barrier was compromised”17:31–17:35
- “It's not quite as moisturizing as the Claire's, but I would reach for this one to kind of get that barrier back”17:35–17:39
- Source: Best Skincare of 2025: J & K-Beauty Favorites - Jan 23, 2026
- “I can you know what how I know the winter has come is whenever I see the Olivium like bestseller product rankings definitely if it become the winter this product just come up”10:01–10:15
- “It's like selling every 5 seconds”10:11–10:16
- “My sister very hyper sensitive skin and she has attopic inflammation, she cannot use any random bra, this is her holy grail”10:17–10:22
- “It has a zinc oxide which also contains from the mineral sunscreen”10:27–10:33
- “Whenever you apply it, it has a white cast but it also has a madaside, so it calms your down skin”10:33–10:39
- “You can think it's like allrounder amazing moisturizer”10:39–10:46
- “It just calm down your skin and help it moisturizing right so healing and moisturizing at the same time”10:44–10:49
- “It has a little white cast but basically you can use at the night time and in the morning a lot more feeling better”10:52–10:57
- Source: 9 Best Skin Barrier Repair Creams for Damaged, Sensitive & Peeling Skin - Jan 9, 2026
- “Compared to other lup, this one feels just like a normal moisturizer”3:25–3:33
- “It's heavier than a really light gel cream but no problem using every single day”3:33–3:38
- “If you have really oily combo skin at the summer, you can use more at the night time”3:38–3:45
- “A lot of the guys pick this as their holy grail at the winter time”3:48–3:56
- “You can also use it for the everyday moisturizer or oily combo skin”4:02–4:06
- “For my dry mature skin, I felt this bit little light for my winter time”4:08–4:14
- Source: 9 Best Skin Barrier Repair Creams for Damaged, Sensitive & Peeling Skin - Jan 9, 2026
- “I think it's a really really nice restorative repairing cream”0:47–0:53
- “It's really really good if you're dealing with like minor scrapes to the face or like post-procedure skin”1:23–1:29
- “The texture is very, very thick”1:40–1:43
- “It's very thick emollient like and it creates a nice occlusive layer on the skin”1:49–1:53
- “For a lot of people, especially those with oily combination skin like myself, it can feel kind of heavy, very greasy”2:01–2:09
- “Sometimes people said it's made their breakouts worse”2:12–2:17
- “I feel like people do pose this as the healing ointment for everything”2:13–2:20
- “It's more so like for special occasions”
- Source: 5 most overrated skincare products and what to buy instead - Sep 12, 2025
MIXED / NEGATIVE
No negative reviews yet — creators have only had good things to say.
WHAT CREATORS SAY
- Consensus
- 4.5 / 5 from 10 creator reviewsGrailPeople ratings based on creator reviews.
- Good for
- Damaged skin barrier (7) · Dry skin (4) · Sensitive skin (4) · Eczema (2)
- Features
- No white cast (2) · Soothing (5) · Hydrating (3) · Rich (2) · Multitasking (2)
- ⚠ may not suit oily skin (1)
- ⚠ didn't help with acne (1)
- ⚠ less suited to pm routine (1)
Product details
Details
- Type
- balm
- Finish
- —
- Shade
- —
- Key ingredients
- Panthenol, Madecassoside, Tribioma, Shea Butter, Glycerin, Dimethicone, Zinc Gluconate, Copper Gluconate, Manganese Gluconate, Titanium Dioxide
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