Health guides & articles
What the words on the box actually mean. These explain the differences between product formats so you can read a shelf — they do not tell you what to use, which is a question for a pharmacist.
Eye care
Eye drops, gels and ointments: what the difference actually is
Drops, gels and ointments are the same idea in three thicknesses. Here is what that means in practice, and what the words on the box are telling you.
Hycosan Extra or Hycosan Intense: what separates them
Two preservative-free Hycosan drops in identical 7.5ml bottles. The difference is the active ingredient, and the names are not much help.
Skin and emollients
Cream, ointment, lotion or gel: choosing an emollient by its format
Emollients come in four consistencies and the difference is mostly water. What that changes, and why the greasiest one is not simply the best one.
More to come
3 articles so far. We add one when there is something genuinely useful to say about a product format, not to fill a page.