Fast & soothing relief for dry, chapped, cracked, windburned and irritated skin a healthy skin barrier protects from irritating chemicals, allergens, and bacteria. Dry, cracked, itchy and eczema-prone skin occurs when skin lipid levels are unbalanced and depleted. Truelipids works at the source of dry, cracked skin by providing a patent-pending blend of essential skin lipids; cholesterol ester, ceramide 3, ceramide precursors, and very long chain fatty acids, to the layer of skin where they are needed to help repair a healthy effective, skin barrier.