Pacquins Hand Cream

December 19, 2009 – 7:53 am

For those who had been using Pacquins hand cream for years, it was a great shock and disappointment to realize that this cream had been discontinued. In spite of a lot of lobbying by those who swear by Pacquins hand and body cream, apparently it has not yet been re-continued. When Johnson and Johnson acquired Pfizer’s consumer health care line in 2006, they discontinued making Pacquin plus hand and body cream. For forty or fifty years or more, women loved this cream, which more recently used to retail for the modest price of somewhere around $5 for a 4 ounce jar. Today, if you are even able to find a jar, you will need to pay up to $20 for it, although there have been some accounts of 8 oz. jars selling for as much as $200.

Unfortunately the sector of society most hit with the discontinuation of pacquins medicated hand cream is, for the most part, those in their fifties, sixties and older. While there may be some very good replacement hand lotions out there–one called Udderly Smooth, apparently an udder-cream carried by local Ohio drugstores — it has been very distressing for many women who have been using the cream ever since they were children, and their mother’s using it before them.

Traditionally, Pacquins plus hand and body cream apparently is the prime hand cream for those people who face dry and cracking hands, a problem many of us have during the colder winter months. Some also used it as a face cream as well. The feel of this cream was very silky, yet it did not have the oily, greasy feel that many modern hand creams have. It was this quality that made many people almost worship this brand of hand cream. It did not only feel silky though, but apparently the active ingredients in the cream really did make your skin feel rejuvenated and it also helped heal hands that were cracked from the cold. However, it is no longer manufactured.

This is a typical problem that we are seeing these days where the old, in this case hand cream, has to make way for the new it nevertheless is disturbing for people who have used something for years to suddenly find it is no longer available. Alternatively, if it is still available, to discover that it is retailing for ridiculously high prices. Perhaps a better marketing strategy would be to suggest a replacement cream that could be used that would give the same results. If you find a secret source of Pacquins hand cream you had better hang onto it, it is worth a small fortune today.

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