While all the products on this list can technically treat jock itch (as well as athlete’s foot, ringworm and other fungal rashes), we found that this one is especially good at treating jock itch. Not only does it contain the maximum amount of butenafine hydrochloride allowed for an over-the-counter cream, but the cream itself isn’t too heavy or greasy. Applying it to the affected areas was easy and foolproof. It is a cream, so it requires a bit of rubbing into the skin, but we found that it sinks in fairly quickly and didn’t leave a greasy or moist residue behind, which is especially welcome when treating jock itch, since putting clothes on top of still-wet lotion is not very fun.

Perhaps most important, however, is that it works quickly and effectively. In about the span of a week, we felt that our jock itch was almost completely gone with minimal redness, scaling and pretty much no itchiness. The directions note to apply once a day and while Dr. Zeichner advised to apply a cream twice a day, we stuck to the directions on this one. Even though we applied it once a day (at night, when we could be sure sweating in our groin area could be kept to a minimum), that stuff still worked just as well as other twice-a-day creams.