Comedogenicity is a term that describes the tendency of a cosmetic or substance to clog pores.
A comedogenic ingredient is a substance that has the ability to block the sebaceous glands, causing clogging of skin pores.
Comedogenicity occurs through the mixing of substances, dead skin cells, impurities and sebum. This prevents the skin and its sebaceous glands from functioning properly, resulting in blackheads, pimples and other skin imperfections.
Symptoms of comedogenicity are not always visible immediately, they may appear even after long-term use of the product.
The comedogenicity of the product depends on the entire formulation, concentration and amount of comedogenic substances in the product.
Each skin is different and reacts completely differently to the active ingredients in the products.
The quality of the skin depends on many factors, including: diet, body hydration, sleep, stress level, genes, individual predispositions, health and care.
To achieve healthy skin condition, the most important thing is an individual, personalised approach.
The most important stages of care are:
makeup removal,
cleaning,
exfoliation,
application of active ingredients matched to the skin type,
regeneration of the hydrolipid layer.
Scale determining the comedogenicity of a substance:
0- no comedogenicity
1- very low comedogenicity
2- moderately low comedogenicity
3- moderate comedogenicity
4- quite high comedogenicity
5- high comedogenicity
Comedogenic substances
1-acetoxyhexadecane
1-hexadecanol acetate
1-hexadecanol
Acetic acid hexadecyl ester
Acetone
Acetylated Lanolin
Acetylated Lanolin Alcohol
Acetylated Wool Fat
Acetylated Wool Wax
Adansonia digitata l.
Agar
Ahnfeltiopsis Concinna Extract
Alaria Esculenta Extract
Alga Bladderwrack
Algae
Algae Extract
Algin
Alginate
Alginic Acid
Algea
Almond Oil
Aphanothece Sacrum Polysaccharide
Apricot Kernel Oil
Arthrospira Plantensis
Ascophyllum Nodosum Extract
Ascorbyl Palmitate
Asparagopsis Armata Extract
Avocado Oil
Baobab
Beeswax
Benzoic Acid
Beta Carotene
Beeswax
Bismuth
Bryopsis Africana
Butylene Glycol
Butyl Octadecanoate
Butyl Stearate
Butyl Stearic acid
Butyrospermum
Cacao Seed Butter
Calendula
Camphor
Candelilla Wax
Capea biruncinata var. denuda sonder
Capea biruncinata var. elongata sonder
Capric Acid
Caprylic AcidCarbomer
Carageenan gum
Carastay c
Carnuba Wax
Carrageenan
Caulerpa lentillifera extract
Caulerpa filiformis
Carrageenan
Carrageenan Moss
Cera alba
Cera bianca
Cera flava
Cera olea
Cetearyl Alcohol + Ceteareth 20
Cetyl Acetate
Cetyl Alcohol
Chaetomorpha linum (aerea) cladophora radiosa
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii extract
Chlorella
Chlorophyceae
Chondrus Crispus (aka Irish Moss or Carageenan Moss)
Cladophora cf. subsimplex
Cladosiphon okamuranus extract
Coal Tar
Coco-caprate
Coco-caprylate
Cocoa Butter
Coconut Alkanes
Coconut Butter
Coconut Extract
Coconut Nucifera extract
Coconut Oil
Cocos nucifera oil
cocos nucifera seed butter
Coenochloris signiensis extract
Colloidal Sulfur
Cotton Awws Oil
Cotton Seed Oil
Corallina officinalis extract
Corn
Corn oil
Creosote
Cystoseira tamariscifolia extract
D & C Red # 17
D & C Red # 19
D & C Red # 21
D & C Red # 3
D & C Red # 30
D & C Red # 33
D & C Red # 36
D & C Red # 40
D & C Red # 4
D & C Red # 6
D & C Red # 7
D & C Red # 9
Decyl Oleate
Decyloleate
Dicotyledons succinate
Dictyopteris membranacea
Dictyopteris polypodioides
Diethylhexyl sodium sulfosuccinate
Diisooctyl succinate
Dilsea carnosa extract
Dimethicone
Dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate
Dioctyl Succinate
Diosctyl malate
Disodium laureth sulfosuccinate
Disodium Monooleamido
Disodium Monooleamido peg 2 sulfosuccinate
Disodium oleamido peg-2 sulfosuccinate
Dodecanoic acid
Dodecoic acid
Dodecylic acid
Dunaliella salina extract
Duodecylic acid
Durvillaea antarctica extract
Ecklonia cava
Ecklonia cava extract
Ecklonia radiata
Enteromorpha compressa extract
Ethoxylated Lanolin
Ethylhexyl Palmitate
Ethylhexyl pelargonate
Ethylhexyl Stearate
Eucheuma spinosum extract
Evening Primrose Oil
Fucoxanthin
Fucus serratus
Fucus vesiculosus
Gamtae extract
Gelidiella acerosa extract
Gelidium amansii extract
Gigartina stellata extract
Glyceryl monostearate
Glyceryl Stearate NSE
Glyceryl Stearate SE
Glyceryl-3 Diisostearate
Glycine soja oil
Glycine max
Gracilariopsis chorda extract
Haematococcus pluvialis extract
Haematococcus pluvialis
Haslea ostrearia extract
Hexadecanol acetate
Hexadecyl Acetate
Hexadecyl Alcohol
Hexylene glycol
Himanthalia elongata extract
Hizikia fusiforme extract
Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil
Hydrolyzed rhodophycea extract
Hydrous magnesium silicate
Hypnea musciformis extract
Hypneaceae extract
Irish Moss
Isocetyl Alcohol
Isocetyl Stearate
Isodecyl Oleate
Isohexadecanol
Isohexadecyl alcohol
Isohexadecyl stearate
Isooctadecyl isooctadecanoate
Isopalmitic alcohol
Isopalmityl alcohol
Isopropyl Alcohol
Isopropyl isodecanoate
Isopropyl Isostearate
Isopropyl Linolate
Isopropyl Myristate
Isopropyl Palmitate
Isostearyl Isostearate
Isostearyl Neopentanoate
Jania rubens extract
Jojoba Oil
Jojoba wax
Kappaphycus alvarezii extract
Karite
Kelp
Kousou ekisu
Laminaria
Laminaria Digitata Extract
Laminaria Saccharina Extract (Laminaria Saccharine)
Lanolin Alcohol
Lanolin acetate
Lanolin alcohol acetate
Lanolin polyoxyethylene ether
Laureth-23
Laureth-4
Lauric Acid
Laurostearic acid
Lcd
Linolate
Liquor carbonis detergens
Liquor picis carbonis
Lithiumm Stearate
Lithothamnium calcareum powder
Lpc
Macroalgae
Macrocystis pyrifera extract
Magnesium Stearate
Mangifera indica seed butter
Mango Butter
Marula
Marula oil
Methylsilanol mannuronate
Mink Oil
Moss
Myristate
Myristic Acid
Myristyl
Myristyl Lactate
Myristyl Myristate
Myristyl Propionate
N-hexadecyl alcohol
N-hexadecyl ethanoate
Octadecanoic acid
Octadecyl heptanoate
Octyl Palmitate
Octyl Stearate
Oleth-3
Oleth-3 phosphate
Oleth-5
Oleth-10
Oleyl Alcohol
Olive Oil
Palmaria palmata extract
Palmityl Acetate
Palmityl Alcohol
Parkii
Peanut Oil
PEG 100 Stearate
PEG 2- Sulfosuccinate
PEG 16 Lanolin
PEG 200 Dilaurate
PEG-75
PEG 8 Stearate
Pelvetia canaliculata extract
PES
Phaeodactylum tricornutum extract
Phaeophyceae
Pix carbonis
PG Monostearate
PGMS
PPG-2 Myristyl
PPG 2 Myristyl Propionate
PPG 2 Myristyl Ether Propionate
Plankton
Polyethylene Glycol (PEG 400)
Polyethylene glycol 200
Polyethylene glycol dodecyl ether
Polyethylene glycol jojoba acid
Polyethylene glycol lauryl ether
Polyethylene glycol monododecyl ether
Propylene Glycol Monostearate
Polyethylene glycol stearate
Polyoxyethylene lauryl ether
Polysiphonia elongata extract
Polyglyceryl-3 Diisostearate
Polyglyceryl-3-Disostearate
Porphyra umbilicalis
Porphyridium
Porphyridium cruentum extract
Porphyridium polysaccharide
Potassium Chloride
Potassium Salt
Propanoic Acid
Propylene Glycol Monostearate
Pyrene coal tar pitch
Red Algae
Rhodophyta
Rhodophyceae extract
Safflower Oil
Sargassum filipendula extract
Sargassum fusiforme extract
Sclerocarya birrea
Sclerocarya birrea seed oil
Seaweed
Sea fern
Sesame
Sesamum indicum
Shark Liver Oil
Shark Squalene
Shea
Shea Butter
Sheep alcohol
Simethicone
Simmondsia chinensis seed wax
Sles
Slo
Sls
Sodium Alginate
Sodium Alkylethersulfate
Sodium Chloride
Sodium Docusate
Sodium Dodecyl sulphate
Sodium Laureth Sulfate
Sodium Lauryl Ether sulfate
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
Soja
Solulan 16
Sorbitan Monooleate
Sorbitan Oleate
Soy
Soybean
Soybean Oil
Sphacelaria
Spirulina
Squalene
Steareth 10
Stearic Acid
Stearic Acid Tea
Stearyl Alcohol
Stearyl Heptanoate
Starch
Sulfated Castor Oil
Sulfated Jojoba Oil
Sulfosuccinate
Sulphated castor oil
Talc
Talcum
Tea stearate
Tetradecanoic acid
Tetradecyl lactate
Tetradecyl myristate
Tetradecyl propionate
Theobroma butter
Theobroma cocoa seed butter
Theobroma oil
Tocopherol (Vitamin E)
Triticum aestivum
Triticum vulgare
Turkey red oil
Undaria Pinnatifida
Ulva lactuca
Ulva fasciata
Ulva rhacodes
Vegetable gelatin
Vitamin A Palmitate
Vitellaria paradoxa
Vulvic acid
Wakame
Wheat
Wheat Germ Glyceride
Wheat Germ Oil
Wool alcohol
Wool fat
Xanthophyta
Xylene
Xylitol
Zea mays