Skin-Replenishing Ingredients

Best

Humectant

Skin-Replenishing Ingredients description

These are skincare ingredients that help enrich skin’s surface, drenching it with revitalising hydration and keeping it there. Doing so helps keep skin looking and feeling soft, smooth, and supple, especially skin that’s persistently dry, tight, and uncomfortable. Daily application of skin-replenishing ingredients keeps skin safeguarded from environmental factors that lead to moisture loss and dehydration, and help skin appear younger, more vibrant, and replenished. There are numerous skin-replenishing ingredients to consider, some of which are naturally present in skin, including hyaluronic acid, ceramides, sodium PCA, glycerine, glycerol, cholesterol, and phospholipids. Other examples of research-proven skin-replenishing ingredients are silicones, petrolatum, triglycerides, omega fatty acids, and exfoliating ingredients like alpha hydroxy acids (AHAs like glycolic acid) and beta hydroxy acid (BHA, salicylic acid).

Skin-Replenishing Ingredients references

  • Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, July 2014, pages 177-184
  • Dermatoendocrinology, July 2012, pages 253-258
  • Dermatologic Therapy, May-June 2012, pages 229-233 and 2004, pages 49-56
  • British Journal of Dermatology, September 2008, pages 567-577
  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology, August 2003, pages 231-241
  • Der Hautarzt, January 1998, pages 6-9

Peer-reviewed, substantiated scientific research is used to assess ingredients in this dictionary. Regulations regarding constraints, permitted concentration levels and availability vary by country and region.

Ingredient ratings

Best

Proven and supported by independent studies. Outstanding active ingredient for most skin types or concerns.

Good

Necessary to improve a formula's texture, stability, or penetration.

Average

Generally non-irritating but may have aesthetic, stability, or other issues that limit its usefulness.

Bad

There is a likelihood of irritation. Risk increases when combined with other problematic ingredients.

Worst

May cause irritation, inflammation, dryness, etc. May offer benefit in some capability but overall, proven to do more harm than good.

unknown

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Not rated

We have not yet rated this ingredient because we have not had a chance to review the research on it.