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What is Behenic Acid?

Role not confirmed

We haven't written up what this ingredient does yet. The products below feature it as a key ingredient.

Anything to watch out for?

Some products' ingredient lists mark this ingredient as below. If a mark's reason fits your skin, it is the ingredient to weigh in those products.

This is a fungal-acne trigger, one of the ingredients people with fungal acne avoid.
Marked this way on 9 products.

Each mark comes from matching the product's full ingredient list against lists for fragrance, labeled fragrance allergens, drying alcohols, essential oils, fungal acne, pore clogging, and pregnancy caution.

Which products feature it?

One of the 2320 products we've checked features this as a key ingredient.

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  • Product photo of Atobarrier 365 Cream Mist

    Aestura

    Atobarrier 365 Cream Mist

    It's made for better barrier support and better hydration.

    Key Behenic Acid (#15 on the ingredient list), Hydroxypropyl Bislauramide MEA, Cholesterol

    Olive Young USOfficial (Korean)
    21 claims, summarized
    Only partly backed:
    better barrier support · better hydration · calmer skin · a smoother skin texture
    Free of:
    the ingredients it lists
    See each claim

    Claims, checked

    • While the formulation is not identical to that of the cream, the mist does contain some of the key active ingredients found in the cream.backed by evidence
    • · People who frequently feel drynessplausible, not tested
    • · People who think their skin barrier has collapsedplausible, not tested
    • This cream mist forms a strong moisture film with highly concentrated 10,000 ppm ceramide and provides moisture.plausible, not tested
    • With the application of a special emulsifying processing method, finely dissected ceramide is bound to moisture.plausible, not tested
    • No need to shake before useplausible, not tested
    • Ceramide Moisturizing Cream Mistpartly backed
    • Protecting the skin barrier with a fine spray of high-content ceramide containing 10,000ppmpartly backed
    • The mist containing 10,000 ppm of ceramide fills the skin with dense moisture and conveniently and effectively improves the skin barrierpartly backed
    • · After 4 weeks of use, transepidermal water loss (TEWL) improved by 28.2% (skin barrier strengthening)partly backed
    • · After 4 weeks of use, temporary skin redness improved by 20.2%partly backed
    • · The product feels like it provides moisture and hydration (100%)partly backed
    • · The product feels like it improves signs of damaged skin barrier (dryness, flaking, itching) (96.6%)partly backed
    • On-The-Go Moisturizer with 10,000 ppm Ceramide, Moisturizing and Nourishing for Dry & Sensitive Skinpartly backed
    • FREE of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance.partly backed
    • A patch test was performed for 48 hours to confirm skin irritation at the dermatology department of a university hospital.partly backed
    • We have patented and developed our own unique technology to stabilize high concentrations of ceramides in a mist-type formulation.partly backed
    • · The product feels like it strengthens the skin's ability to resist external attacks (100%)no supporting source found
    • No.1 Dermatologist-recommended Brand in Koreano supporting source found
    • While we have not obtained vegan certification from an external organization, the products do not contain animal-derived ingredients and have not been tested on animals.no supporting source found
    • #SkinBarrierMistnothing specific to check