What is Betaine Salicylate (BHA)?
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.
- Pregnancy skincare guidance lists this ingredient as one to be careful with.
- Marked this way on one product.
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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Key: Betaine Salicylate (BHA) (#6 on the ingredient list)
5 claims, summarized
- Don't count on:
- less visible pores
See each claim
claims, checked
#BHA #DeadSkinCellControl #SebumControl
plausible, not testedBHA toner contains betaine salicylate, a lipophilic ingredient, making it suitable for those with oily skin who need pore care due to excessive sebum secretion or who want to gently remove old sebum.
plausible, not testedWe used betaine salicylate, which is less irritating than regular BHA products that use salicylic acid, but
plausible, not testedBecause BHA exhibits optimal effect when pH is 3.5~4.0, there may be slight stinging on mildly acidic skin upon first use.
plausible, not testedBHA is a lipophilic ingredient that easily penetrates deep into the skin, providing excellent sebum removal inside pores.
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Are the claims about it backed up?
We checked each claim that features this ingredient. Open the list below to see the result for each one.
See the results by claim
| Result | Claims |
|---|---|
| plausible, not tested | 2 of 2 |
These are counts of claims, not products. One product can name the same ingredient in several claims, and we checked each one on its own.