Skin conditioning

What is Centella Asiatica Leaf Extract?

This ingredient is listed in CosIng, the European Commission’s public database of cosmetic ingredients. The function classes that database records for it are: Skin conditioning.

A function class records the role an ingredient is put in a formula for. It is what the database files the ingredient under, not a finding of ours about what it does on skin.

Which products use it?

Of the 153 products whose labels we have read, one puts this one on the front.

Dr.G

Red Blemish 10-Cica Capsule Soothing Toner

We checked 5 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. One of them holds up. The rest are only partly right or have nothing behind them.

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See the label check (5 lines)

Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.

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  • Centella asiatica leaf extract (2.1ppm)
    Korean original

    병풀잎추출물(2.1ppm)

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  • It conditions the skin and delivers a moisturizing effect.
    Korean original

    피부를 정돈하고 보습 효과를 전달한다.

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  • Soothing capsules fill moisture layer upon layer and strengthen the skin barrier.
    Korean original

    수딩 캡슐이 수분을 겹겹이 채우고 피부장벽을 강화한다.

no evidence1
  • It combines 10-Cica exosomes 2,600 times smaller than a pore with ceramide.
    Korean original

    모공보다 2,600배 작은 10-시카 엑소좀과 세라마이드를 결합했다.

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  • It opens moisture pathways inside the skin, raising the absorption of the next skincare step.
    Korean original

    피부 속 수분길을 열어 다음 단계 스킨케어의 흡수력을 높인다.

Do the ad lines about it hold up?

We checked the one advertised line that names this ingredient.

How it readAd lines
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The count is of advertised lines, not products. One product can advertise the same ingredient in several lines, and each line was read on its own against the ingredient list and public documents.