Function class not confirmed

What is PCA?

We did not find this ingredient name in CosIng, the European Commission’s public database of cosmetic ingredients, so this page carries no definition of the ingredient. What it does carry is the products that put it on the front of the label.

Which products use it?

Of the 399 products whose labels we have read, one puts this one on the front.

Aestura

Atobarrier 365 Hydro Essence

We checked 7 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. 2 of them hold up. The rest are only partly right or have nothing behind them.

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See the label check (7 lines)

Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.

backed by evidence2
  • Functional Cosmetics Review (or Report) Required: Not Applicable
    Korean original

    기능성 화장품 심사(또는 보고) 필 여부: 해당없음

  • Dermatology test completed, suitability for acne-prone skin test completed, allergy test completed
    Korean original

    피부과 테스트 완료, 여드럼성 피부 사용 적합 테스트 완료, 알러지 테스트 완료

likely, not proven1
  • Moisture-Charging Essence Within the Skin Barrier
    Korean original

    피부장벽 속 수분충전 에센스

partly backed3
  • A skin barrier moisturizing essence that fills delicate skin with 30 types of moisture nutrients
    Korean original

    연약한 피부에 30종의 수분영양소를 채워주는 피부장벽 속보습 에센스

  • 99% are satisfied with spreadability, 95% are satisfied with moisture feel, 95% are satisfied with absorption, 2020 October Hwahae survey group of 292 people
    Korean original

    99% 발림성이 만족스러워요 95% 수분감이 만족스러워요 95% 흡수력이 만족스러워요 2020 10월 화해 설문단 292인

  • With DermaON capsule moisturizing technology, it implements a lipid structure of ceramide, cholesterol, and fatty acids similar to that of the skin, enhancing moisture delivery and strengthening the moisture barrier.
    Korean original

    더마온(DermaON) 캡슐 보습 기술로 세라마이드·콜레스테롤·지방산 지질 구조를 피부와 유사하게 구현하여 보습 전달력을 높이고 보습 장벽을 강화합니다

says nothing1
  • #MoistureChargingWithinBarrier
    Korean original

    #장벽속수분충전

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.