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23YEARSOLD BADECASIL P

Ingredients and claims, checked

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Last checked September 12, 2026

Mid-range for creams

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What is it like at a glance?

What the ingredients do

Softening leads, with 4 of 34 ingredients. It also contains Betaine Salicylate.

Softening
4
Hydration
3
Skin protection
2
Exfoliation
1

By skin type

  • DryNeutral
  • OilyGood fit
  • CombinationNeutral
  • SensitiveUse with care

Piboo’s rating from user reports.

Worth knowing

  • Has a fungal-acne trigger
  • On pore-clogging lists

Made for

What is this product?

What to expect
It's made for a smoother skin texture and less shine.
Key ingredients
Glycolic Acid 4%, Betaine Salicylate 0.8%, Urea
When
Evening

A cream that seals in moisture as the last step. It leaves a light moisture layer.

Who is it for?

Less suited to

  • Sensitive skin

What's good, and what to watch for?

Good points

  • Contains Glycolic Acid 4%, Betaine Salicylate 0.8%
  • Glycolic Acid 4% and Betaine Salicylate 0.8% smooth away dead skin
  • Centella Asiatica Extract, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate and Allantoin calm the skin

Watch-outs

  • If you clog easily: Cetearyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate
  • If you get fungal acne: Polysorbate 60, Sorbitan Sesquioleate

How do you use it?

Where in your routine
Evening leave-on step after cleansing and before or instead of a plain moisturiser, given that the acids are the point of the formula rather than an accent
Pairs well with
  • A plain humectant toner underneath and sunscreen the following morning
  • A barrier-supporting cream on nights this product is not used
Don't combine with
A retinoid, a vitamin C acid, or a second exfoliant on the same night

What is in it?

The full ingredient list as the brand publishes it, in the printed order. Tap a name to read about that ingredient.

This brand publishes its ingredient list in Korean only. Names below are the matching INCI names from the Korean Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary, except 1 with no dictionary entry, left in Korean.

Key ingredientWorth a closer look

Ingredients with no mark are ones we found nothing notable about, and when marks overlap on one ingredient we show the caution first.

Our research flagged these as worth a closer look, but we could not find them by name in the list above: Cera Alba

What the claims add up to

Only partly backed:
a smoother skin texture (amount unknown) · less shine
Don't count on:
calmer skin
See each claim, checked (13)

Claims, checked

  • Betaine Salicylate 0.8%backed by evidence
  • Glycolic Acid 4%backed by evidence
  • * Limited to raw material characteristicsbacked by evidence
  • ✅Strong exfoliation and sebum control with AHA 4%partly backed
  • Improve problem / Remove dead cells / Refine skin texture / Tighten pore / Control sebum / Adjust pH balancepartly backed
  • Betaine Salicylate - removes dead skin and sebumpartly backed
  • Glycolic Acid - exfoliation, normalizes skin turnover cyclepartly backed
  • Optima Pharmacy #1 cream large capacity now online!no supporting source found
  • ✅K-Optima Pharmacy #1 cream at 880 branchesno supporting source found
  • ✅Cumulative sales 2,000,000!no supporting source found
  • BADECA™ 0.5%no supporting source found
  • Badeka™ - removes excess dead skin, smooth skin textureno supporting source found
  • BioDtox - soothes skin hypersensitivityno supporting source found

We quote each claim exactly as the brand published it, then check it against the ingredient list and the brand's own documents.

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