Abib Green LHA Pore Pad Clear Touch

What is this product?

A 230 ml, 70-pad pore pad from Abib, sold in a tub with integrated tweezers and a sheet that splits along a perforation for five to ten minute localized use. Filed in Korea as a two-function notified cosmetic for wrinkle improvement and whitening. The 35-entry ingredient statement is published in both Korean and English and discloses exactly one concentration: capryloyl salicylic acid, the LHA in the product name, at 10 ppm in the thirty-fourth position. Plain salicylic acid sits at position eighteen with no disclosed level, and the package label prints both acids side by side even though the product name mentions only LHA. The formula is water and glycol based with a heavy upcycled botanical load (apple, chestnut shell, persimmon leaf, houttuynia, brassicas) and no oil, no fragrance and no alcohol. Brand-cited testing runs to five studies at one named clinical centre, including an immediate sebum figure of 93.27 percent that the brand itself labels temporary, and a two-week pore claim whose footnote gives a two-day period.

What makes it different?

Two things. First, an unusually specific disclosure that cuts against the marketing: the brand prints 10 ppm for the LHA it named the product after, which lets a reader establish that the unnamed salicylic acid sixteen positions higher is the working exfoliant. Second, the format, a splittable 70-pad sheet with tweezers built into the tub, designed for both a whole-face wipe and a localized five to ten minute treatment from the same pad.

What is in it?

The full ingredient list as the brand publishes it, in the printed order. Each name links to what we know about that ingredient.

Key ingredient

• Water
• Methylpropanediol
• Propanediol
• Niacinamide
• Glycerin
• Cynanchum Atratum Extract
• Pyrus Malus (Apple) Fruit Extract
• Castanea Crenata (Chestnut) Shell Extract
• Centella Asiatica Extract
• Diospyros Kaki Leaf Extract
• Althaea Rosea Flower Extract
• Houttuynia Cordata Extract
• Brassica Napus Extract
• Brassica Oleracea Gemmifera (Brussels Sprouts) Extract
• Brassica Oleracea Italica (Broccoli) Extract
• Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Extract
• 1,2-Hexanediol
• Salicylic Acid
• Hydroxyacetophenone
• Panthenol
• Betaine
• Sodium Hydroxide
• Allantoin
• Ethylhexylglycerin
• Caprylyl Glycol
• Sodium Citrate
• Adenosine
• Polyglyceryl-10 Isostearate
• Citric Acid
• Sodium Phytate
• Polyglyceryl-10 Oleate
• Butylene Glycol
• Arginine
• Capryloyl Salicylic Acid
• Caffeine

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

We could not place these in the list above: 폴리글리세릴-10아이소스테아레이트, 폴리글리세릴-10올리에이트

Did the ad claims hold up?

We checked 14 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. 3 of them hold up. The rest are only partly right or have nothing behind them.

Each line is quoted as the brand published it, and each one was read on its own against the ingredient list and the documents the brand publishes.

How we read these lines

What else is worth seeing?

Products we read alongside this one.

• Abib Glutathiosome Dark Spot Pad Vita TouchAnother product in the same category
• DEWYTREE AC Control EX Deep Blemish Calming PadAnother product in the same category
• PURIPIA Metabiome Toner PadThe gentler one of the two