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AHC AHC AGELESS REAL EYE CREAM FOR FACE

Ingredient analysis and how the ad lines read

Read on 2026-09-22

What is this product?

A 30 ml eye cream that the brand also positions for the whole face, sold from its own storefront where the product detail area is a single tall image and the statutory ingredient row says only to see that image, so the ingredient field here was read out of a picture line by line. It runs 129 printed entries, and the printed order puts water at 47, behind a front block of extracts, ferments, plant oils and polyols. Both statutory functional ingredients the packaging implies are present and findable, niacinamide at 10 and adenosine at 67, though the statutory block on the page carries no functional registration row at all. A peptide block of 23 entries by printed name runs through the second half, against the 25 the brand advertises. The page publishes five quantified results and four of them were recomputed from its own printed data points and match exactly; the fifth, an absorption multiple, does not reconcile with the two figures printed beside it. The advertised count of 55 human application tests is exactly right once one durability heading's four separate citations are counted individually. A declared fragrance entry sits at 124 and an ethanol entry at 89. No level is published for any entry and no pH figure appears anywhere.

What makes it different?

Two things separate it, and they pull against each other. First, an evidence base that is both large and checkable: 55 cited human application tests whose count is exactly right when the citations are counted rather than the headings, three in vitro citations that name their test material and treatment concentration separately, and five printed quantified results of which four reproduce exactly from the brand's own data points. The page prints a full cited table rather than a badge. Second, a formula that is long rather than focused, 129 entries with a 23 entry peptide block, both statutory functional ingredients, a ceramide and cholesterol pair, and no level disclosed for any of it. Against both, three things a careful reader should weigh: a declared fragrance at 124 and an ethanol entry at 89 on a product for the eye area, a dual functional designation announced in the artwork that the statutory block on the same page has no row for, and a particle size claim with no measurement of any kind behind it.

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.

This brand publishes its ingredient list in Korean only. Names below are the matching INCI names from the Korean Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary, except 13 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.

We could not place these in the list above: 메도우폼씨오일, 시어버터, 하이드로제네이티드레시틴, 코코넛야자오일, 마카다미아씨오일, 쌀배아오일, 올리브오일, 폴리글리세릴-2스테아레이트, 올리브오일폴리글리세릴-6에스터, 폴리글리세릴-10라우레이트, 폴리글리세릴-10미리스테이트, 글리세릴스테아레이트, 소듐스테아로일글루타메이트, 글리세릴스테아레이트에스이, 솔비탄아이소스테아레이트, 레시틴, 솔비탄라우레이트, 아세틸다이펩타이드-1세틸에스터, 피토스테릴/이소스테아릴/세틸/스테아릴/베헤닐다이머디리놀리에이트, 폴리솔베이트20, 세틸알코올, 세테아릴알코올, 베헤닐알코올, 스테아릴알코올, 콜레스테롤, 피토스테롤

Did the ad claims hold up?

We checked 35 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. 9 of them hold up. The rest are only partly right or have nothing behind them.

Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.

backed by evidence9

  • Completed anti-aging human application test by visual evaluation.
    Korean original

    육안평가에 의한 안티에이징 인체적용테스트 완료

  • Nasolabial fold count reduced by 40.8%
    Korean original

    팔자 주름 개수 40.8% 감소

  • Nasolabial fold count reduced by 17.5%
    Korean original

    팔자 주름 개수 17.5% 감소

  • Left eye area outer elasticity increased by 14.3%
    Korean original

    좌측 눈가 부위 겉 탄력 14.3% 증가

  • Right eye area outer elasticity increased by 16.2%
    Korean original

    우측 눈가 부위 겉 탄력 16.2% 증가

  • Human skin primary irritation test completed.
    Korean original

    인체피부일차자극시험 완료

  • BioXinoid's antioxidant cell invitro test completed.
    Korean original

    바이옥시노이드의 항산화 세포 invitro 테스트 완료

  • Human-like collagen's collagen production invitro test completed.
    Korean original

    인체유사콜라겐의 콜라겐 생성 invitro 테스트 완료

  • BioXinoid antioxidant DPPH test completed.
    Korean original

    바이옥시노이드 항산화 DPPH 테스트 완료

likely, not proven3

  • Human-like collagen, reproduced by analyzing the structure of Collagen21 (water-soluble collagen), cares for firm skin.
    Korean original

    콜라겐21(수용성콜라겐)의 구조를 분석하여 재현한 인체유사 콜라겐이 탄탄한 피부로 케어

  • The exclusive antioxidant ingredient fermented from Deinococcus, which survives in extreme environments, cares for healthy skin.
    Korean original

    극한환경에서도 생존하는 자생력의 데이노코쿠스를 발효한 항산화 독점성분이 건강한 피부로 케어

  • It is non-sticky and spreads smoothly, and when applied, it adheres thinly to keep skin moist.
    Korean original

    끈적이지 않고 부드럽게 펴 바르면 얇게 밀착되어 피부를 촉촉하게 지켜줍니다.

partly backed13

  • Korea's #1 in eye cream market share
    Korean original

    대한민국 아이크림 점유율 1위

  • Filling the skin densely with human-like collagen
    Korean original

    인체 유사 콜라겐으로 피부를 촘촘하게 채워주는

  • Whitening · Wrinkle improvement dual functionality
    Korean original

    미백 · 주름개선 2중 기능성

  • #Whitening #WrinkleImprovement #EvenMorePowerfulAntiAgingEffect
    Korean original

    #미백 #주름개선 #더욱 강력해진 안티에이징 효과

  • Human-like collagen and exclusive antioxidant ingredients firm up broken-down skin!
    Korean original

    인체유사콜라겐과 독점 항산화 성분이 무너진 피부를 탄탄하게!

  • With the addition of human-like collagen (water-soluble collagen) and AHC's exclusive antioxidant ingredient BioXsome, it cares for the skin with even more powerful ingredients.
    Korean original

    인체 유사 콜라겐(수용성콜라겐)과 AHC 독점 항산화 성분 바이옥시좀을 더해 더욱 강력해진 성분으로 피부를 케어해줍니다.

  • 55 human application tests proven!
    Korean original

    55가지 인체적용시험 입증!

  • Provides multi-layered anti-aging solutions including anti-aging and anti-aging persistence, improvement of expression lines (eye area, nasolabial folds, glabella, forehead), etc.
    Korean original

    항노화 및 항노화 유지력, 인상주름 (눈가, 팔자, 미간, 이마) 개선 등 다중적인 안티에이징 솔루션을 제공합니다.

  • Anti-aging effect proven through 55 human application tests!
    Korean original

    55가지 인체적용시험으로 입증된 안티에이징 효과!

  • Including 12 overseas patents, 25 types of peptide ingredients help with total skin care.
    Korean original

    해외특허 12건 포함, 25종의 펩타이드 성분이 피부 토탈 케어에 도움

  • 55 human application tests completed.
    Korean original

    55가지 인체적용시험 테스트 완료

  • Suitable for sensitive skin
    Korean original

    민감성 피부 사용에 적합

  • Helps skin absorption compared to control product (Season 6).
    Korean original

    대조 제품(시즌6)대비 피부 흡수도에 도움

overstated ad line1

  • Visible total anti-aging effect
    Korean original

    눈에 보이는 토탈 안티에이징 효과

no evidence5

  • Sold 1 every 1.6 seconds
    Korean original

    1.6초당 1개씩 판매

  • Surpassed 78 million units sold
    Korean original

    7,800만개 판매 돌파

  • Even more powerful absorption with ultra-fine particles!
    Korean original

    초미세 입자로 더욱 강력해진 흡수력!

  • Split into 1/300 the size of a pore by an ultra-fine micro method, it fills the skin with faster absorption.
    Korean original

    초미세 마이크로 공법으로 모공의 1/300사이즈로 쪼개어 더 빠른 흡수력으로 피부를 채워줍니다.

  • Absorption power that fills faster compared to Season 6
    Korean original

    시즌6 대비 빠르게 채워주는 흡수력

says nothing4

  • The nation's eye cream
    Korean original

    국민 아이크림

  • The #NationalEyeCream you apply all over your face, do you still not know?
    Korean original

    얼굴 전체에 바르는 #국민아이크림 아직 모르신다구요?

  • Please gift your entire face the power of an eye cream too precious to be limited to the eye area.
    Korean original

    눈가에만 가두기 아까운 아이크림의 힘을 얼굴 전체에 선물해주세요.

  • The power of strong ingredients you can feel just by applying
    Korean original

    바르기만 해도 느껴지는 강력한 성분의 힘

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.

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