Dr. ATO Aloe Vera Soothing Gel

What is this product?

A lightweight soothing gel built on 90 percent aloe vera leaf extract as the first ingredient, suited for after-sun calming and light hydration. It contains fragrance, so very reactive skin may want to patch test first.

What makes it different?

The formula is unusually simple, with only 11 ingredients total and aloe vera leaf extract at a disclosed 90 percent concentration sitting first on the list. Butylene Glycol and 1,2-Hexanediol follow, giving a short, water-based structure rather than a heavy cream base. It contains no drying alcohol, no essential oils and no ferments among the listed items, though fragrance is present at the end of the list.

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 1 with no dictionary entry, left in Korean.

Key ingredientWorth a closer look

• Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract
• Butylene Glycol
• 1,2-Hexanediol
• 암모늄아크릴로일디메칠타우레이트/브이피코폴리머
• Tromethamine
• PEG-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil
• Carbomer
• Disodium EDTA
• Chlorphenesin
• Ethylhexylglycerin
• Fragrance

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: Butylene Glycol, PEG-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil