DR.DIFFERENT
DR.DIFFERENT Cica Metal Cream
Ingredient analysis and how the ad lines read
Read on 2026-09-06
What is this product?
DR.DIFFERENT's own page says this cream soothes sensitized skin with madecassoside and a branded "더마메탈" (Derma-Metal) complex, but never defines what Derma-Metal actually is beyond the name. What is checkable is a genuine triple-source centella design: madecassoside, asiaticoside and centella asiatica extract itself all appear on the label, alongside copper tripeptide-1.
What makes it different?
It is the only cream in this brand's lineup built around a named centella trio plus copper tripeptide-1, and the only one carrying the brand's own "더마메탈" claim, whose specific meaning could not be resolved here beyond the name itself.
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.
Key ingredient
- Water
- Butylene Glycol
- Vegetable Oil
- Glycerin
- Pentaerythrityl Tetraisostearate
- Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
- Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter
- 1,2-Hexanediol
- Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil
- Cetyl Alcohol
- Butylene Glycol Dicaprylate/Dicaprate
- Dimethicone
- Polyglyceryl-3 Methylglucose Distearate
- Stearic Acid
- Sorbitan Sesquioleate
- Cetearyl Olivate
- Hydrogenated Lecithin
- Glyceryl Stearate SE
- Sorbitan Olivate
- Madecassoside
- Carbomer
- Behenic Acid
- Tromethamine
- Ethylhexylglycerin
- Caprylyl Glycol
- Stearyl Alcohol
- Behenyl Alcohol
- Tocopherol
- Xanthan Gum
- Myristic Acid
- Dextrin
- Asiaticoside
- Zinc PCA
- Gluconolactone
- Centella Asiatica Extract
- Copper Tripeptide-1
Ingredients with no mark are ones we found nothing notable about, and when marks overlap on one ingredient we show the caution first.
Did the ad claims hold up?
We checked the one line this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. One of them looks likely, though none are proven outright.
Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.
likely, not proven1
- A cream that soothes and moisturizes sensitive skin with Madecassoside and Derma Metal.
Korean original
마데카소사이드와 더마메탈로 예민해진 피부를 촉촉하게 진정하는 크림
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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