Dong-A Pharmaceutical
Dong-A Pharmaceutical Pigmentation Pro Liquid
Ingredient analysis and how the ad lines read
Read on 2026-09-07
What is this product?
Dong-A's Pigmentation Pro Liquid stacks an unusually broad pigment panel into 41 ingredients: tranexamic acid third, niacinamide fourth, then glutathione, arbutin, kojic acid and hexylresorcinol, which act on several different points of melanin production rather than one. Dong-A publishes no amount for any of them and no test of its own, so the breadth is verifiable but the strength is not.
What makes it different?
Most pigment serums pick one or two actives; this one runs six or more across different mechanisms in a single 30ml liquid. It also doubles as a mild exfoliant through capryloyl salicylic acid and gluconolactone, which is why the listing tags it for turnover rather than brightening alone. That salicylate derivative is the reason anyone pregnant should check it against current guidance first. No 향료 entry and no drying alcohol appear among its 41 ingredients.
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
- C13-15 Alkane
- Tranexamic Acid
- Niacinamide
- Glycerin
- Cetyl Ethylhexanoate
- Squalane
- Tripropylene Glycol
- 1,2-Hexanediol
- Butylene Glycol
- Trilaureth-4 Phosphate
- Glutathione
- Hydroxyacetophenone
- Arginine
- Hydroxyethyl Urea
- Ethylhexylglycerin
- Sodium Hyaluronate
- Adenosine
- Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil
- Tocopherol
- Disodium EDTA
- Xanthan Gum
- Allantoin
- Arbutin
- Cetyl Palmitate
- Citric Acid
- Gluconolactone
- Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil
- Polyglyceryl-3 Methylglucose Distearate
- Polyglyceryl-10 Laurate
- Cetearyl Alcohol
- Betaine
- Capryloyl Salicylic Acid
- Kojic Acid
- Phosphatidylcholine
- Ceramide NP
- Cholesterol
- Ceramide AP
- Hydroxydecyl Ubiquinone
- Ascorbyl Palmitate
- Hexylresorcinol
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: Cetyl Ethylhexanoate, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil, Cetyl Palmitate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Capryloyl Salicylic Acid
Did the ad claims hold up?
We checked 2 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. 2 of them look likely, though none are proven outright.
Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.
likely, not proven2
- Turnover cycle improvement
Korean original
턴오버주기개선
- Pigmentation pro
Korean original
색소침착 프로
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.