Dong-A Pharmaceutical Pigmentation Pro Cream

What is this product?

Dong-A's Pigmentation Pro Cream is the 크림제 form of a line that also sells a 액제 liquid, and it carries a broad pigment panel: niacinamide fourth and tranexamic acid sixth of 46 ingredients, then alpha-arbutin at 17, glutathione at 21, arbutin at 29, kojic acid at 35 and hexylresorcinol last. It also carries ceramides and cholesterol, which the pigment actives usually come without, but Dong-A prints no amount for anything in it.

What makes it different?

Two forms of arbutin in one formula, the alpha form and plain arbutin, is a stability-conscious choice most pigment creams do not bother with. This one carries no exfoliating acid at all, and it pairs the pigment work with barrier lipids instead: ceramide NP, ceramide AP, cholesterol and phosphatidylcholine sit in the back half alongside shea butter and panthenol. No 향료 entry and no drying alcohol appear among its 46 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
• Butylene Glycol
• Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
• Niacinamide
• Tripropylene Glycol
• Tranexamic Acid
• Propanediol
• Neopentyl Glycol Diheptanoate
• Cetearyl Alcohol
• Vinyl Dimethicone
• Glyceryl Stearate
• 1,2-Hexanediol
• Polyglyceryl-2 Stearate
• Behenyl Alcohol
• Stearyl Alcohol
• Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
• Alpha-Arbutin
• Caprylyl Glycol
• Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer
• Arginine
• Glutathione
• Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil
• Tocopherol
• Disodium EDTA
• Adenosine
• Glycerin
• Sorbitan Isostearate
• Cetyl Palmitate
• Arbutin
• Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil
• Polyglyceryl-3 Methylglucose Distearate
• Polyglyceryl-10 Laurate
• Betaine
• Panthenol
• Kojic Acid
• Phosphatidylcholine
• Ceramide NP
• Cholesterol
• Ceramide AP
• Hydrogenated Lecithin
• Ascorbyl Palmitate
• Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter
• Hydroxydecyl Ubiquinone
• Candida Bombicola/Glucose/Methyl Rapeseedate Ferment
• Glycolipids
• 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: Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Neopentyl Glycol Diheptanoate, Glyceryl Stearate, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil, Cetyl Palmitate, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Hydrogenated Lecithin

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.

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