Dongkook Pharmaceutical Mela-Set Melasma Toning Cream
Ingredients and claims, checked

Last checked September 7, 2026
What is it like at a glance?
What the ingredients do
Softening leads, with 7 of 54 ingredients.
Worth knowing
- Has a fungal-acne trigger
Made for
What is this product?
- Key ingredients
- Arbutin, Alpha-Arbutin, Niacinamide
- When
- Morning and evening
A cream that seals in moisture as the last step. It contains tone-care ingredients like Arbutin and comes in a 35 ml size.
Who is it for?
Good for
- People avoiding fragrance
What to watch for?
Watch-outs
- If you get fungal acne: Cetearyl Olivate, Sorbitan Olivate
What is in it?
The full ingredient list as the brand publishes it, in the printed order. Tap a name to read 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 ingredientWorth a closer look
- Water
- Cetyl Ethylhexanoate
- Glycerin
- Arbutin
- Butylene Glycol
- 1,2-Hexanediol
- Alpha-Arbutin
- Dimethicone
- Cetearyl Alcohol
- Dicaprylyl Carbonate
- Betaine
- Cetearyl Olivate
- Methyl Trimethicone
- Sorbitan Olivate
- Polysorbate 60
- Polyacrylate-13
- PEG-100 Stearate
- Glyceryl Stearate
- Sorbitan Sesquioleate
- Carbomer
- Tromethamine
- Polyisobutene
- Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer
- Hydrogenated Lecithin
- Tocopherol
- Panthenol
- Propanediol
- Sphingomonas Ferment Extract
- Ethylhexylglycerin
- Polysorbate 20
- Sorbitan Isostearate
- Disodium EDTA
- Niacinamide
- Tranexamic Acid
- Polyglyceryl-10 Oleate
- Lecithin
- Ectoin
- Polyglyceryl-10 Laurate
- Polyglyceryl-4 Caprate
- Bakuchiol
- Madecassic Acid
- Eriobotrya Japonica Leaf Extract
- Asiaticoside
- Hippophae Rhamnoides Fruit Extract
- Asiatic Acid
- Mentha Viridis (Spearmint) Extract
- Polyglyceryl-10 Stearate
- Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate
- Pyridoxine
- Biotin
- Cyanocobalamin
- Thiamine HCl
- Riboflavin
- Beta-Carotene
Ingredients with no mark are ones we found nothing notable about, and when marks overlap on one ingredient we show the caution first.
Claims
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Claims, checked
Mela-Set Melasma Toning
plausible, not tested
We quote each claim exactly as the brand published it, then check it against the ingredient list and the brand's own documents.