Dr.G Green Mild Up Sun+

What is this product?

Dr.G's Green Mild Up Sun+ SPF50+/PA++++ is a mineral-only sunscreen for skin that reacts to chemical filters: zinc oxide is the single UV filter, there is no organic filter anywhere on its 40-ingredient list, no fragrance, and none of the reef-listed filters (oxybenzone, octinoxate, octocrylene). The proof is the soft spot, since Dr.G calls the zinc non-nano with no particle-size test to show for it and runs no official page of its own, so the SPF and PA rating rests on retailer labelling that at least agrees with itself.

What makes it different?

What is unusual is the density of named safety testing: allergy patch, general irritation, blue light, infrared and fine dust, each covered separately. Every one of those trials is small and commissioned by Dr.G rather than independent, so read them as the brand's own homework. Two other things to weigh: Dr.G says the formula was made milder, but two different ingredient lists circulate with no way to tell which came first, and the centella and Houttuynia cordata extracts sit late enough in the list to be minor soothing agents.

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.

Key ingredient

• Water
• Zinc Oxide
• Cyclohexasiloxane
• Butyloctyl Salicylate
• Propanediol
• Polyglyceryl-3 Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Dimethicone
• Coco-Caprylate/Caprate
• Caprylyl Methicone
• Acrylates Copolymer
• Polyglyceryl-4 Isostearate
• Diphenylsiloxy Phenyl Trimethicone
• Magnesium Sulfate
• Disteardimonium Hectorite
• Polyglyceryl-3 Polyricinoleate
• Triethoxycaprylylsilane
• Sorbitan Isostearate
• C30-45 Alkyl Cetearyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer
• Sorbitan Olivate
• Lauryl Polyglyceryl-3 Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Dimethicone
• Tocopherol
• Candelilla Wax
• Polyhydroxystearic Acid
• Glyceryl Caprylate
• Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
• Caprylyl Glycol
• Polyglyceryl-6 Polyricinoleate
• Polyglyceryl-6 Polyhydroxystearate
• Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate
• Stearoyl Inulin
• Polyglyceryl-6
• 1,2-Hexanediol
• Disodium EDTA
• Butylene Glycol
• Ethylhexylglycerin
• Caesalpinia Spinosa Fruit Extract
• Pinus Pinaster Bark Extract
• Kappaphycus Alvarezii Extract
• Centella Asiatica Extract
• Buddleja Officinalis Flower Extract
• Houttuynia Cordata Extract

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 11 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. 2 of them hold up. The rest are only partly right or have nothing behind them.

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

Which articles cover it?

Articles on this site that write about this product.

• Building a routine by subtraction when your skin reacts to thingsSensitive skin is a list of things you reacted to, not a type. Five Korean products chosen for what is absent, and where fragrance-free is not enough.
• Korean sunscreens for sensitive skin, where mineral is not the gentle answerFilter class is rarely what people react to. Four Korean sunscreens sorted by what is absent, including a mineral one carrying six essential oils.
• Korean sunscreens that do not cast, and two that willWhite cast is a filter question, not a brand question. Five Korean sunscreens with their filter lists read out, including the two that will show on camera.