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HYCL HYCL BHA DEEP PORE GEL CLEANSER

Ingredient analysis and how the ad lines read

Read on 2026-09-23

What is this product?

A Korean salicylic acid gel cleanser from HYCL, sold as a 150 mL tube and filed as an acne relief functional cosmetic. The 15 entry list is a short foaming wash: an anionic olefin sulfonate with two amphoteric surfactants, glycerin, salicylic acid at 5,000 ppm, terpinen-4-ol, cocoa seed extract and vitamin B12 for colour. No fragrance entry, oil or enzyme is listed. The brand's figures come from a single wash test on 21 women read right after rinsing, a self reported survey, and an irritation test with no printed result. No pH figure, no English ingredient list and no consumer rating data were available. No lived use reports were collected.

What makes it different?

A short list for a salicylic acid wash, with the acid level printed on the label notice and a filed acne relief claim. Against two other landed salicylic acid cleansers of 43 entries each, it shares the olefin sulfonate and salicylic acid core and adds terpinen-4-ol and vitamin B12. The trade-offs are in the evidence: single use and self reported numbers, an enzyme wording with no enzyme, and brand images carrying synthetic image manifests.

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

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: 살리실릭애씨드

Did the ad claims hold up?

We checked 31 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. One of them holds up. The rest are only partly right or have nothing behind them.

Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.

backed by evidence1

  • Acne relief functional cosmetic approved by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
    Korean original

    여드름완화 기능성인정 식품의약안전처

likely, not proven4

  • BHA 5,000 ppm that melts sebum/dead skin/impurities in pores
    Korean original

    모공 속 피지/각질/노폐물을 녹이는 BHA 5,000 ppm

  • Dense and rich bubbles like enzyme cleansing!
    Korean original

    효소 세안하듯 조밀하고 풍성한 버블!

  • Feel the soft gel texture full of moisture
    Korean original

    수분감 가득 부드러운 젤 텍스처를 느껴보세요

  • Light base makeup and sunscreen can also be cleansed.
    Korean original

    가벼운 베이스 메이크업과 선크림 클렌징도 가능합니다.

partly backed16

  • Excess sebum OUT, reliable pore cleaning, smooth skin texture
    Korean original

    과잉피지 OUT 확실한 모공 클리닝 매끈한 피부결

  • It feels like the flaking dead skin has disappeared 100%
    Korean original

    피부에 들뜨던 각질이 사라진 것 같아요 100%

  • It feels like the skin is smooth and soft 100%
    Korean original

    피부가 매끄럽고 보드라운 것 같아요 100%

  • It feels like the bumps have disappeared 100%
    Korean original

    오돌토돌한 것들이 사라진 것 같아요 100%

  • It feels like sebum is washed off cleanly 100%
    Korean original

    피지가 말끔하게 씻기는 것 같아요 100%

  • It feels like the oiliness caused by sebum has reduced 100%
    Korean original

    피지로 인한 번들거림이 줄어든 것 같아요 100%

  • It feels like blackheads & sebum in pores have reduced 100%
    Korean original

    모공 속 블랙헤드&피지가 줄어든 것 같아요 100%

  • Fine dust simulant -99.62%
    Korean original

    미세먼지 모사체 -99.62%

  • Dead skin cells -90.17%
    Korean original

    피부 각질 -90.17%

  • Sebum oil -70.05%
    Korean original

    피지 유분 -70.05%

  • Blackheads in pores -40.12%
    Korean original

    모공 속 블랙헤드 -40.12%

  • 4-terpineol, the active ingredient in tea tree oil, effective in soothing skin troubles
    Korean original

    트러블 진정에 효과가 있는 티트리 오일의 효능 성분 4-터피네올

  • Absorbs only lipophilic oil (sebum), while hydrophilic moisturizing ingredient glycerin supplies moisture!
    Korean original

    친유성 유분(피지)만 흡착하고 친수성 보습 성분 글리세린은 수분을 공급!

  • Cleansing effect verified by human application test
    Korean original

    인체적용시험으로 검증된 세정효과

  • No worries even for sensitive skin, low-irritation test completed
    Korean original

    민감한 피부도 걱정 없이 사용하세요 저자극 테스트 완료

  • Original color and fragrance of ingredients, no artificial fragrance added
    Korean original

    원료 본연의 컬러와 향 인공향료 무첨가

overstated ad line6

  • High-content BHA 5,000 ppm reliably and moistly captures even the last sebum, problematic sebum cleaning without inner tightness
    Korean original

    고함량 BHA 5,000 ppm으로 마지막 피지까지 확실하고 촉촉하게 잡아내는, 속당김 없는 문제적피지 클리닝

  • #SebumAbsorption #Exfoliation #SmoothMoist #TroubleSoothing #EnzymeCleansingEffect
    Korean original

    #피지흡착 #각질제거 #매끈촉촉 #트러블완화 #효소세안효과

  • From cleansing power to smooth skin texture! Satisfaction close to perfection
    Korean original

    세정력부터 매끈한 결까지! 완벽에 가까운 만족도

  • With just one use, immediate dead skin, sebum, blackhead OUT
    Korean original

    단 1회 사용만으로도 즉각적인 각질 피지 블랙헤드 OUT

  • Calms even already-formed skin troubles
    Korean original

    이미 생긴 트러블까지 진정

  • Deep pore cleaning that cleans even the inside
    Korean original

    속까지 깨끗하게 모공대청소

no evidence2

  • Oil targeting system that absorbs only sebum
    Korean original

    피지만 흡착하는 유분 타겟팅 시스템

  • 4-terpineol that washes away the causes of skin troubles
    Korean original

    트러블 원인을 씻어내는 4-터피네올

says nothing2

  • Hicle's solution that breaks the vicious cycle of skin caused by improper cleansing: Gel cleaning
    Korean original

    잘못된 클렌징으로 인한 피부 악순환 고리를 끊는 하이클의 솔루션:젤 클리닝

  • Hicle-exclusive efficacy time formula that maximizes effectiveness
    Korean original

    효과를 극대화하는 하이클만의 효능 시간 포뮬라

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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