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MEDICUBE Red Succinic Acid Peeling Pad

Ingredient analysis and how the ad lines read

Read on 2026-09-30

What is this product?

A 155 g, 70-sheet Korean toner pad from MEDICUBE's Red line, sold on the brand's own store as the Red Succinic Acid Peeling Pad and pitched at acne-prone skin as a wipe-off peel. The printed 32-entry ingredient list opens with water, butylene glycol, propanediol and niacinamide, then ethanol 6th, succinic acid (printed 5,000PPM) 8th and salicylic acid 14th. Five essential oils are printed and no fragrance entry. A functional cosmetic filing is marked yes, with whitening named in an image footnote, and the pictures show a non-comedogenicity report cover and a low-irritation report cover without results.

What makes it different?

Two exfoliating-acid-named entries (succinic acid printed at 5,000PPM, salicylic acid with no amount) beside niacinamide 4th and ethanol 6th on a water and glycol base, plus efficacy figures in the brand's images that do not match their own bar graphs.

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 ingredientWorth a closer look

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 33 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. Here is how they read: likely, not proven: 4 · partly backed: 10 · overstated ad line: 6 · no source confirms it: 13.

Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.

likely, not proven4

  • Succinic acid ingredient organizes sebum and dead skin cells to keep skin clean
    Korean original

    석시닉 애씨드 성분이 피지와 각질을 정돈해 피부를 깨끗하게 관리

  • It is a refreshing water texture that reduces stickiness for acne-prone skin.
    Korean original

    여드름성 피부를 위해 끈적임은 줄인 산뜻한 워터제형입니다.

  • High-performance water texture with optimal viscosity that reduces irritation and stickiness for sensitive acne-prone skin
    Korean original

    예민한 여드름성 피부를 위해 최적의 점도로 자극과 끈적임을 줄인 고기능 워터제형

  • A non-sticky texture with a refreshing finish
    Korean original

    개운한 마무리감의 끈적임없는 제형

partly backed10

  • Low-irritation trouble care pad for trouble-prone skin
    Korean original

    트러블성 피부를 위한 저자극 트러블 케어 패드

  • Suitable for acne-prone skin, a pad dedicated to trouble
    Korean original

    여드름성 피부 사용 적합, 트러블 전용 패드

  • Functional pad suitable for acne-prone skin
    Korean original

    여드름성 피부 사용 적합 기능성 패드

  • Contains high-content Succinic Acid
    Korean original

    고함량 석시닉 애씨드 함유

  • Ingredient 5%
  • Trace care 2% Niacinamide
    Korean original

    흔적 케어 2% Niacinamide

  • The Red Succinic Acid Peeling Pad has low potential to cause comedones, making it suitable for use on acne-prone skin.
    Korean original

    레드 석시닉 애씨드 필링 패드는 면포 유발 가능성이 적어 여드름성 피부 사용에 적합함.

  • The Red Succinic Acid Peeling Pad was judged to be in the low-irritation product group based on human application test results.
    Korean original

    레드 석시닉 애씨드 필링 패드는 인체적용시험 결과 저자극 제품군으로 판단됨.

  • No artificial colorants, no artificial fragrance added
    Korean original

    인공 색소, 인공 향료 무첨가

  • FSC-certified eco-friendly paper and soy ink were used.
    Korean original

    FSC인증 친환경 종이와 소이잉크를 사용하였습니다.

overstated ad line6

  • A daily soothing pad even sensitive skin can use every day without burden
    Korean original

    민감한 피부도 부담 없이 매일 사용하는 데일리 진정 패드

  • Instant trouble* improvement with just one sheet!
    Korean original

    단 한장으로 트러블* 즉각 개선!

  • The powerful and deep red efficacy of the succinic pad that retains succinic acid (Succinic Acid) in high concentration
    Korean original

    호박산(석시닉애씨드를) 고농축으로 남아낸 석시닉 패드의 강력하고 진한 빨간색 효능

  • Succinic erasing system that melts sebum, dead skin cells and impurities
    Korean original

    피지, 각질, 노폐물을 녹이는 석시닉 이레이징 시스템

  • The succinic erasing system removes sebum, dead skin cells and impurities and powerfully soothes traces*
    Korean original

    석시닉 이레이징 시스템으로 피지, 각질, 노폐물을 제거하고 흔적*은 강력하게 완화시켜줍니다

  • Traces*, pigmentation, discoloration care that opens up the more consistently you use it
    Korean original

    꾸준히 쓸수록 열어지는 흔적*,색소침착, 착색 케어

no source confirms it13

  • Sebum care, pore care, trouble soothing
    Korean original

    피지케어, 모공관리, 트러블진정

  • Through analysis of various acne-prone skin types, it has proven definite effects as a representative cosmetic for acne-prone skin for 8 years.
    Korean original

    다양한 여드름성 피부 분석을 통해 8년간 여드름성 피부 대표 화장품으로 확실한 효과를 입증했습니다.

  • Redline, overwhelmingly No. 1 in sales for acne-prone skin*
    Korean original

    레드라인, 여드름성 피부 압도적 판매량 1위*

  • 100% product satisfaction over an actual 4 weeks
    Korean original

    실제 4주간의 제품 만족도 100%

  • 97.8% removal of impurities
    Korean original

    노폐물 97.8% 제거

  • 69.8% reduction in sebum (oil)
    Korean original

    피지(유분) 69.8% 감소

  • 5% improvement in skin texture
    Korean original

    피부결 5% 개선

  • 19.3% improvement in dead skin cell layer turnover
    Korean original

    각질층 턴오버 개선 19.3%

  • 3.9% improvement in melanin pigment amount
    Korean original

    멜라닌 색소량 개선 3.9%

  • 1.2% improvement in pigmentation
    Korean original

    색소침착 개선 1.2%

  • Spot care 1.4% Succinic Acid Salicylic acid Phyto-keratinase
    Korean original

    스팟 케어 1.4% Succinic Acid Salicylic acid Phyto-keratinase

  • Soothing care 1.6% Meta cool Allantoin Panthenol
    Korean original

    진정 케어 1.6% Meta cool Allantoin Panthenol

  • Dead skin cell care patented ingredient Phyto-Keratinase
    Korean original

    각질 케어 특허성분 Phyto-Keratinase

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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