Mediheal
Mediheal Madecassoside Blemish Pad
Ingredient analysis and how the ad lines read
Read on 2026-09-11
What is this product?
Mediheal's Madecassoside Blemish Pad is a 100-sheet toner pad holding 170ml of essence, used as the first step after cleansing either as a wipe or laid on a concern area as a short pack. It is registered in Korea as a whitening functional cosmetic, and the ingredient carrying that route is niacinamide at position 4 of 34, not the madecassoside the name advertises: madecassoside is disclosed at 10.25 ppm, about 0.001 percent, while centella extract is disclosed at 1,001 ppm. Centella appears in five forms alongside allantoin and dipotassium glycyrrhizate, which makes the soothing claim the best supported one. Four essential oils are present with no 향료 declaration, so it is scented without being labelled as such, and the brand's own caution block warns adhesive-reactive users despite an all-skin-types spec field.
What makes it different?
Two things set it apart from neighbouring centella pads. First, it carries printed ppm figures for two entries (centella extract 1,001 ppm, madecassoside 10.25 ppm), which lets a reader check the dose claim instead of guessing, and the check is what shows the name to be the weaker of the two actives. Second, it holds a Korean whitening registration, so the tone axis rests on a notified function rather than on copy, while the ingredient behind that function is never named in the Korean marketing.
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
- Dipropylene Glycol
- Glycereth-26
- Niacinamide
- Glycerin
- 1,2-Hexanediol
- Diphenyl Dimethicone
- Triethylhexanoin
- Hydroxyacetophenone
- Hydrogenated Lecithin
- Polyglyceryl-10 Oleate
- Centella Asiatica Extract
- Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate
- Sodium Citrate
- Allantoin
- Octyldodeceth-16
- Citric Acid
- Disodium EDTA
- Polyglyceryl-10 Laurate
- Juniperus Virginiana Oil
- Butylene Glycol
- Artemisia Vulgaris Oil
- Pogostemon Cablin Oil
- Madecassoside
- Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Oil
- Viola Odorata Leaf Extract
- Centella Asiatica Root Extract
- Centella Asiatica Leaf Extract
- Saccharomyces Ferment
- Mangifera Indica (Mango) Fruit Extract
- Lactobacillus Ferment
- Asiaticoside
- Madecassic Acid
- Asiatic Acid
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: 연필향나무오일, 불가리스쑥오일, 광곽향오일, 로즈마리잎오일, 트라이에틸헥사노인, 하이드로제네이티드레시틴, 폴리글리세릴-10올리에이트, 폴리글리세릴-10라우레이트
Did the ad claims hold up?
We checked 4 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
- Whitening functional cosmetic
Korean original
미백 기능성 화장품
partly backed1
- Formulated with Niacinamide, it is K-FDA certified for skin brightening and improving skin clarity.
overstated ad line2
- Contains 98% pure Madecassoside and Centella Asiatica to calm irritation and fade dark spots or uneven skin tone.
- Madecassoside-containing toner pad that helps with improving skin marks, soothing, texture care, and moisturizing.
Korean original
마데카소사이드 성분을 함유하여 피부 흔적 개선, 진정, 결 케어, 보습에 도움을 주는 토너 패드
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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