Mediheal 마데카소사이드 흔적 리페어 더마 크림

What is this product?

Reach for this 50ml cream if dry skin needs sealing and calming at the same time, and skip it if you want a proven mark-fading result: madecassoside and ceramide NP are genuinely in the formula, but the brand publishes no amount for either and no test of any kind on this cream. It is filed with Korean regulators as a brightening functional cosmetic, which the niacinamide in eighth place out of 57 ingredients supports.

What makes it different?

Two things set this apart from a plain centella cream. First, the barrier side is real rather than decorative: squalane third, phytosterol twenty-first, ceramide NP forty-fifth, plus free stearic and palmitic acid, so it behaves like a lipid-replacement cream that also happens to carry centella. Second, the brightening angle is a registered regulatory status rather than a slogan, resting on niacinamide placed eighth. The catch is disclosure: the brand prints madecassoside at 540 ppm on its own serum in the same line yet gives this cream no figure at all, and four scent-bearing essential oils (cedarwood, patchouli, mugwort, rosemary) sit in a formula the brand recommends for sensitive skin.

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
• Glycerin
• Squalane
• Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
• Hydrogenated Poly(C6-14 Olefin)
• Diglycerin
• Hydrogenated Polydecene
• Niacinamide
• Methylpropanediol
• Pentylene Glycol
• Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer
• 1,2-Hexanediol
• Panthenol
• Cetearyl Olivate
• Hydroxyacetophenone
• Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
• Aminomethyl Propanediol
• Sorbitan Olivate
• Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer
• Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil
• Phytosterols
• Madecassoside
• Hydrogenated Polyisobutene
• Pyrus Communis (Pear) Fruit Extract
• Arachidyl Alcohol
• Juniperus Virginiana Oil
• Allantoin
• Ethylhexylglycerin
• Hydrogenated Lecithin
• Adenosine
• Rosa Damascena Flower Water
• Stearic Acid
• Behenyl Alcohol
• Cucumis Melo (Melon) Fruit Extract
• Iris Florentina Root Extract
• Arachidyl Glucoside
• Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil
• Hedera Helix (Ivy) Leaf/Stem Extract
• Sodium Phytate
• Butylene Glycol
• Pogostemon Cablin Oil
• Sorbitan Isostearate
• Hyaluronic Acid
• Cetearyl Alcohol
• Ceramide NP
• Artemisia Vulgaris Oil
• Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Oil
• Potassium Cetyl Phosphate
• Caprylyl Glycol
• Centella Asiatica Extract
• Beta-Glucan
• Glyceryl Stearate
• Glycine Soja (Soybean) Seed Extract
• Tocopherol
• Palmitic Acid
• Caprylyl/Capryl Glucoside
• Centella Asiatica Leaf Extract

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, 광곽향오일, 불가리스쑥오일, 로즈마리잎오일, 카프릴릭/카프릭트라이글리세라이드, 세테아릴올리베이트, 솔비탄올리베이트, 솔비탄아이소스테아레이트, 해바라기씨오일, 호호바씨오일, 글리세릴스테아레이트, 스테아릭애씨드, 팔미틱애씨드

Did the ad claims hold up?

We checked 4 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