MEDICUBE
MEDICUBE Exosome Cica Calming Pad
Ingredient analysis and how the ad lines read
Read on 2026-09-14
What is this product?
Korean soothing pad from medicube, single unit 150ml over 100 sheets, sold on the brand's own storefront only inside a 400 sheet bundle listing. Its statutory name is 엑소좀 시카 카밍 패드 while the sales title reads 엑소좀 시카 요철 진정패드 and the catalog uses 엑소좀시카 진정 패드, so identity here rests on the ingredient fingerprint rather than on any name. The list is centella heavy: eight centella derived entries including all four triterpene fractions, plus houttuynia water, tea tree water, artemisia, ectoin and saccharide isomerate. Niacinamide sits at 4 although the notice declares no functional cosmetics filing. No alcohol and no acid appear. Rosemary leaf oil at 14 means it is not scentless. The page claims 5.3 times stronger soothing than ordinary cica twice, with no test anywhere behind it. No review population exists for this product in the collected material.
What makes it different?
Two things stand out. The centella build is unusually complete for a pad, carrying leaf water, root extract, leaf extract, whole extract, madecassoside and all three remaining triterpene acids across eight entries. And the marketing rests on a 5.3 fold comparative that appears twice in two different wordings with no test disclosed anywhere, which is the single most checkable weakness on the page.
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, except 4 with no dictionary entry, left in Korean.
Key ingredient
- Water
- Dipropylene Glycol
- Glycerin
- Niacinamide
- Glycereth-26
- Diphenyl Dimethicone
- Triethylhexanoin
- Chlorphenesin
- Hydrogenated Lecithin
- Polyglyceryl-10 Oleate
- Propanediol
- Polyglyceryl-10 Laurate
- Ethylhexylglycerin
- Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Oil
- Disodium EDTA
- Melia Azadirachta Leaf Extract
- Centella Asiatica Leaf Water
- Melia Azadirachta Flower Extract
- Glyceryl Acrylate/Acrylic Acid Copolymer
- 1,2-Hexanediol
- Butylene Glycol
- 약모밀수
- Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Water
- Saccharide Isomerate
- Centella Asiatica Root Extract
- Centella Asiatica Leaf Extract
- Centella Asiatica Extract
- Ectoin
- Citrus Unshiu Peel Extract
- Madecassoside
- 병풀잎소포
- Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
- Sodium Citrate
- Citric Acid
- Artemisia Princeps Leaf Extract
- 락토바실러스발효여과물
- Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein
- 식물성아미노산
- 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: Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Oil, Polyglyceryl-10 Laurate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Hydrogenated Lecithin
Did the ad claims hold up?
We checked 7 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. 2 of them look likely, though none are proven outright.
likely, not proven2
- [메디큐브 엑소좀 시카 요철 진정패드] 트러블 후 요철 고민을 위한 진정 케어 패드
- 집중 케어가 필요한 부위에는 팩처럼 올려두면 진정 및 수분 케어 효과가 좋습니다.
partly backed2
- 피부 요철, 트러블 흔적, 일시적 붉은기까지 빠르게 진정시키는 데일리 피부결 케어
- 닦토 + 팩으로 활용 가능한 멀티 패드로 매끈하고 균일한 피부결 완성
no evidence3
- 엑소좀과 시카 성분을 결합해 일반 시카 대비 5.3배 강력한 진정 효과
- 시카보다 5.3배 강한 요철 진정 효과
- 모든 피부용
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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