MEDICUBE Zero Pore One Day Cream

What is this product?

medicube's Zero Pore One Day Cream pairs the two things that actually work on pore appearance, niacinamide seventh and salicylic acid twenty-sixth of 61 ingredients, but neither comes with an amount and the acid sits too far down the list for a cream sold as pore-focused. Skip it if you avoid fragrance, because 향료 is the last ingredient. The salicylic acid is also worth raising with a doctor if you are pregnant, since medicube does not say how much is in it.

What makes it different?

The hyaluronic acid story is the loudest thing on this label and the least meaningful: seven different hyaluronate forms, all in the back third of the list with no amount attached to any, while firmness rests on adenosine at thirty-one and a peptide at fifty-six, both real actives at positions that argue for a light touch. medicube prints 임상시험 완료 on its mall but names no institution, participant count or date anywhere for this cream. It comes in 50ml, and medicube does not publish a pH.

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

• Water
• Panthenol
• Butylene Glycol
• Propanediol
• Cetyl Ethylhexanoate
• Octyldodecanol
• Niacinamide
• Isohexadecane
• Isododecane
• Glyceryl Stearate
• Polyglyceryl-3 Distearate
• 1,2-Hexanediol
• Hydrogenated Poly(C6-14 Olefin)
• Dimethicone
• Cyclopentasiloxane
• Cetearyl Olivate
• Sorbitan Olivate
• Stearyl Alcohol
• Dimethyl Sulfone
• Cetyl Alcohol
• Polyacrylate-13
• Sodium Polyacryloyldimethyl Taurate
• Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate
• Hydrogenated Polyisobutene
• Glyceryl Stearate Citrate
• Salicylic Acid
• Ethylhexylglycerin
• Allantoin
• Polyglyceryl-10 Laurate
• Ethylhexyl Palmitate
• Adenosine
• Dextrin
• Sorbitan Isostearate
• Tromethamine
• Beta-Glucan
• Sodium Hyaluronate
• Glycerin
• Sodium Citrate
• Gardenia Florida Fruit Extract
• Myristyl Alcohol
• Trisodium Phosphate
• Hyaluronic Acid
• Pullulan
• Lauryl Alcohol
• Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Fruit Extract
• Ulmus Davidiana Root Extract
• Pueraria Lobata Root Extract
• Pinus Palustris Leaf Extract
• Oenothera Biennis (Evening Primrose) Extract
• Diospyros Kaki Fruit Extract
• Castanea Crenata (Chestnut) Shell Extract
• Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
• Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer
• Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate
• Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid
• Palmitoyl Tripeptide-5
• Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate
• Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hyaluronate
• Hydroxycinnamic Acid
• Rutin
• Fragrance

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: Glyceryl Stearate, Polyglyceryl-3 Distearate, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Sorbitan Isostearate, Polyglyceryl-10 Laurate, Sorbitan Olivate, Cetearyl Olivate, Isohexadecane, Myristyl Alcohol, Salicylic Acid

Did the ad claims hold up?

We checked 2 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. None of them hold up on their own. They are partly right at best.

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