Name: MEDICUBE PDRN Pink Cica Soothing Toner
Brand: MEDICUBE

What is this product?

A large, quiet, fragrance-free humectant toner whose two headline ingredients are much smaller than the name implies. The label prints 소듐디엔에이 seventh at 1,000ppm, so the salmon PDRN really is disclosed, but PDRN evidence comes from injections and sodium DNA on intact skin can only sit at the surface. The cica is printed twice at 0.001ppm, one part per billion each. What is genuinely good is the irritant profile: no fragrance, no essential oil, no drying alcohol, no acid load beyond gluconolactone, with allantoin ninth and 250ml to use freely. What is missing is a lipid, so the barrier claim needs a moisturiser after it, and any published test, since none appears in the material held here. Two polyglyceryl laurates at fourteenth and sixteenth matter to anyone screening for malassezia folliculitis. The Korean statutory notice records a completed functional-cosmetic filing without naming which function.

What makes it different?

Two things separate it inside the soothing-toner shelf. It publishes ppm figures for the two ingredients in its own product name, which is unusual, and the figures are what undercut the marketing rather than support it, since cica arrives at one part per billion. And it is one of the few toners in this band whose entire irritant profile is empty, with no fragrance, no essential oil and no drying alcohol on a thirty-five entry list that four independent records agree on character for character.

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.

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: 폴리글리세릴-10라우레이트, 폴리글리세릴-4라우레이트

Did the ad claims hold up?

We checked 5 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.

partly backed1

Low-irritation formula: A refreshing, non-sticky water texture that all skin types, especially sensitive and acne-prone skin, can use with peace of mind.
Korean original
저자극 포뮬러: 끈적임 없는 산뜻한 워터 제형으로 모든 피부 타입, 특히 민감성 및 여드름성 피부도 안심하고 사용할 수 있습니다.

overstated ad line2

Skin regeneration and radiance: Contains salmon-derived PDRN to infuse vitality into tired skin and bestow a healthy pink glow.
Korean original
피부 재생 및 광채: 연어 유래 PDRN 성분이 함유되어 지친 피부에 활력을 불어넣고 건강한 핑크빛 광채를 선사합니다.
Soothing effect: Contains cica (centella asiatica extract) to quickly soothe sensitized skin and relieve redness.
Korean original
진정 효과: 시카(병풀 추출물) 성분이 포함되어 민감해진 피부를 빠르게 진정시키고 붉은기를 완화합니다.

no evidence2

Barrier strengthening: Firmly cares for the skin barrier to prevent moisture loss and protect skin from external irritation.
Korean original
장벽 강화: 피부 장벽을 탄탄하게 케어하여 수분 손실을 막고 외부 자극으로부터 피부를 보호합니다.
Prop 65 Warning: This product does not contain chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm.

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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