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PHYSIOGEL Physiogel Red Soothing Cica Balance AC Foam Cleanser
Ingredient analysis and how the ad lines read
Read on 2026-09-22
What is this product?
A weakly acidic positioned foam cleanser for trouble-prone skin, built on fatty acid cleansing agents with cica-related actives, salicylic acid at mid-list position 17 and a ceramide-related material late in the list.
What makes it different?
The formula pairs a conventional myristic, stearic and lauric acid foam base with the four cica actives at disclosed ppm-level concentrations, plus salicylic acid at position 17 and escin and a ceramide-related material further down the list. It carries an acne-prone skin relief functional designation. Essential oils of vetiver and clary are present and denatured alcohol sits at position 14, so very reactive skin may want to check those first. The pH and any test evidence are not stated on the page checked here.
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 10 with no dictionary entry, left in Korean.
Key ingredientWorth a closer look
- Water
- Glycerin
- Myristic Acid
- Stearic Acid
- Lauric Acid
- Potassium Cocoyl Glycinate
- Potassium Hydroxide
- 글라이콜다이스테아 레이트
- Acrylates Copolymer
- Butylene Glycol
- 다이소듐코코암포다이 아세테이트
- Lauryl Hydroxysultaine
- Sodium Chloride
- Alcohol Denat.
- 글 리세릴스테아레이트
- Hydrated Silica
- Salicylic Acid
- 폴리쿼터 늄-7
- Polyquaternium-22
- Sodium Gluconate
- Vetiveria Zizanioides Root Oil
- 헥실렌글라 이콜
- Salvia Sclarea (Clary) Oil
- 1,2-Hexanediol
- Panthenol
- Serine
- 하이드록시프로필사이 클로덱스트린
- Dipropylene Glycol
- Carnitine
- Sodium Phosphate
- 프로 필렌글라이콜
- Escin
- Madecassoside
- Niacinamide
- 팔 미타마이드엠이에이
- Sarcosine
- Squalane
- Acetamide MEA
- 사이클 로덱스트린
- Asiaticoside
- Madecassic Acid
- Asiatic Acid
- Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
- 세 라마이드엔피
- Hydrogenated Lecithin
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: 베티버뿌리오일, 클레리오일, 미리스티 애씨드, 스테아릭애씨드, 라우릭애씨드
Did the ad claims hold up?
We checked 2 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. One of them looks likely, though none are proven outright.
Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.
likely, not proven1
- Soothing cleanser for troubled skin
Korean original
트러블 피부를 위한 진정 클렌저
partly backed1
- Pijiogel Red Soothing Cica Balance mildly alkaline AC foam cleanser 120ml (functional for alleviating acne-prone skin), , Pijiogel official mall, Cica Balance
Korean original
피지오겔 레드수딩 시카밸런스 약알칼리 AC 폼클렌저 120ml (여드름성 피부 완화 기능성), , 피지오겔 공식몰, 시카밸런스
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.