REJURAN Derma Healer Pore Tightening Cream

What is this product?

Rejuran's Derma Healer Pore Tightening Cream, 50ml, works as a straightforward hydrating cream with niacinamide seventh of 36 ingredients, and it is the wrong buy for anyone expecting the pore work its name promises, because the formula carries no exfoliating acid, no clay and no oil-absorbing powder. Three hyaluronate forms, ceramide NP, polyglutamic acid, hydrolyzed elastin and two firmness peptides fill out the back half, all at undisclosed amounts. Rejuran publishes no pH and no test behind the pore claim, and ethylhexyl palmitate, an ester with a high follicular-risk rating, is printed ninth.

What makes it different?

Read as a moisturiser rather than as a pore treatment, it is a well-built one. Three hyaluronate forms run consecutively at twenty-four to twenty-six, polyglutamic acid follows at thirty-one, trehalose sits at twenty-one and ceramide NP at twenty, which is a layered humectant plus barrier structure rather than a single showcase ingredient. The peptide group, acetyl tetrapeptide-2 and carnosine, is a firmness and antiglycation angle rather than a pore one. The gap between what the name says and what the list contains is the thing to know before buying: there is no acid of any class, no clay and no absorbent particulate among the 36 entries, so nothing here clears a follicle mechanically or chemically. There is also no declared fragrance, no essential oil and no denatured alcohol, which makes it a reasonable pick for people avoiding those.

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
• Butylene Glycol
• Propanediol
• 1,2-Hexanediol
• Neopentyl Glycol Diheptanoate
• Niacinamide
• Betaine
• Ethylhexyl Palmitate
• Pentylene Glycol
• Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer
• Dimethicone
• Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
• Carbomer
• Cetearyl Olivate
• Tromethamine
• Cetearyl Alcohol
• Hydrolyzed DNA
• Sorbitan Olivate
• Ceramide NP
• Trehalose
• Hydrolyzed Soy Protein
• Hydrolyzed Elastin
• Sodium Hyaluronate
• Hyaluronic Acid
• Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid
• Adenosine
• Hydrogenated Lecithin
• Ethylhexylglycerin
• Xanthan Gum
• Polyglutamic Acid
• Acetyl Tetrapeptide-2
• Carnosine
• Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract
• Andrographis Paniculata Extract
• Disodium EDTA

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: 네오펜틸글라이콜다이헵타노에이트, 에틸헥실팔미테이트, 카프릴릭/카프릭트라이글리세라이드, 세테아릴올리베이트, 솔비탄올리베이트, 하이드로제네이티드레시틴

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.

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