sidmool Dr.Troub Skin Returning BHA cream

What is this product?

A Korean leave on cream from sidmool whose single active is salicylic acid, printed at 0.5 percent in position 12 of a 22 entry list. That printed amount is the most useful thing on this label. The water phase is two plant waters, bamboo sap and hibiscus flower water, with purified water not appearing until position 20, and the oil phase is three esters with an olive derived emulsifier pair, so this is a light cream rather than a rich one. Arnica flower extract is the one soothing entry and frankincense oil closes the list. The brand advertises a four in one solution across exfoliation, pores, soothing and moisture; counting the entries behind each axis gives three mechanisms, because exfoliation and pore care are the same acid counted twice. The page's statutory disclosure block is empty, so a leave on acid product ships with no usage frequency, no sun guidance and no cautions on the page that sells it.

What makes it different?

Three things are worth carrying away. First, the disclosed amount: salicylic acid at a printed 0.5 percent, which lets a reader size the one mechanism that matters instead of guessing from position. Second, the base it sits in: two plant waters ahead of purified water and an ester oil phase rather than a watery acid vehicle, which is what separates this from an acid toner and makes it usable as the moisturiser step itself. Third, and working against it, a disclosure hole rather than a formula flaw: the statutory block on the page is empty, so a leave on acid product carries no frequency, no sun instruction and no caution text at all on its own sales 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.

Key ingredientWorth a closer look

• Bambusa Vulgaris Sap Water
• Hibiscus Sabdariffa Flower Water
• Butylene Glycol
• Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
• Glycerin
• Cetyl Ethylhexanoate
• Dicaprylyl Carbonate
• Cetearyl Olivate
• Sorbitan Olivate
• Arnica Montana Flower Extract
• Glyceryl Stearate
• Salicylic Acid
• Sodium Polyglutamate
• Xanthan Gum
• Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer
• Vinyl Dimethicone
• Arginine
• 1,2-Hexanediol
• Ethylhexylglycerin
• Water
• Hydroxyacetophenone
• Boswellia Carterii Oil

Ingredients with no mark are ones we found nothing notable about, and when marks overlap on one ingredient we show the caution first.

Did the ad claims hold up?

We checked 6 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. 2 of them look likely, though none are proven outright.

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

What else is worth seeing?

Products we read alongside this one.

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