Caredermis

Menthol

Severity 4/10Editorial

cooling agent · fragrance

Is Menthol safe?

Menthol carries moderate concerns worth knowing about (irritation).

In plain language

The cooling molecule from mint. Refreshing on healthy skin but a genuine irritant for reactive, broken or infant skin.

A Caredermis plain-language explanation to help you read the label — not a regulator statement. The sourced facts are the classifications and status shown on this page.

Documented concerns

Concerns marked Editorialare Caredermis' own dermatological review; the rest are drawn from official data — see the cited sources ↓

Irritation

Editorial4/10

Sensory irritant; the cooling feeling signals nerve stimulation, not soothing.

Official regulatory status

Pulled directly from official regulatory datasets and expert reviews — not our own judgement.

EU cosmetics: Restricted

Guidance by skin profile

Caredermis editorial guidance based on the concerns above — checked against the official records on every build, but not itself a regulator statement.

  • Sensitive skinHigh caution
  • Oily & acne-proneNo specific concern
  • Dry skinNo specific concern
  • PregnancyNo specific concern
  • Babies & kidsUse with caution
  • Eczema-proneHigh caution

Sources

Each authority below is shown only because our ingested copy of its data lists Menthol — not because we asserted it. Follow a link to verify the classification or regulation directly.

See our methodology for how these map to concern levels. Informational only — not medical advice.

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