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La roche-posay Effaclar

La roche-posay · Cleansers

Effaclar — ingredient safety report

Every ingredient on the label, checked against published safety data. Profile tags on each card show who should take extra care. Label data from Open Beauty Facts, a community database — formulations change, so verify against your packaging.

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Moderate concern

Contains ingredients worth knowing about. Review the flags below against your skin's needs.

Concern score 61/100 · 19 ingredients analyzed

Driven by Salicylic AcidEU CLP Repr. 2, EU CosIng Annex III (declarable / restricted), EU CLP Eye Dam. 1

Risk categories found

Allergy risk1 ingredient · max 7/10Irritation4 ingredients · max 5/10

Flagged ingredients (5)

Ingredients with a documented concern, from official datasets and our reviewed database.

Salicylic Acid

exfoliant · anti-acne

Severity 4/10
Sensitive skin: Use with cautionDry skin: High cautionPregnancy: Use with cautionBabies & kids: Best avoidedEczema-prone: High caution
  • Irritation:Dryness and peeling at exfoliating concentrations (0.5–2%).

The pore-clearing BHA exfoliant. Not for young children (salicylate absorption), used cautiously in pregnancy at low leave-on concentrations, and drying for compromised barriers.

Alcohol Denat.

solvent · astringent

Severity 5/10Editorial
Sensitive skin: High cautionDry skin: High cautionBabies & kids: Use with cautionEczema-prone: Best avoided
  • Irritation:Drying and barrier-disrupting in high-alcohol formulas with regular use.

Denatured ethanol gives products a fast-drying, weightless feel, but as a leading ingredient it degrades the skin barrier with repeated use — a poor match for dry, sensitive or eczema-prone skin.

Glycolic Acid

exfoliant

Severity 5/10Editorial
Sensitive skin: High cautionDry skin: Use with cautionBabies & kids: Use with cautionEczema-prone: Best avoided
  • Irritation:Stinging, redness and increased sun sensitivity; smallest, deepest-penetrating AHA.

The strongest common AHA exfoliant. Effective for texture and tone but raises sun sensitivity — daytime SPF is essential while using it.

Parfum

fragrance

Severity 7/10Editorial
Sensitive skin: Best avoidedPregnancy: Use with cautionBabies & kids: Best avoidedEczema-prone: Best avoided
  • Allergy risk:Fragrance is the single most common cause of cosmetic contact allergy.
  • Irritation:Frequent trigger of stinging and redness on reactive skin.
Caredermis curated dermatological review

An umbrella term that can hide dozens of undisclosed scent chemicals. Fragrance is the leading cause of allergic contact dermatitis from cosmetics, and dermatologists routinely advise fragrance-free products for eczema, babies and sensitive skin.

CAPRYLOYL SALICYLIC ACIDRegulatory dataCIR: data insufficient

No concerns found (11)

Ingredients that are unflagged in our reviewed database, reviewed safe by the CIR panel, or on an EU permitted list.

Recognized ingredients (3)

Catalogued in official cosmetic-ingredient inventories (EU CosIng and others) with no safety flag on record. Being recognized isn't a safety guarantee — it means the ingredient is on record but no authority has published a concern.

  • DIMETHYL ISOSORBIDE· solvent, viscosity controlling
  • PEG-60 HYDROGENATED CASTOR OIL· surfactant - cleansing, surfactant - emu…
  • HYDROXYETHYLPIPERAZINE ETHANE SULFONIC ACID· buffering

This report is informational, not medical advice. Assessments summarize published findings (EU CosIng, IARC, ECHA, CIR, SCCS and others) about ingredients — not clinical testing of this specific product. Exposure, concentration and individual sensitivity all matter. Consult a dermatologist for medical concerns.

Lower-concern cleansers

Same category, better ingredient safety score than this product — somewhere to look next if this one raised concerns.

Full ingredient list (as analyzed)

WATER, DENATURED ALCOHOL, PROPANEDIOL, GLYCOLIC ACID, NIACINAMIDE, DIMETHYL ISOSORBIDE, PENTYLENE GLYCOL, SALICYLIC ACID, SODIUM HYDROXIDE, PEG-60 HYDROGENATED CASTOR OIL, HYDROXYETHYLPIPERAZINE ETHANE SULFONIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, PEG-30 GLYCERYL COCOATE, CAPRYLOYL SALICYLIC ACID, BIOSACCHARIDE GUM-1, MALTODEXTRIN, PHYTIC ACID, POLYQUATERNIUM-10, PERFUME

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