Gentle Clear Triple-Action Acne Serum

Cetaphil

Cetaphil Gentle Clear Triple-Action Acne Serum

This milky-gel serum with 0.5% salicylic acid improves the appearance of breakouts in just 3 days.

Area: Face

Category: Skincare

#alcohol-free#fragrance & essentialoil-free
★ 4.7 (3 reviews)

Ingredient list

18 ingredients recorded in the Macherre catalog. Ingredient names are standardized; formulas can change, so compare this list with your packaging.

Salicylic Acid (2%), Water, Glycerin, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Gluconolactone, Propanediol, Sodium Hydroxide, Succinic Acid, Panthenol, Niacinamide, Lysolecithin, Sclerotium Gum, Zinc Gluconate (0.2%), Pullulan, Xanthan Gum, Pantolactone, Citric Acid, Silica.

Product references: incidecoder.com

Ingredients by function

Anti-acne
  • anti-acne
    antidandruff, antioxidant, exfoliant, hair conditioning, keratolytic, masking, preservative, skin conditioning, soothing
  • anti-acne
    cell-communicating ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant, skin brightening, smoothing
  • anti-acne
    deodorant, skin conditioning, soothing
Cell-communicating ingredient
  • anti-acne
    cell-communicating ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant, skin brightening, smoothing
Exfoliant
  • anti-acne
    antidandruff, antioxidant, exfoliant, hair conditioning, keratolytic, masking, preservative, skin conditioning, soothing
  • chelating
    exfoliant, skin conditioning
Skin brightening
  • anti-acne
    cell-communicating ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant, skin brightening, smoothing
Skin-identical ingredient
  • GlycerinComedogenicity: 0Irritancy: 0
    denaturant
    hair conditioning, humectant, moisturizer/​humectant, oral care, perfuming, skin conditioning, skin-identical ingredient, skin protecting, solvent, viscosity controlling
Soothing
  • anti-acne
    antidandruff, antioxidant, exfoliant, hair conditioning, keratolytic, masking, preservative, skin conditioning, soothing
  • PanthenolComedogenicity: 0Irritancy: 0
    antistatic
    hair conditioning, moisturizer/​humectant, skin conditioning, soothing
  • anti-acne
    deodorant, skin conditioning, soothing
Buffering
Chelating
Emollient
Emulsifying
Moisturizer/humectant
  • GlycerinComedogenicity: 0Irritancy: 0
    denaturant
    hair conditioning, humectant, moisturizer/​humectant, oral care, perfuming, skin conditioning, skin-identical ingredient, skin protecting, solvent, viscosity controlling
  • moisturizer/​humectant
    solvent
  • PanthenolComedogenicity: 0Irritancy: 0
    antistatic
    hair conditioning, moisturizer/​humectant, skin conditioning, soothing
  • anti-acne
    cell-communicating ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant, skin brightening, smoothing
  • humectant
    moisturizer/​humectant, skin conditioning
Preservative
  • anti-acne
    antidandruff, antioxidant, exfoliant, hair conditioning, keratolytic, masking, preservative, skin conditioning, soothing
Solvent
Viscosity controlling
  • emulsion stabilising
    skin conditioning, viscosity controlling
  • binding
    emulsifying, emulsion stabilising, gel forming, skin conditioning, surfactant, viscosity controlling
  • abrasive
    absorbent, anticaking, bulking, opacifying, viscosity controlling

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