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Skin Functional Dark Mark & Pigmentation Treatment | SKIN Functional
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What can the product work for?
Evens skin tone
What does the product description say?
alpha-arbutin
2.5% -
3.7%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Effectiveness: HIGH
Might help reduce hyperpigmentation when used regularly over a long period of time. Is more effective than beta-arbutin
kojic acid
1.4% -
2.2%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Effectiveness: HIGH
Helps to reduce hyperpigmentation and neutralize free radicals. Can be irritating
niacinamide
2% -
3%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Effectiveness: HIGH
Is proven to be effective in reducing blemishes, evening out skin tone and helping to improve lines and wrinkles. It helps the skin to repair sun damage, calm down inflammation and keep maintain good levels of moisture.
The concentration of about 2% is effective for supporting the skin barrier and evening out the skin tone. Concentration of 4-6% is better for helping with acne and balancing the sebum production
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Anti-blemish
niacinamide
2% -
3%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Effectiveness: HIGH
Is proven to be effective in reducing blemishes, evening out skin tone and helping to improve lines and wrinkles. It helps the skin to repair sun damage, calm down inflammation and keep maintain good levels of moisture.
The concentration of about 2% is effective for supporting the skin barrier and evening out the skin tone. Concentration of 4-6% is better for helping with acne and balancing the sebum production
Anti-aging
niacinamide
2% -
3%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Effectiveness: HIGH
Is proven to be effective in reducing blemishes, evening out skin tone and helping to improve lines and wrinkles. It helps the skin to repair sun damage, calm down inflammation and keep maintain good levels of moisture.
The concentration of about 2% is effective for supporting the skin barrier and evening out the skin tone. Concentration of 4-6% is better for helping with acne and balancing the sebum production
nonapeptide-1
3.9% -
5.9%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Effectiveness:
MEDIUM
A type of peptide. Peptides are excellent moisturizers and might be able support collagen production reducing fine lines and wrinkles
Moisturizing
laminaria japonica extract
0.6% -
1.35%
Irritation risk: Comedogenicity: High
Concentration: Effectiveness: HIGH
Seaweed extract that might help to attract water to the upper layer of the skin and have some anti-oxidant properties
nonapeptide-1
3.9% -
5.9%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Effectiveness: HIGH
A type of peptide. Peptides are excellent moisturizers and might be able support collagen production reducing fine lines and wrinkles
niacinamide
2% -
3%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Effectiveness: HIGH
Is proven to be effective in reducing blemishes, evening out skin tone and helping to improve lines and wrinkles. It helps the skin to repair sun damage, calm down inflammation and keep maintain good levels of moisture.
The concentration of about 2% is effective for supporting the skin barrier and evening out the skin tone. Concentration of 4-6% is better for helping with acne and balancing the sebum production
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Anti-oxidation
kojic acid
1.4% -
2.2%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Effectiveness: HIGH
Helps to reduce hyperpigmentation and neutralize free radicals. Can be irritating
undaria pinnatifida extract
0.35% -
0.85%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Effectiveness:
LOW
A seaweed extract that helps attract water to the upper layer of the skin and might have an anti-oxidant effect
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Promise | Can it deliver? |
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Evens skin tone |
Total Promises Fulfilled score:
100/100.
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Can it cause trouble?
- Overall product irritation risk
- Acne & comedogenic risk ingredients: 2
Potential irritants
kojic acid
1.4% -
2.2%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Anti-oxidation,
Evens skin tone
Helps to reduce hyperpigmentation and neutralize free radicals. Can be irritating
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Comodogenic ingredients
laminaria japonica extract
0.6% -
1.35%
Irritation risk: Comedogenicity: High
Works for:
Moisturizing
Seaweed extract that might help to attract water to the upper layer of the skin and have some anti-oxidant properties
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Ingredients & concentrations
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Key Actives
niacinamide
2% -
3%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Evens skin tone,
Anti-blemish,
Moisturizing,
Anti-aging,
Reduces irritation,
Antibacterial,
Reduces redness,
Anti-inflammatory
Is proven to be effective in reducing blemishes, evening out skin tone and helping to improve lines and wrinkles. It helps the skin to repair sun damage, calm down inflammation and keep maintain good levels of moisture.
The concentration of about 2% is effective for supporting the skin barrier and evening out the skin tone. Concentration of 4-6% is better for helping with acne and balancing the sebum production
nonapeptide-1
3.9% -
5.9%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Moisturizing,
Anti-aging
A type of peptide. Peptides are excellent moisturizers and might be able support collagen production reducing fine lines and wrinkles
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Potential irritants
kojic acid
1.4% -
2.2%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Anti-oxidation,
Evens skin tone
Helps to reduce hyperpigmentation and neutralize free radicals. Can be irritating
Show more
Comodogenic ingredients
laminaria japonica extract
0.6% -
1.35%
Irritation risk: Comedogenicity: High
Works for:
Moisturizing
Seaweed extract that might help to attract water to the upper layer of the skin and have some anti-oxidant properties
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nonapeptide-1
3.9% -
5.9%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Moisturizing,
Anti-aging
A type of peptide. Peptides are excellent moisturizers and might be able support collagen production reducing fine lines and wrinkles
tranexamic acid
3.7% -
5.6%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Moisturizing,
Evens skin tone
An amino acid that is effective in reducing hyperpigmentation and evening out the skin tone. It can also help in skin barrier recovery. It is used to treat melasma, especially with injections and when taken orally
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Ingredient list view
Water, Nonapeptide-1, Tranexamic acid, Ethoxydiglycol, Alpha-arbutin, Niacinamide, Propanediol, Kojic acid, Sargassum fusiforme extract, Unknown, Ganoderma lucidum stem extract, Laminaria japonica extract, Rumex occidentalis extract, Butylene glycol, Undaria pinnatifida extract, Lentinus edodes mycelium extract, Sargassum fulvellum extract, Polyacrylate crosspolymer-6, Enteromorpha compressa extract, 1,2-hexanediol, Grifola frondosa fruiting body extract, Octanediol, Tropolone
Sources
- Effect of tranexamic acid on melasma: a clinical trial with histological evaluation
- Tranexamic acid accelerates skin barrier recovery and upregulates occludin in damaged skin
- The amelioration effect of tranexamic acid in wrinkles induced by skin dryness
- Efficacy and possible mechanisms of topical tranexamic acid in melasma
- Niacinamide - mechanisms of action and its topical use in dermatology