Category
Ester ingredients and fungal acne
Short answer
This is every ester ingredient in our database (99 total) rated for fungal-acne-prone skin. Whether a ester ingredient is a trigger depends on chain length and, where relevant, ethoxylation, so members of the same family can land on different verdicts.
99 ingredients
Ascorbyl PalmitateAvoidEsterCetearyl OlivateAvoidEsterCetyl MyristateAvoidEsterCetyl PalmitateAvoidEsterCetyl RicinoleateAvoidEsterCetyl StearateAvoidEsterDecyl OleateAvoidEsterEthylhexyl CocoateAvoidEsterEthylhexyl HydroxystearateAvoidEsterEthylhexyl OleateAvoidEsterEthylhexyl OlivateAvoidEsterEthylhexyl PalmitateAvoidEsterEthylhexyl StearateAvoidEsterGlyceryl CocoateAvoidEsterGlyceryl IsostearateAvoidEsterGlyceryl LinoleateAvoidEsterGlyceryl MyristateAvoidEsterGlyceryl OleateAvoidEsterGlyceryl PalmitateAvoidEsterGlyceryl RicinoleateAvoidEsterGlyceryl StearateAvoidEsterGlyceryl Stearate CitrateAvoidEsterGlyceryl Stearate SEAvoidEsterIsopropyl BehenateAvoidEsterIsopropyl IsostearateAvoidEsterIsopropyl LanolateAvoidEsterIsopropyl LinoleateAvoidEsterIsopropyl MyristateAvoidEsterIsopropyl PalmitateAvoidEsterIsopropyl StearateAvoidEsterMethyl Glucose SesquiisostearateAvoidEsterMethyl Glucose SesquistearateAvoidEsterMethyl PalmitateAvoidEsterMethyl StearateAvoidEsterMyristyl LactateAvoidEsterMyristyl MyristateAvoidEsterPolyglyceryl-10 StearateAvoidEsterPolyglyceryl-2 StearateAvoidEsterPolyglyceryl-3 DiisostearateAvoidEsterPolyglyceryl-3 Methylglucose DistearateAvoidEsterPolyglyceryl-3 OleateAvoidEsterPolyglyceryl-3 StearateAvoidEsterRetinyl PalmitateAvoidEsterSorbitan OleateAvoidEsterSorbitan OlivateAvoidEsterSorbitan PalmitateAvoidEsterSorbitan SesquioleateAvoidEsterSorbitan StearateAvoidEsterSorbitan TrioleateAvoidEsterSorbitan TristearateAvoidEsterStearyl StearateAvoidEsterTribeheninAvoidEsterTrioleinAvoidEsterTristearinAvoidEsterBehenyl BehenateCautionEsterGlyceryl BehenateCautionEsterGlyceryl LaurateCautionEsterIsopropyl Lauroyl SarcosinateCautionEsterLauryl PCACautionEsterPolyglyceryl-10 LaurateCautionEsterPolyglyceryl-4 LaurateCautionEsterPolyglyceryl-4 OleateCautionEsterPolyglyceryl-6 LaurateCautionEsterSodium Stearoyl GlutamateCautionEsterSorbitan IsostearateCautionEsterSorbitan LaurateCautionEsterTrilaurinCautionEsterButyloctyl SalicylateSafeEsterCaprylic/Capric TriglycerideSafeEsterCaprylic/Capric/Succinic TriglycerideSafeEsterCaprylyl/Capryl GlucosideSafeEsterCetearyl EthylhexanoateSafeEsterCetearyl IsononanoateSafeEsterCetyl EthylhexanoateSafeEsterCetyl LactateSafeEsterCoco-GlucosideSafeEsterDecyl GlucosideSafeEsterDibutyl AdipateSafeEsterEthylhexyl Caprylate/CaprateSafeEsterEthylhexyl IsononanoateSafeEsterEthylhexyl MethoxycinnamateSafeEsterEthylhexyl NeopentanoateSafeEsterEthylhexyl PCASafeEsterEthylhexyl PelargonateSafeEsterGlyceryl CaprateSafeEsterGlyceryl CaprylateSafeEsterGlyceryl Caprylate/CaprateSafeEsterGlyceryl UndecylenateSafeEsterLauryl GlucosideSafeEsterOctyldodecyl NeopentanoateSafeEsterPolyglyceryl-2 CaprateSafeEsterPolyglyceryl-4 CaprateSafeEsterPolyglyceryl-6 CaprylateSafeEsterSodium PCASafeEsterSorbitan CaprylateSafeEsterSucrose CocoateSafeEsterSucrose LaurateSafeEsterSucrose PolystearateSafeEsterSucrose StearateSafeEster
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Informational only, not medical advice or a diagnosis. Ingredient suitability for fungal acne varies by person and formulation. Always patch test and consult a qualified clinician.