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Cetearyl Alcohol

Cetearyl Alcohol

A fatty alcohol, not a drying one. Generally well tolerated.

Emollient, representative

How solid is the pore-clogging number


Cetearyl Alcohol rates 2 of 5 — fine for most, occasionally a problem for very acne-prone skin. The rating is graded established. Traceable to published comedogenicity testing and consistent across sources.

It describes the raw ingredient in isolation. In a finished product, how much is present and where it sits in the list matter just as much. Check a whole label to see it in context.