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Cholesterol

Cholesterol
✨ Emollient ↗🧈 Lipid ↗🏗️ Skin Barrier Repair ↗

Works alongside ceramides and fatty acids to reinforce the skin's lipid barrier. Occurs naturally in skin.

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Safety: Skin-identical. Excellent safety.
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Comedogenic rating(likelihood of clogging pores)
1/5 — Very low likelihood
✓ Does not disqualify fragrance-free, alcohol-free, SLS-free or paraben-free claims
Common names & aliases
No aliases recorded
Functions
✨ Emollient
Softens and smooths skin by filling microscopic gaps between skin cells.
🧈 Lipid
Lipids play a crucial role in maintaining skin health and is a key component of the skin barrier. Ceramides and cholesterol are both examples of naturally occurring lipids.
🏗️ Skin Barrier Repair
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