Explained
Dimethyl Isosorbide is a solvent and helps deliver actives into your skin. It is created from sorbitol.
As a solvent, dimethyl isosorbide helps dissolve other ingredients. This helps ensure even distribution of an ingredient. It may also be used to decrease the thickness of a product.
Studies show dimethyl isosorbide is able to penetrate skin to deliver other ingredients into the skin, making them more effective.
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Dimethyl Isosorbide is a rare cosmetic ingredient, with about 1.0% of the products in our database containing it.
What it does:
Where it's used
Dimethyl Isosorbide is most often found as ingredient number 12 within an ingredient list.
These are the categories of products that use Dimethyl Isosorbide the most:
References
- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11743-009-1128-4
- https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b06496
- https://www.itm.cnr.it/pdf/ITM-Seminar_Days_2019.pdf#page=17
- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Paul-Matts/publication/255953043_In_Vitro-In_Vivo_Correlation_in_Skin_Permeation/links/575ffcfa08ae414b8e5688c4/In-Vitro-In-Vivo-Correlation-in-Skin-Permeation.pdf
Products with Dimethyl Isosorbide
CosIng Data
- CosIng ID: 75870
- INCI Name: DIMETHYL ISOSORBIDE
- EC #: Â 226-159-8
- All Functions: Solvent, Viscosity Controlling
