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What it is
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Tocopherol (also known as Vitamin E) is a common antioxidant used to help protect the skin from free-radicals and strengthen the skin barrier. It's also fat soluble - this means our skin is great at absorbing it.
Vitamin E also helps keep your natural skin lipids healthy. Your lipid skin barrier naturally consists of lipids, ceramides, and fatty acids. Vitamin E offers extra protection for your skinβs lipid barrier, keeping your skin healthy and nourished.
Another benefit is a bit of UV protection. Vitamin E helps reduce the damage caused by UVB rays. (It should not replace your sunscreen). Combining it with Vitamin C can decrease sunburned cells and hyperpigmentation after UV exposure.
You might have noticed Vitamin E + C often paired together. This is because it is great at stabilizing Vitamin C. Using the two together helps increase the effectiveness of both ingredients.
There are often claims that Vitamin E can reduce/prevent scarring, but these claims haven't been confirmed by scientific research.
People also like: Niacinamide, Glycerin, Hyaluronic Acid
People also dislike: Niacinamide, Parfum, Glycerin
Also known as: Vitamin E
Tocopherol is a common cosmetic ingredient, with about 30.1% of the products in our database containing it.
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Where it's used
Tocopherol is most often found as ingredient number 21 within an ingredient list.
Of the 10 products in our database that have a known concentration of Tocopherol, we've seen concentrations from 0% to 10% specified within their ingredient lists.
These are the categories of products that use Tocopherol the most:
References
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29891745/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34122682/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33070130/
- https://journals.lww.com/idoj/Fulltext/2016/07040/Vitamin_E_in_dermatology.18.aspx
- https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1091581818794455
- https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphar.2022.1006198/full
Products with Tocopherol
CosIng Data
- CosIng ID: 80273
- INCI Name: TOCOPHEROL
- EC #: Β 200-201-5 / 240-747-1 / 233-466-0 / 204-299-0 /215-798-8 / - / 218-197-9 / 200-412-2 / -
- All Functions: Antioxidant, Masking, Skin Conditioning
