72 Pore Clogging Ingredients found in your skincare products.

If you have found yourself googling how to unclog your pores or what is The cause of clogged pores keep reading.

Clogged pores are one of the most common skincare concerns amongst all ages. But for starter a lot of us don’t even understand why we have pores. We also have many myths about how to open them and close them. So lets get started with a little refresher on pores and their function.

What are Pores? Pores are small openings in the skin that release oils and sweat. They're also connected to your hair follicles. Pores may appear larger as a result of increased sweat, increased sebum production, acne issues, or aging.

What can cause clogged pores?

1. Dead Skin Build Up-Exfoliate to keep this under control.

2. Excess Oil/Sebum- Use a Toner

3.Over cleaning or exfoliating- This damages you moisture barrier and disrupts the skins PH.

4. Comedogenic Products- Products with ingredients that cause clogging.

Here is 72 Comedogenic ingredients that are rated from 3 to 5 (5) being the highest.

The most pore clogging have a five (5) after them. The scale runs zero to five. If an ingredient scored less than a three (3) on the pore clogging study, we didn’t include it.

Ingredient

1. Acetylated Lanolin 4

2. Acetylated Lanolin Alcohol 4

3. Algae Extract 5

4. Algin (Alginic acid;potassiumalginate; sodium alginate) 4

5. Butyl Isostearate 4

6. Butyl Stearate 3

7. Carrageenan 5

8. Cetyl Acetate 4

9. Cetyl Alcohol 3

10. Cetearyl Alcohol + Ceteareth 20 4

11. Cocoa Butter 4

12. Coconut Oil, Butter, Cream 4

13. Colloidal Sulfur 3

14. Cotton Seed Oil 3

15. D&C Red #17 3

16. D&C Red #21 3

17. D&C Red # 3 3

18. D&C Red #30 3

19. D&C Red #36 3

20. Decyl Oleate 3

21. Dioctyl Succinate 3

22. Disodium Monooleamido PEG 2- Sulfosuccinate 4

23. Ethoxylated Lanolin 3

24. Ethylhexyl Palmitate 4

25. Glyceryl Stearate SE 3

26. Glyceryl-3 Diisostearate 4

27. Hexadecyl Alcohol 5

28. Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil 3

29. Isocetyl Alcohol 4

30. Isocetyl Stearate 5

31. Isodecyl Oleate 4

32. Isopropyl Isostearate 5

33. Isopropyl Lanolate 4

34. Isopropyl Myristate 5

35. Isopropyl Palmitate 4

36. Isostearyl Isostearate 4

37. Isostearyl Neopentanoate 3

38. Laureth 23 3

39. Laureth 4 5

40. Lauric Acid 4

41. Mink Oil 3

42. Myristic Acid 3

43. Myristyl Lactate 4

44. Myristyl Myristate 5

45. Octyl Palmitate 4

46. Octyl Stearate 5

47. Oleth-3 5

48. Oleyl Alcohol 4

49. PEG 16 Lanolin 4

50. PEG 75 Lanolin 3

51. PEG 200 Dilaurate 3

52. PEG 8 Stearate 3

53. PG Monostearate 3

54. PPG 2 Myristyl Propionate 4

55. Polyglyceryl-3-Diisostearate 4

56. Potassium Chloride 5

57. Propylene Glycol Monostearate 4

58. Red Algae 5

59. Shark Liver Oil 3

60. Sodium Chloride 5

61. Sodium Laureth Sulfate 3

62. Sodium Lauryl Sulfate 5

63. Solulan 16 4

64. Sorbitan Oleate 3

65. Soybean Oil 3

66. Steareth 10 4

67. Stearic Acid TEA 3

68. Stearyl Heptanoate 4

69. Sulfated Castor Oil 3

70. Wheat Germ Glyceride 3

71. Wheat Germ Oil 5

72. Xylene 4

Source:https://acnetreatmentcenterwa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/pore-cloggin-ingredients.pdf