A synthetic ingredient designed to work as an antioxidant.
Antioxidant
Antioxidant
Antioxidants reduce the oxidative stress caused by free radicals and prevent accelerated skin aging.
Antioxidant
Antioxidants reduce the oxidative stress caused by free radicals and prevent accelerated skin aging.
Origin
Synthetic
Synthetic
All kinds of ingredients formulated or produced by a chemical process, or those that have a chemical modification in their structure.
Synthetic
Synthetic
All kinds of ingredients formulated or produced by a chemical process, or those that have a chemical modification in their structure.
Overview
This ingredient was designed based off of tocopherol which is a natural antioxidant.
The manufacturers of this ingredient also claim a skin brightening effect, but the study was only done on 31 women. Most specialty ingredients for skincare have studies like this, which may show some effect but are usually on a small sample size with limited study information easily available.