ISOHEXADECANE - Skin Care Ingredients Curated By Mia Seilern

By KimReviewed Nataly

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Description: ISOHEXADECANE — lightweight emollient, texture enhancer, emulsion stabilizer.

All Functions: lightweight emollient, texture enhancer, emulsion stabilizer

Quick Facts:

Category: emollient
Comedogenic Rating: 1/5

Safety: Generally Low ConcernResearch confidence: Fair

Safety tier is a starting heuristic from regulatory status and comedogenic rating, not a dermatological verdict — see our Terms for the full disclaimer. Research confidence reflects how many real cited studies back this ingredient, not the strength of their findings.

🧪 ISOHEXADECANE

ISOHEXADECANE

CAS Number: 4390-04-9, 60908-77-2, 93685-80-4

Also Known As: —

Category: emollient

EC Number: 224-506-8, -, 297-628-2

Korean Name: 아이소헥사데칸

Isohexadecane is a branched chain aliphatic hydrocarbon with 16 carbons.

ISOHEXADECANE is an emollient ingredient used in skincare formulations.

lightweight emollienttexture enhanceremulsion stabilizer

🌍 Regulatory Status

EU: No restriction on fileUS: No restriction on file

📊 Comedogenicity

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1/5

📚 Research & Evidence

PUBMED CITATIONS

Data sources: EU CosIng PubMed

🔬 The Science

No data yet

A deeper research write-up hasn’t been generated for this ingredient yet.

💧 Skin Type Compatibility

98%

Sensitive

95%

Oily

98%

Dry

96%

Combination

95%

Acne-prone

98%

Normal

Derived from this ingredient’s irritancy potential and comedogenicity rating against the needs of each skin type — e.g. oily and acne-prone skin are marked down for pore-clogging ingredients, sensitive skin for irritants. A starting heuristic, not a dermatological verdict.