Ingredient · emollient

Avocado Oil

Avocado Oil is an emollient: it fills the gaps between skin cells so skin feels softer and smoother. Pori's ingredient rules flag it for caution on oily and combination skin.

Avocado Oil at a glance

FunctionEmollient
Comedogenic rating3/5
Irritation potentialLow
Also listed asPersea Gratissima Oil, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil
How commonOn 501 of 21,918 product labels in Pori's copy of Open Beauty Facts

Is Avocado Oil good for my skin type?

These ratings come from the same fixed rules Pori's ingredient scanner uses, applied to a typical profile for each skin type. Your own result in the app also weighs your scan results and concerns.

Skin typeRatingWhy
NormalNeutralEmollient
DryNeutralEmollient
OilyUse with cautionComedogenic rating 3/5
CombinationUse with cautionComedogenic rating 3/5
SensitiveNeutralEmollient

Is Avocado Oil comedogenic?

It has a comedogenic rating of 3 out of 5 in Pori's ingredient database, so people prone to breakouts may want to watch it. Ratings like this come from older tests on single ingredients, and a finished product with it isn't necessarily pore-clogging. A 2006 study in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology found that finished products made with comedogenic ingredients were not necessarily comedogenic, so treat the number as a hint, not a verdict.

Which products contain Avocado Oil?

Products in Pori's curated catalogue that list it as a key ingredient:

  • Kiehl's Creamy Eye Treatment with Avocado (eye cream)

How do I check a product with Avocado Oil?

Scan the barcode or photograph the ingredient list with Pori's ingredient scanner (a Pro feature). It rates every ingredient for your skin type, flags fragrance, pore-clogging and irritating ingredients, and gives the product an overall match score. It's a guide to ingredients, not a diagnosis, so see a dermatologist about any reaction.

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Ingredient data from Pori's ingredient database; product counts from Open Beauty Facts (ODbL). General information, not medical advice.