Ingredient · soothing

Centella Asiatica

Centella Asiatica is a soothing ingredient: it's used to calm redness and the feeling of irritation. Cica — calms irritation and supports repair. Pori's ingredient rules rate it a good fit for every skin type.

Centella Asiatica at a glance

FunctionSoothing
Comedogenic rating0/5
Irritation potentialLow
Also listed asCentella Asiatica Extract, Centella Asiatica Leaf Extract, Madecassoside, Asiaticoside, Madecassic Acid, Asiatic Acid
How commonOn 175 of 21,918 product labels in Pori's copy of Open Beauty Facts

What does Centella Asiatica help with?

In Pori's database it's linked to redness, a weak skin barrier. How much it helps depends on how high it sits on the label: ingredients are listed from most to least, and anything past roughly the tenth spot is usually present at 1% or less.

Is Centella Asiatica 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
NormalGood fitCica — calms irritation and supports repair.
DryGood fitCica — calms irritation and supports repair.
OilyGood fitCica — calms irritation and supports repair.
CombinationGood fitCica — calms irritation and supports repair.
SensitiveGood fitCica — calms irritation and supports repair.

Is Centella Asiatica comedogenic?

It has a comedogenic rating of 0 out of 5 in Pori's ingredient database, so it's unlikely to clog pores. 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 Centella Asiatica?

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

  • Erborian Black Cleansing Oil (cleanser)
  • Erborian Solid Cleansing Oil (cleanser)
  • Holika Holika Aloe Facial Cleansing Foam (cleanser)
  • La Roche-Posay Hyalu B5 serum (serum)

How do I check a product with Centella Asiatica?

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.