Ingredient · texture

Silica

Silica is a texture agent: it changes how the product spreads and feels.

Silica at a glance

FunctionTexture
Comedogenic rating0/5
Irritation potentialLow
Also listed asNone
How commonOn 1,373 of 21,918 product labels in Pori's copy of Open Beauty Facts

Is Silica 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
NormalNeutralTexture
DryNeutralTexture
OilyNeutralTexture
CombinationNeutralTexture
SensitiveNeutralTexture

Is Silica 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.

How do I check a product with Silica?

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.