Ingredient · antioxidant

Ubiquinone

Ubiquinone is an antioxidant: it helps neutralize free radicals from sun and pollution, and protects the formula itself. Pori's ingredient rules rate it a good fit for normal and dry skin types.

Ubiquinone at a glance

FunctionAntioxidant
Comedogenic rating0/5
Irritation potentialLow
Also listed asCoenzyme Q10, CoQ10
How commonOn 118 of 21,918 product labels in Pori's copy of Open Beauty Facts

What does Ubiquinone help with?

In Pori's database it's linked to signs of aging. 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 Ubiquinone 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 fitAntioxidant
DryGood fitAntioxidant
OilyNeutralAntioxidant
CombinationNeutralAntioxidant
SensitiveNeutralAntioxidant

Is Ubiquinone 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 Ubiquinone?

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.