Pore-clogging ingredients / Coconut Alkanes
Is Coconut Alkanes comedogenic?
It can. This ingredient carries moderate pore-clogging risk.
- Comedogenic rating
- 3/5
- Moderately comedogenic
- Evidence confidence
- moderate
- Most published lists include this ingredient, with ratings that vary by about one point.
- Also appears as
- No common label aliases
What to do if you're acne-prone
Position matters: high on the ingredient list means more of it in the formula. If you're very breakout-prone, choose an alternative; otherwise watch how your skin responds.
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Comedogenicity ratings come from published ingredient studies and esthetician-compiled lists. They are imperfect and formulation-dependent, and this page isn't medical advice. Reactions vary by skin, concentration, and the rest of the formula.