Pore-clogging ingredients / Grapeseed Oil
Is Grapeseed Oil comedogenic?
INCI name: Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil
No, for nearly everyone. This ingredient is rated 1 out of 5, a very low pore-clogging risk.
- Comedogenic rating
- 1/5
- Very low risk
- Evidence confidence
- moderate
- Most published lists include this ingredient, with ratings that vary by about one point.
- Also appears as
- grape seed oil, grapeseed oil, vitis vinifera (grape) seed oil
What is Grapeseed Oil?
A light, linoleic-dominant oil pressed from wine-industry grape seeds. Its quick absorption and low cost make it a common base in facial oils and lightweight moisturizers for combination skin.
What to do if you're acne-prone
There's no pore-clogging reason to avoid this ingredient, even in leave-on products. If a product containing it breaks you out, the culprit is almost certainly elsewhere on the label. Paste the full list into the checker to find it.
Where this rating comes from
Our ratings consolidate two lineages: the original rabbit-ear comedogenicity assays published by James Fulton and colleagues (Fulton, Pay & Fulton, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 1984; Fulton, Journal of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists, 1989), and the pore-clogger lists maintained by acne-specialist estheticians in the Face Reality lineage. This ingredient rates 0–1 across those sources (or doesn't appear on the flagged lists at all), which is why our checker doesn't flag it.
Last reviewed 2026-08-16 by the PorePass editorial team.
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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.