Caredermis

Octocrylene

Severity 5/10Editorial

uv filter

Is Octocrylene safe?

Octocrylene carries moderate concerns worth knowing about (allergy risk, environmental impact).

In plain language

A stabilizing UV filter that can degrade into benzophenone as products age, and an increasingly reported allergen — replace old tubes of octocrylene sunscreens.

A Caredermis plain-language explanation to help you read the label — not a regulator statement. The sourced facts are the classifications and status shown on this page.

Documented concerns

Concerns marked Editorialare Caredermis' own dermatological review; the rest are drawn from official data — see the cited sources ↓

Allergy risk

Editorial5/10

Rising cause of contact and photoallergy, especially in children.

Environmental impact

Editorial5/10

Accumulates in aquatic life; degrades into benzophenone over time.

Official regulatory status

Pulled directly from official regulatory datasets and expert reviews — not our own judgement.

EU-permitted UV filter (max a) 9% b) 10% Footnote (*3): Benzophenone as an impurity and/)

EU SCCS safety opinions

  • · OPINION on Octocrylene
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Guidance by skin profile

Caredermis editorial guidance based on the concerns above — checked against the official records on every build, but not itself a regulator statement.

  • Sensitive skinUse with caution
  • Oily & acne-proneNo specific concern
  • Dry skinNo specific concern
  • PregnancyNo specific concern
  • Babies & kidsUse with caution
  • Eczema-proneHigh caution

Sources

Each authority below is shown only because our ingested copy of its data lists Octocrylene — not because we asserted it. Follow a link to verify the classification or regulation directly.

See our methodology for how these map to concern levels. Informational only — not medical advice.

Products in our library containing Octocrylene

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