Resorcinol
Severity 5/10hair dye · anti-acne
Is Resorcinol safe?
Resorcinol carries moderate concerns worth knowing about (allergy risk, irritation).
In plain language
A hair-dye coupler and old acne remedy with credible thyroid-disruption evidence, under active EU endocrine review.
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
Each concern below is drawn from official data — see the cited sources ↓
Allergy risk
5/10Recognized contact allergen in hair dyes.
Irritation
4/10Irritating at therapeutic strengths.
Official regulatory status
Pulled directly from official regulatory datasets and expert reviews — not our own judgement.
EU SCCS safety opinions
- · Memorandum on Hair Dye Substances and their Skin Sensitising Properties
- · Opinion on Resorcinol
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 skinHigh caution
- Oily & acne-proneNo specific concern
- Dry skinNo specific concern
- PregnancyUse with caution
- Babies & kidsUse with caution
- Eczema-proneNo specific concern
Sources
Each authority below is shown only because our ingested copy of its data lists Resorcinol — not because we asserted it. Follow a link to verify the classification or regulation directly.
CIR conclusion from the Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) Quick Reference Table — cir-safety.org (snapshot in data/sources/)(point-in-time snapshot; CIR's live record may have been updated since).
See our methodology for how these map to concern levels. Informational only — not medical advice.
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