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L'Oréal Biotherm Anti-wrinkles sun cream

L'Oréal · Sunscreens

Biotherm Anti-wrinkles sun cream — ingredient safety report

Every ingredient on the label, checked against published safety data. Profile tags on each card show who should take extra care. Label data from Open Beauty Facts, a community database — formulations change, so verify against your packaging.

40

Moderate concern

Contains ingredients worth knowing about. Review the flags below against your skin's needs.

Concern score 40/100 · 24 ingredients analyzed

Driven by Alcohol Denat. (Caredermis editorial assessment)

Risk categories found

Irritation3 ingredients · max 5/10Allergy risk3 ingredients · max 5/10Environmental impact2 ingredients · max 5/10

Flagged ingredients (6)

Ingredients with a documented concern, from official datasets and our reviewed database.

Alcohol Denat.

solvent · astringent

Severity 5/10Editorial
Sensitive skin: High cautionDry skin: High cautionBabies & kids: Use with cautionEczema-prone: Best avoided
  • Irritation:Drying and barrier-disrupting in high-alcohol formulas with regular use.

Denatured ethanol gives products a fast-drying, weightless feel, but as a leading ingredient it degrades the skin barrier with repeated use — a poor match for dry, sensitive or eczema-prone skin.

Octocrylene

uv filter

Severity 5/10Editorial
Sensitive skin: Use with cautionBabies & kids: Use with cautionEczema-prone: High caution
  • Allergy risk:Rising cause of contact and photoallergy, especially in children.
  • Environmental impact:Accumulates in aquatic life; degrades into benzophenone over time.

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

Propylene Glycol

humectant · solvent

Severity 3/10Editorial
Sensitive skin: Use with cautionEczema-prone: High caution
  • Allergy risk:American Contact Dermatitis Society Allergen of the Year 2018.
  • Irritation:Can irritate compromised skin at higher concentrations.

A workhorse humectant and penetration enhancer that is fine for most, but a recurring culprit in eczema patients' patch tests.

Phenoxyethanol

preservative

Severity 3/10
Babies & kids: Use with caution
  • Irritation:Occasional stinging and irritation, mostly around eyes and on damaged skin.

Today's most common preservative, considered safe by the SCCS up to 1%. French authorities advise avoiding it in wipes and diaper-area products for children under 3 as a precaution.

Disodium EDTA

chelating agent

Severity 3/10Editorial
  • Environmental impact:Poorly biodegradable; can remobilize heavy metals in waterways.

A metal-binding stabilizer that is safe on skin at the tiny amounts used; its criticism is environmental persistence.

No concerns found (7)

Ingredients that are unflagged in our reviewed database, reviewed safe by the CIR panel, or on an EU permitted list.

Not enough data (11)

Not found in any dataset we hold (often trade-name blends or very niche ingredients), so we can't assess them — this is not a safety judgment either way.

  • ACUA/WATER GLYCERIN
  • ETHYLHEXYL SALICYLATE BUTYL METHOXYDIBENZOYLMETHANE
  • DISOPROPYL SEBACATE DIMETHICONE
  • ZEA MAYS STARCH/CORN STARCH ETHYLHEXYL TRIAZONE
  • TITANIUM DIOXIDE TRIETHANOLAMINE
  • POTASSIUM CETYL PHOSPHATE PARFUM FRAGRANCE
  • SYNTHETIC WAX TOCOPHEROL
  • LINALOOL CAPRYLYL GLYCOL
  • TEREPHTHALYLIDENE DICAMPHOR SULFONIC ACID ACRYLATES/C10-30 ALKYL ACRYLATE CROSSPOLYMER MYRISTIC ACID
  • VITREOSCILLA FERMENT CITRAL
  • (F.L.L C1918843)

This report is informational, not medical advice. Assessments summarize published findings (EU CosIng, IARC, ECHA, CIR, SCCS and others) about ingredients — not clinical testing of this specific product. Exposure, concentration and individual sensitivity all matter. Consult a dermatologist for medical concerns.

Lower-concern sunscreens

Same category, better ingredient safety score than this product — somewhere to look next if this one raised concerns.

Full ingredient list (as analyzed)

ACUA/WATER GLYCERIN, ALCOHOL DENAT, OCTOCRYLENE, ETHYLHEXYL SALICYLATE BUTYL METHOXYDIBENZOYLMETHANE, DISOPROPYL SEBACATE DIMETHICONE, ZEA MAYS STARCH/CORN STARCH ETHYLHEXYL TRIAZONE, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, TITANIUM DIOXIDE TRIETHANOLAMINE, POTASSIUM CETYL PHOSPHATE PARFUM FRAGRANCE, DROMETRIZOLE TRISILOXANE, SYNTHETIC WAX TOCOPHEROL, STEARIC ACID, PHENOXYETHANOL, PEG-100 STEARATE, PALMITIC ACID, XANTHAN GUM, LINALOOL CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, TEREPHTHALYLIDENE DICAMPHOR SULFONIC ACID ACRYLATES/C10-30 ALKYL ACRYLATE CROSSPOLYMER MYRISTIC ACID, GERANIOL, DISODIUM EDTA, VITREOSCILLA FERMENT CITRAL, ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE, GLYCERYL STEARATE, (F.L.L C1918843)

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