ALODERMA 99% Organic Aloe Vera Gel for oily acne-prone skin
Aloe Barbadensis Juice
Carbomer
1,2-Hexanediol
Hydroxyacetophenone
Triethanolamine
Caution
- HighOily Skin Fit
- AverageEffectiveness
- ConcerningSafety
A poor match for oily acne-prone skin; the moisturizers alongside fit it better.
This fit is calculated for the concerns frequently associated with oily acne-prone skin: shine, breakouts, blemishes, and enlarged pores. For scores and recommendations based on your full skin profile, including your 12D face scan results and any goals or preferences you have, please use the Lovi app.
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Lovi Assistant explains
- Highly suitable for oily skin, this product offers moderate moisturizing with Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, which hydrates and helps manage excess sebum without causing dryness.
- While it provides general skincare benefits, it lacks specialized ingredients to effectively target your acne, blemishes, and breakouts.
How to apply
- Use this AM and PM routine every day to help clear your skin. Always remember to finish with SPF in the morning.
- Apply the moisturizer after your cleanser and toner, right before your SPF during the day.
- Gently press a small amount into your skin and avoid rubbing to keep pores clear.
- Apply on clean, slightly damp skin to help the product absorb better and control oil.
- Avoid the sensitive eye area and do a simple patch test before your first use.
Questions and answers
Why does Lovi advise caution with Aloderma 99% Organic Aloe Vera Gel for oily acne-prone skin?
Lovi advises caution because while it hydrates oily skin without adding extra oil, it lacks specialized ingredients to effectively target your acne, blemishes, and breakouts. A moisturizer for this skin needs powerful ingredients to clear acne and improve skin texture while keeping pores clear.
Which ingredients make this gel a poor fit for oily acne-prone skin?
This gel lacks specialized ingredients to effectively target your acne, blemishes, and breakouts. A moisturizer for this skin needs powerful hydrating and repairing ingredients, brightening agents, soothing extracts, and peptides.
What does Aloe Vera Juice do for oily acne-prone skin?
Aloe Vera Juice helps calm red, angry blemishes and supports skin healing when you have oily, acne-prone skin. It is unlikely to clog pores and works well to keep your face feeling fresh and clear.
Clinical Pharmacology, 2018BioMed Research International, 2023
What does Carbomer do for oily acne-prone skin?
Carbomer 940 helps build the gel texture of skincare products, allowing them to glide smoothly onto oily skin without clogging pores or causing irritation.
Where does this gel go in a skincare routine for oily acne-prone skin?
This gel goes as the moisturizer step in the morning and evening routines for oily acne-prone skin. Because it only provides moderate hydration and lacks targeted acne ingredients, this skin type needs a product that also includes specialized ingredients to effectively clear breakouts and blemishes.
Can I use this gel with retinol, and in what order?
You can use this gel with retinol by applying the gel first to hydrate your skin, followed by your retinol treatment. This approach helps keep your skin soft while managing excess oil, though an acne-prone skin type also needs targeted ingredients like salicylic acid or benzoyl peroxide to effectively clear breakouts.
How often should I use this gel?
This gel is a poor match for oily acne-prone skin, so you should use caution and consider a product that includes specialized ingredients to target acne, blemishes, and breakouts.
Can this gel clog pores, cause breakouts or purging for oily acne-prone skin?
This gel is unlikely to clog pores on oily skin because it hydrates and helps manage excess oil without causing dryness, but it lacks specialized ingredients to target active breakouts. A product for oily acne-prone skin needs targeted acne-fighting ingredients like salicylic acid or benzoyl peroxide to effectively clear blemishes.
Can I use this gel around the eyes or on my body?
You can use this gel on your body, but it is unlikely to provide the specialized hydration needed for the very thin skin around the eyes.
What the research says
A cream combining propolis, tea tree oil, and Aloe vera reduced erythema scars, acne severity index, and total lesion count better than erythromycin cream in sixty patients with mild to moderate acne vulgaris compared to placebo.
Clinical Pharmacology, 2018Topical aloe vera gel significantly accelerated split-thickness skin graft donor-site healing compared to placebo in 12 patients, but showed no significant difference in pain relief.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2018Topical application of Aloe vera cream reduced postoperative pain at rest and during defecation, accelerated wound healing at two weeks, and decreased analgesic requirements in patients after open hemorrhoidectomy compared to placebo.
Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 2010Topical chloramphenicol-betamethasone combined with sodium hyaluronate/trehalose/carbomer gel compared to chloramphenicol-betamethasone alone reduced most subjective symptoms at 1 week but increased blurred vision at 4 weeks following strabismus surgery in 31 patients, with no significant differences in conjunctival inflammation between treatments.
Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 2019Incorporating nanoemulsions into hydrogels with increasing Carbopol 934 proportions from 1% to 3% progressively decreased the percutaneous flux rates of terbinafine and citral, increased drug accumulation in the stratum corneum while decreasing it in the epidermis/dermis compared to nanoemulsions alone, and shifted delivery routes from skin appendages to intercellular paths.
International Journal of Nanomedicine, 2016Topical liquiritin carbomer gel treatment restored skin barrier function, increased barrier proteins and antioxidant enzymes, and decreased inflammatory cytokines and oxidative stress in a mouse model of glucocorticoid-induced skin inflammation.
Pharmaceutics, 2024A red ginseng hydrogel formulation with 1,2-hexanediol promoted selective growth of Staphylococcus epidermidis and decreased Cutibacterium acnes in 20 female subjects.
Journal of Ginseng Research, 2022Sensory skin irritation potential of 1,2-alkanediols increased with alkane chain length, whereas 1,2-hexanediol showed the lowest objective skin irritation potential compared to both shorter and longer chain lengths, and percutaneous absorption negatively correlated with alkane chain length.
International Journal of Cosmetic Science, 2011Topical 2% tea lotion significantly decreased inflammatory lesions and was superior to 5% zinc sulphate solution in patients with acne vulgaris.
Saudi Medical Journal, 2008Topical 2% tea lotion significantly reduced the mean lesion count of papules and pustules in patients with mild to moderate acne vulgaris compared to a control solution over 2 months.
Saudi Medical Journal, 2006
Ingredients
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Carbomer, 1,2-Hexanediol, Hydroxyacetophenone, Triethanolamine, Disodium Edta
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Lovi calculates every fit score from the full ingredient list with brand-independent rules our dermatologists and cosmetic chemists build and review, and personalizes every pick with AI trained on the real results of millions of users. Lovi trains its fit score models on a proprietary dataset built from more than 10,000 expert-labeled products and more than 100,000 simulated examples, following an internally consistent methodology presented at Cosmoprof, AMWC, and Skin of Color Update.
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