“Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid?”Here!hyaluronic acid (small molecule)
Appears in 2 scanned products.
In personal care
Hyaluronic acid that has been broken down into smaller fragments through a hydrolysis process. Hyaluronic acid itself is a naturally occurring sugar found throughout the body, especially in skin and joints, where it holds onto water.
Why it’s used
The smaller fragment size is marketed as allowing better penetration into the upper layers of skin than full-size hyaluronic acid, which sits mostly on the surface. It functions as a humectant, drawing moisture to the skin.
What the evidence says
We haven’t found a source for this one that you can open and check, so we’re not summarizing the evidence.
Look it up yourself
We would rather point you at the shelf than summarize something you can’t check. These are the same places we search:
- PubChem — what the substance is, chemically — names, synonyms and structure
- PubMed — every paper indexed by the US National Library of Medicine that names it
These are starting points, not our findings — we haven’t run them for you. A substance whose name is also an ordinary word (“Heart”, “Alanine”, “Water”) will return papers that are not about the ingredient at all.
Context
Relevant mainly to leave-on products where sustained hydration at the skin surface is the goal.
Rumors
Hydrolyzed hyaluronic acid reduces wrinkles by plumping them from within.
We haven’t checked the evidence on this one yet.
What was measured is not yet noted.
Who’s saying this
- skinician.com — we haven’t checked who runs this site yet
Hydrolyzed hyaluronic acid penetrates deeper into the skin than regular hyaluronic acid.
We haven’t checked the evidence on this one yet.
What was measured is not yet noted.
Who’s saying this
- synergieskin.com — we haven’t checked who runs this site yet
Low-molecular-weight (hydrolyzed) hyaluronic acid is a pro-inflammatory signal molecule, which makes it a controversial skincare ingredient.
We haven’t checked the evidence on this one yet.
What was measured is not yet noted.
Who’s saying this
- INKEEDecoder — a platform — posts are by its users: ingredient checker; founder co-owns skincare brand Geek & Gorgeous and runs webshop Skinsmart.hu
How we know who this is
- “Encouraged by the success of Kremmania and by my passion for science based skincare, I started INKEEDecoder in 2015 to try to create the best science-based ingredient checker tool.” (their page)
- “A skincare webshop in Hungary called Skinsmart.hu selling science-based skincare products from a few top brands and she is the co-owner and co-founder of a small Hungarian skincare brand called Geek & Gorgeous.” (their page)
- INKEEDecoder — a platform — posts are by its users: ingredient checker; founder co-owns skincare brand Geek & Gorgeous and runs webshop Skinsmart.hu
Hydrolyzed hyaluronic acid can trigger inflammation in sensitive or barrier-damaged skin by activating TLR4 receptors.
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What was measured is not yet noted.
Who’s saying this
- melicor.it — we haven’t checked who runs this site yet
Hydrolyzed hyaluronic acid stimulates the skin to produce its own hyaluronic acid.
We haven’t checked the evidence on this one yet.
What was measured is not yet noted.
Who’s saying this
- skinician.com — we haven’t checked who runs this site yet