Ingredient · INCI listed
Alpha Lipoic Acid
A versatile antioxidant, both water- and oil-soluble, that buffers free radicals and offers mild exfoliating activity. Effective but unstable, so formulation matters.
Data summary
Products containing
2
Most common in
1 product
eye creams
Typical pairing
Niacinamide (Vitamin B3)
In the catalog
Alpha Lipoic Acid by the numbers.
We've catalogued 2 products that use alpha lipoic acid, and it's strongly concentrated in eye creams — 1 product, 50% of where it shows up. Formulations carrying it score 84/100 on average (well above the catalog norm); the strongest is Derma E Firming DMAE Eye Lift Cream at 84/100.
Of those, 2 products score 80 or higher in our analysis. It co-occurs most with Niacinamide (2 shared formulas) and Caffeine (1 shared formula).
Where it shows up