Glycerin
The workhorse humectant behind most moisturizers — inexpensive, near-universally tolerated, and quietly effective at drawing water into the skin and holding it there. Rarely the headline ingredient, but its presence high on an INCI list is a reliable sign of a sensible formula.
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Glycerin by the numbers.
Glycerin appears in 591 products across the DermFND catalog, most often in moisturizers (165 products) but also across cleansers and body cares. Formulations carrying it score 72/100 on average (above the catalog norm); the strongest is CeraVe Moisturizing Cream at 92/100.
Of those, 126 products score 80 or higher in our analysis. It co-occurs most with Hyaluronic Acid (140 shared formulas) and Panthenol (100 shared formulas). The median price of a glycerin product here is $20.
