Fatty alcohols
9 ingredients in this family, 3 rated 3/5 or higher. Grouped by published comedogenic rating, highest first.
Cetyl, stearyl, cetearyl and other long-chain alcohols; waxy thickeners and co-emulsifiers, not drying alcohols.
5/5 — highest (1)
4/5 — high (2)
2/5 — low-to-moderate (5)
0/5 — not rated as comedogenic (1)
About these ratings
Every number is a published rabbit-ear assay grade (Fulton 1989 lineage), shown with its source and a confidence tier on the ingredient page. A rating describes a raw ingredient as tested, not a finished product: concentration, formulation and individual skin decide real-world behaviour. 3/5 and up is where the 1989 AAD symposium recommended caution. How we rate · full sortable table and CC-BY download.