Ingredient family

Lanolin and derivatives

10 ingredients in this family, 5 rated 3/5 or higher. Grouped by published comedogenic rating, highest first.

Wool wax and everything made from it: lanolin alcohol, acetylated lanolin, ethoxylated lanolin, lanolin oil and wax.

5/5 — highest (1)

4/5 — high (4)

2/5 — low-to-moderate (2)

1/5 — low (2)

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.