Ingredients · Wrinkles and firmness
Retinol레티놀
Korean wrinkle-improvement functional ingredient 주름 개선
레티놀re-ti-nol
On a Korean label: 레티놀 = Retinol — Vitamin A.
What it is
A form of vitamin A. Korea lists it as a wrinkle-improvement functional ingredient.
On a Korean label
Written 레티놀. The ester retinyl palmitate is 레티닐팔미테이트; polyethoxylated retinamide, another listed wrinkle ingredient, is 폴리에톡실레이티드레틴아마이드.
Korean rules
- Korean wrinkle-improvement functional ingredient — Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety lists it as an active ingredient for 주름 개선 functional cosmetics.
Related names on Korean labels
| Korean | English (INCI) | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| 폴리에톡실레이티드레틴아마이드 | Polyethoxylated Retinamide | polyethoxylated retinamide — a Korean wrinkle functional ingredient |
Questions
What is 레티놀?
Retinol, a form of vitamin A.
Sources
- Korea Cosmetic Association — ingredient dictionary (대한화장품협회 성분사전)
- Regulation on the Review of Functional Cosmetics (기능성화장품 심사에 관한 규정) — in force 16 December 2025
Checked 26 October 2026. Rules change — the official texts above are the final word.