Ingredient
Ceramide NP
A ceramide: one of the lipids that make up the skin's own surface barrier. Used in products aimed at supporting that barrier.
What it is there to do
Emollient
Softens and smooths by filling gaps between skin cells.
Conditioning agent
Improves how skin or hair feels and behaves.
What we don't know
- Where it comes from — plant, mineral, synthetic — isn't recorded.
- No published rule in our reference names it. That is about the rules, not safety.
- How much of it is used in any particular product. We hold no concentrations at all.
Also written as
- Ceramide 3
This is information about an ingredient, not medical advice, and not a judgement about any product that contains it. Back to the reference.