Ingredient
Panthenol
Pro-vitamin B5
A humectant and conditioning agent, common in products aimed at soothing and softening skin or hair.
What it is there to do
Humectant
Draws water into the upper layers of the skin or hair.
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
- D-Panthenol
- Dexpanthenol
This is information about an ingredient, not medical advice, and not a judgement about any product that contains it. Back to the reference.