Sodium Pca

What is Sodium Pca?

Sodium PCA is like your skin's natural moisture reservoir in bottled form—a component of your skin's own Natural Moisturizing Factor (NMF) brought into skincare. Derived from amino acids, this salt of pyrrolidone carboxylic acid attracts and binds moisture with remarkable efficiency. Think of it as your skin's built-in humidity regulator, now available as a supplement when natural levels decline with age and environmental damage. It's the skincare equivalent of returning borrowed books to your personal library—restoring what should naturally be there but has somehow gone missing. For dehydrated and mature skin seeking ingredients that work in harmony with your body's natural systems, sodium PCA offers that perfect combination of powerful moisture-binding (holding up to 250 times its weight in water) with natural biocompatibility that creates deeply hydrated skin without disrupting its natural balance.

Perfect For

Oily: Neutral effect on oily skin
Dry: Neutral effect on dry skin
Sensitive: Neutral effect on sensitive skin
Combination: Depends on specific formulation and application technique
Mature: Neutral effect on mature skin

Key Benefits

Ingredient Interactions

Works well with: most ingredients

Avoid combining with: depends on specific formulation

Notes: Compatibility depends on product formulation, pH, and concentration

References

Strength: Variable - See literature

Mechanisms:
• Mechanism of action depends on specific ingredient composition