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Ceramide 3

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SYNONYMS

● 1,3,4-OCTADECANETRIOL, 2-OCTADECANAMIDE

● 2-OCTADECANAMIDE 1,3,4-OCTADECANETRIOL

● CERAMIDE 3

● CERAMIDE III

● STEAROYL-4-HYDROXYSPHINGANINE

● STEAROYL-C18-PHYTOSPHINGOSINE

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Restricted: EWG VERIFIED products cannot contain this ingredient without adequate substantiation

Ceramide 3 is a synthetic N-acylated phytosphingosine having the erythro structure.

Common concerns

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LOW

Cancer
LOW

Allergies & Immunotoxicity
LOW

Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity
LOW

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Ingredient concerns

CONCERNS
DATA SOURCES

Products with this Ingredient

facial moisturizer/treatment	141 products
moisturizer	87 products
lipstick	84 products
serums & essences	58 products
facial cleanser	50 products
mask	31 products
around-eye cream	26 products
lip liner	24 products
eye liner	19 products
baby lotion	18 products
eye shadow	15 products
recreational sunscreen	14 products
daily use with SPF	14 products
bronzer/highlighter	12 products
lip balm	12 products
foundation	11 products
shampoo	11 products
anti-aging	9 products
conditioner	8 products
lip plumper	8 products
body wash/cleanser	8 products
toners/astringents	8 products
hair treatment/serum	7 products
makeup remover	6 products
bar soap	5 products
blush	5 products
damaged skin treatment	5 products
hand cream	5 products
body firming lotion	3 products
baby soap	3 products
lip gloss	3 products
makeup primer	2 products
shaving cream	2 products
skin fading/lightener	2 products
brow liner	2 products
baby shampoo	2 products
concealer	2 products
eye makeup remover	2 products
exfoliant/scrub	2 products
	2 products
foot cleansing	1 products
muscle/joint soreness	1 products
beard oil	1 products
sunless tanning	1 products
cuticle treatment	1 products
setting powder/spray	1 products
hair color and bleaching	1 products
hair styling aide	1 products
CC cream	1 products
foot moisturizer	1 products
body oil	1 products
mascara	1 products
after shave	1 products

Informational

CONCERN	REFERENCE
Industry or government recommendations for safe use: restrictions on concentration, impurities, product types, or manufacturing methods - any	Open scientific literature

Data gaps

CONCERN	REFERENCE
53 studies in PubMed science library may include information on the toxicity of this chemical	NLM PubMed

Open scientific/peer reviewed literature
NLM (National Library of Medicine). 2012. PubMed online scientific bibliography data. http://www.pubmed.gov.

Understanding scores

Cosmetics and personal care products are not required to be tested for safety before being allowed on the market. The Skin Deep® scoring system was designed to help the public understand whether a product is safe to use or whether it contains ingredients of concern.

Every product and ingredient in Skin Deep gets a two-part score – one for hazard and one for data availability. The safest products score well by both measures, with a low hazard rating and a fair or better data availability rating.

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Hazard score

The Skin Deep ingredient hazard score, from 1 to 10, reflects known and suspected hazards linked to the ingredients. The EWG VERIFIED^® mark means a product meets EWG’s strictest criteria for transparency and health.

Data availability

The Skin Deep data availability rating reflects the number of scientific studies about the product or ingredient in the published scientific literature.

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