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Jojoba Oil
Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil · Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil · Simmondsia ChinensisBarrier
A liquid wax that’s closer to your skin’s own oil than most plant oils are.
What it does
People use it as a last layer over moisturizer or as a cleansing oil.
The evidence, graded
expert consensusFungal acne is Malassezia folliculitis — an overgrowth of a yeast already living in normal skin flora, commonly mistaken for ordinary acne. In a culture dish the yeast grows only when fatty acids longer than C10 are added, because it cannot make its own. That is why Drop holds lipid-rich products back while you have this flagged. No source Drop has read tested an oil on skin, set an upper chain length, or showed squalane, MCT or mineral oil to be safe.Rubenstein 2014 · Journal of Clinical and Aesthetic Dermatology ↗
expert consensusThe American Academy of Dermatology says ointments and creams add more moisture to skin and are more effective than lotions. For dry skin, it says to look for a cream or ointment that contains one or more of nine ingredients, and jojoba oil is one of them.AAD 2026 · AAD patient education (aad.org) ↗
Graded per the methodology: strong · moderate · emerging · expert consensus. A weak source on a strong claim gets the weaker label.
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