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Is The Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + HA pore-clogging or fungal-acne safe?

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Mild risk

No heavy pore-cloggers found, but 5 ingredients are rated 2. Most people are fine; very acne-prone skin should watch for small bumps.

Not fungal-acne safe

5 ingredients can feed Malassezia yeast (itchy, uniform forehead or chest bumps).

#IngredientPoresFungal acneIrritancy
39 Sodium Chloride 5/5 · Low amount Safe
32 Stearic Acid 2/5 · Mild risk Trigger
3 Cetyl Alcohol 2/5 · Mild risk Safe
5 Stearyl Alcohol 2/5 · Mild risk Safe
35 Tocopherol 2/5 · Mild risk Safe
2 Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride 1/5 · Low Safe
29 Oleic Acid Not rated Trigger
31 Palmitic Acid Not rated Trigger
33 Lecithin Not rated Trigger
38 Polysorbate 60 Not rated Trigger
1 Aqua 0/5 · Low Safe
6 Glycerin 0/5 · Low Safe
7 Sodium Hyaluronate 0/5 · Low Safe
27 Allantoin 0/5 · Low Safe
Worth a second look

These aren't in our database, but they look like fats or emulsifiers that can matter for fungal acne:

linoleic acidphytosteryl canola glycerides
32 ingredients not in our pore-clogging database

These have no published comedogenic rating in our data. Most are preservatives, fragrance, extracts or actives that are not known pore-cloggers.

propanediolarginineaspartic acidglycinealanineserinevalineisoleucineprolinethreoninehistidinephenylalanineglucosemaltosefructosetrehalosesodium pcapcasodium lactateurealinoleic acidphytosteryl canola glyceridestrioleincarbomerisoceteth-20citric acidtrisodium ethylenediamine disuccinatepentylene glycoltriethanolaminesodium hydroxidephenoxyethanolchlorphenesin

Ingredients rated 3–5 that appear after position 15 are usually present below about 1%, so they are shown as "Low amount" and do not trigger the pore-clog alert. Ratings come from the Fulton comedogenic scale (0–5) and published Malassezia research. They are a rough guide: the concentration and the whole formula matter, and everyone's skin is different.

Acne-safe breakdown

We found no ingredients rated 3 or higher in The Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + HA. The ingredients doing most of the work are Aqua, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Cetyl Alcohol and Stearyl Alcohol, which are all low-risk for pores.

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Full ingredient list

Aqua (Water), Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Cetyl Alcohol, Propanediol, Stearyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Sodium Hyaluronate, Arginine, Aspartic Acid, Glycine, Alanine, Serine, Valine, Isoleucine, Proline, Threonine, Histidine, Phenylalanine, Glucose, Maltose, Fructose, Trehalose, Sodium PCA, PCA, Sodium Lactate, Urea, Allantoin, Linoleic Acid, Oleic Acid, Phytosteryl Canola Glycerides, Palmitic Acid, Stearic Acid, Lecithin, Triolein, Tocopherol, Carbomer, Isoceteth-20, Polysorbate 60, Sodium Chloride, Citric Acid, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, Pentylene Glycol, Triethanolamine, Sodium Hydroxide, Phenoxyethanol, Chlorphenesin.

Source: official The Ordinary product page, checked 27 Sep 2026. Formulas vary by country and change over time, so always check your pack.

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Frequently asked questions

Is The Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + HA pore-clogging?

Mild risk. No heavy pore-cloggers found, but 5 ingredients are rated 2. Most people are fine; very acne-prone skin should watch for small bumps.

Is The Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + HA safe for fungal acne?

No. It contains Oleic Acid, Palmitic Acid, Stearic Acid, Lecithin and Polysorbate 60, which can feed Malassezia yeast.

What is the clean score of The Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + HA?

The Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + HA scores 50% on our pore-clog and fungal-acne scan, based on 14 recognised ingredients out of 46.

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