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Active Ingredients

Ribose

Often labeled as: D-Ribose

The oxygenating cellular sugar.

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Overall Safety Safe
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Pregnancy Safety Safe
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Comedogenic (0-5) 0 / 5
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Irritancy (0-5) 0 / 5

๐Ÿ”ฌ How It Actually Works

A simple sugar naturally found in all living cells, forming the backbone of ATP. It rapidly restores energy to fibroblasts that have been suffocated by stress or aging.

๐Ÿ’– Why your skin loves it

Improves cellular respiration, prevents tissue breakdown, and boosts radiance.

๐Ÿ’ก Pro Tip

A brilliant active for smoker's skin or heavily polluted urban environments.

โš–๏ธ Myth vs. Fact

The Myth

It causes glycation.

The Science

Unlike dietary sugars, Ribose is a pentose sugar that actually fuels cellular metabolism.