Medicube PDRN Pink Peptide Serum On your shelf ✓
Our read, in one look
PDRN is the reason to consider this serum, with Niacinamide behind it.
The case for it
- PDRN, moderate evidence for lines and firmness
- Niacinamide, strong evidence for the barrier
- No alcohol, silicones or parabens
Mind this
- Morning or evening, whichever suits your routine
- Isopropyl Myristate: rates high on the pore-clogging scale
- Add it on its own for a week or two, so you know what your skin is answering to
Maya's readMedicube PDRN Pink Peptide Serum is a serum built around Niacinamide, Glycerin and Hyaluronic acid. It leans strongest on hydration, barrier repair, brightening / tone. Best suited to oily, combo and dry skin. One caveat: very breakout-prone skin may find it too rich.
Skip it if you're very breakout-prone: it carries isopropyl myristate, which can clog some pores.
What it delivers
How it feels A light, fast-absorbing texture that layers cleanly under the rest of your routine, with no greasy film. (estimated from the formula)
What's in it that matters
Multitasking vitamin that improves barrier, reduces redness, regulates oil, helps with pores and pigmentation with strong clinical support.
Classic humectant with strong evidence for improving skin hydration and supporting barrier when combined with emollients.
Water-binding molecule that increases hydration; works best under occlusive/emollient layers to reduce evaporation.
Biostimulatory nucleotide polymer that improves elasticity hydration and dermal remodeling in injection studies but topical cosmetic data are still limited.
Copper-bound tripeptide with genuine repair data, most of it from wound healing rather than from cosmetic trials. Sold on a review its own patent holders wrote.
Lipidated signal peptide that stimulates collagen and matrix components to reduce wrinkles with good tolerability but limited independent long term data.
How to use it
Morning and/or night, after your thinner water-based steps and before heavier creams.
Where it acts
The same cross-section as our 500 dalton page, with this formula's actives on the layer each one works on. Depth is the anatomy's, never an ingredient's.
Skin surface
The stratum corneum
- Glycerinderived from what it is
- Hyaluronic acidderived from what it is
The living epidermis
- Niacinamideestablished, sourced
3 of this product's actives have a layer we can defend. 3 did not, so they are not on the diagram: no source and no honest derivation means no dot.
Sources for the sourced ones: Boo 2021: mechanistic basis for topical nicotinamide; Ebanks et al. 2009: mechanisms regulating skin pigmentation.
Against the average serum
It scores higher than the median serum on oil control.
On hydration, brightening and anti-aging it is level with the median, so that is not what sets it apart.
A median, not an average: one unusual formula should not move the middle. The numbers are the same 0 to 10 reads the comparison pages use.
The full ingredients list, decoded
Every ingredient on the label, in the order it appears (highest amount first). We link the 21 our library knows, name what each one does, and flag anything that can irritate or clog. The rest we leave plain, nothing is hidden.
All 40 ingredients, decoded
- WaterSolvent (base)
- Disodium EDTAChelator
- NiacinamideVitaminmild irritant
- Hydrolyzed CollagenHumectant
- Sodium DnaNucleotide polymer
- Millet ExtractBotanical extract
- Copper Tripeptide-1Signal peptide
- Acetyl Hexapeptide-8Neuromodulating peptide
- Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4Signal peptide
- Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1Signal peptide
- Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7Signal peptide
- Butylene GlycolHumectant
- 1,2-HexanediolPreservative booster
- GlycerinHumectant
- Dipropylene GlycolHumectant / solvent
- Polyglycerin-3Humectant
- Glyceryl Acrylate/Acrylic Acid CopolymerThickener
- Pvm/Ma Copolymer
- Sodium HyaluronateHumectant
- EthylhexylglycerinPreservative booster
- Glycereth-26Humectant
- AdenosineNucleoside
- Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate CrosspolymerThickener
- Isopropyl MyristateEmollientmay clog pores
- UbiquinoneAntioxidant
- FragranceFragrancecan irritate
- Caprylyl GlycolPreservative booster
- TromethaminepH buffer
- Polyisobutene
- Caprylyl/Capryl Glucoside
- Sorbitan OleateEmulsifier
- Atelocollagen
- Salmon Egg ExtractBotanical extract
- Cyanocobalamin
- Melia Azadirachta Leaf ExtractBotanical extract
- Melia Azadirachta Flower ExtractBotanical extract
- Curcuma Longa (Turmeric) Root ExtractBotanical extract
- Ocimum Sanctum Leaf ExtractBotanical extract
- Corallina Officinalis ExtractBotanical extract
Copy the raw INCI list
Water, Disodium EDTA, Niacinamide, Hydrolyzed Collagen, Sodium Dna, Millet Extract, Copper Tripeptide-1, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Butylene Glycol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Glycerin, Dipropylene Glycol, Polyglycerin-3, Glyceryl Acrylate/Acrylic Acid Copolymer, Pvm/Ma Copolymer, Sodium Hyaluronate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Glycereth-26, Adenosine, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Isopropyl Myristate, Ubiquinone, Fragrance, Caprylyl Glycol, Tromethamine, Sodium Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Polyisobutene, Caprylyl/Capryl Glucoside, Sorbitan Oleate, Atelocollagen, Salmon Egg Extract, Cyanocobalamin, Melia Azadirachta Leaf Extract, Melia Azadirachta Flower Extract, Curcuma Longa (Turmeric) Root Extract, Ocimum Sanctum Leaf Extract, Corallina Officinalis Extract
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All 11 comparisons
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- PDRN Pink Peptide Serum vs CeraVe Resurfacing Retinol Serum
- PDRN Pink Peptide Serum vs The Ordinary Azelaic Acid Suspension 10%
- PDRN Pink Peptide Serum vs La Roche-Posay Hyalu B5 Suractivated Serum
- PDRN Pink Peptide Serum vs Eucerin Anti-Pigment Dual Serum
- PDRN Pink Peptide Serum vs The Ordinary Caffeine Solution 5% + EGCG Eye Serum
- PDRN Pink Peptide Serum vs The Ordinary Multi-Peptide + HA Serum
- PDRN Pink Peptide Serum vs Medik8 Crystal Retinal 6
- PDRN Pink Peptide Serum vs Celimax The Vita A Retinal Shot Tightening Booster
Common questions
Is Medicube PDRN Pink Peptide Serum good for oily skin?
By our read of the formula, it suits oily, combo, dry skin. Medicube PDRN Pink Peptide Serum is a serum built around Niacinamide, Glycerin and Hyaluronic acid. It leans strongest on hydration, barrier repair, brightening / tone. Best suited to oily, combo and dry skin. One caveat: very breakout-prone skin may find it too rich.
How do you use Medicube PDRN Pink Peptide Serum?
Morning and/or night, after your thinner water-based steps and before heavier creams.
What are the key ingredients in Medicube PDRN Pink Peptide Serum?
The actives that do the work are Niacinamide, Glycerin, Hyaluronic acid, PDRN, GHK-Cu, Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4. The rest of the list is texture, preservatives and emulsifiers that hold the formula together.
What the 3D scene shows
The scene shows Medicube PDRN Pink Peptide Serum beside a cross-section of skin, with 2 of its ingredients drawn at the layer each one acts on and at one shared molecular scale: Glycerin in the stratum corneum, the dead outer layer where most skincare works; Niacinamide in the living epidermis, among the cells that are still dividing. Depths come from the same sourced layer data as the rest of this site, and any ingredient whose layer is not established is left out rather than guessed.
