Ingredient
Carrot Seed Oil
Plant oil · INCI: Daucus Carota Sativa (Carrot) Seed Oil
Reviewed by Elysiana, licensed esthetician
How we read it
Known to clog pores. If you break out easily, this is the one to skip.
Is Carrot Seed Oil comedogenic?
Yes. Carrot Seed Oil is a known pore-clogging ingredient, and we read it as highly comedogenic. If you're acne-prone, it's worth avoiding, especially when it sits near the top of an ingredient list.
Why we read it this way
Carrot seed oil is a heavy, strongly colored oil used in small amounts for its antioxidant content. It appears on the pore-clogging references we curate against, and its richness relative to how little is normally used is why we flag it.
It is almost always a minor ingredient well down a list, so its share of a formula is small. Carrot seed essential oil and carrot root extract are different materials that often get confused with it.
One ingredient rarely tells the whole story. Run the whole label and see everything in the product at once.