{"id":33523,"date":"2025-12-03T12:14:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T11:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/ingredient\/octapeptide-3\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T12:14:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T11:14:22","slug":"octapeptide-3","status":"publish","type":"ingredient","link":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/ingredient\/octapeptide-3\/","title":{"rendered":"OCTAPEPTIDE-3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ingredient type: \u00a0<\/strong>HUMECTANT\/WATER-SOLUBLE<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Role: Octapeptide-3 is mainly used in anti-aging products for its firming and smoothing properties. It mimics the effect of botulinum toxin by reducing the muscle contractions responsible for expression lines.<\/p>\n<p>  Ingredient type: Peptide<\/p>\n<p> \u200d\u2695\ufe0f Safety: Yes, this ingredient is generally considered safe for topical use.<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Vegan: Yes, this ingredient is generally vegan, unless otherwise indicated by the specific brand.<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Worth knowing: Octapeptide-3 is well tolerated by most skin types, but could be irritating on extremely sensitive skin. An application to a limited area is recommended to test personal tolerance.<\/p>\n<p>  Present in: Anti-ageing creams, smoothing serums and specific eye contour care products.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Comedogenic rating:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":""},"class_list":["post-33523","ingredient","type-ingredient","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":[],"comment_info":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ingredient\/33523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ingredient"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ingredient"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}