{"id":39731,"date":"2025-12-03T14:01:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T13:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/ingredient\/arginine-pca\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T14:01:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T13:01:39","slug":"arginine-pca","status":"publish","type":"ingredient","link":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/ingredient\/arginine-pca\/","title":{"rendered":"ARGININE PCA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ingredient type: <\/strong>HUMECTANT\/WATER-SOLUBLE<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Role: Arginine PCA is a moisturizing and soothing ingredient often used in skincare products to increase hydration while improving skin texture. It helps strengthen the skin barrier and may also have antioxidant properties.<\/p>\n<p>  Ingredient type: Water-soluble<\/p>\n<p> \u200d\u2695\ufe0f Safety: Yes, arginine PCA is generally considered safe for most skin types.<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Vegan: Yes, arginine PCA is an ingredient of synthetic origin, suitable for vegan formulations.<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 To know: This ingredient is derived from arginine, an amino acid, and pyrrolidone carboxylic acid, two components naturally present in the skin's natural moisturizing factor (NMF). This makes it particularly compatible with the skin and unlikely to cause irritation.<\/p>\n<p>  Present in: Moisturizers, serums, masks and lotions.<\/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-39731","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\/39731","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=39731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}