{"id":40640,"date":"2025-12-03T14:10:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T13:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/ingredient\/sphingomyelin\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T14:10:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T13:10:22","slug":"sphingomyelin","status":"publish","type":"ingredient","link":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/ingredient\/sphingomyelin\/","title":{"rendered":"SPHINGOMYELIN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ingredient type: <\/strong>FAT-SOLUBLE\/EMOLLIENT<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Role: Sphingomyelin is a ceramide, a type of lipid essential for maintaining the skin's protective barrier. It helps retain moisture, improve skin elasticity and reduce transepidermal water loss, which is beneficial for dry, dehydrated skin.<\/p>\n<p>  Ingredient type: Fat-soluble<\/p>\n<p> Safety: Yes, this ingredient is generally safe for topical use. <\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Vegan: No, sphingomyelin is often derived from animal sources, such as milk.<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 To know: It's very well tolerated by most skin types, but it may be worth checking the source of the ingredient if veganism is a concern.<\/p>\n<p>  Present in: moisturizers, lotions, serums and anti-aging products where a reinforced lipid barrier is desired.<\/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-40640","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\/40640","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=40640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}