Does Avène Use Microplastics?
The short answer
Roughly half of the Avène products we could analyse listed at least one flagged synthetic polymer. Of the 36 Avène products on Open Beauty Facts with a readable ingredient list, 17 listed at least one flagged synthetic polymer — 47%. The one that came up most was PEG (Polyethylene Glycol), in 7 of them.
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What this is. Ingredient-label data from Open Beauty Facts (snapshot 2026-07-31), not laboratory testing. Coverage is crowdsourced, partial and Europe-weighted, so this is 36 of the 82 Avène entries in that database, and US formulations often differ. A flagged ingredient is not automatically harmful — a gel thickener and a solid microbead are both synthetic polymers and are not the same risk.
What comes up most in Avène ingredient lists
| Ingredient | Products | Why it's flagged |
|---|---|---|
| PEG (Polyethylene Glycol) | 7 of 36 | PEG / glycol |
| Cyclomethicone / Cyclopentasiloxane | 5 of 36 | Silicone |
| PEG-100 Stearate | 4 of 36 | PEG / glycol |
| Acrylates Crosspolymer | 4 of 36 | Acrylate / vinyl polymer |
| Carbomer | 3 of 36 | Acrylate / vinyl polymer |
| Dimethiconol | 2 of 36 | Silicone |
| VP/Eicosene Copolymer | 1 of 36 | Acrylate / vinyl polymer |
| Dimethicone | 1 of 36 | Silicone |
Example products
Real entries from Open Beauty Facts, showing what the label lists.
Trixera
4 flagged ingredients
Réparateur après-soleil
4 flagged ingredients
Gentle Milk Cleanser
3 flagged ingredients
Product images from Open Beauty Facts contributors, licensed CC BY-SA. Ingredient data under ODbL.
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