What does the Rosemary PDRN Hair & Scalp Conditioner 250ml actually contain?

Its list opens with water, glycerin and a conditioning base, with panthenol eighteenth, caffeine thirty-eighth, rosemary leaf oil forty-first, sodium DNA fifty-fourth and biotin fifty-eighth, then a run of amino acids. We list the ingredients in the order the manufacturer prints them.

How do I use the Rosemary PDRN Hair & Scalp Conditioner 250ml?

Use this conditioner as the step after shampoo. To apply, smooth through mid-lengths and ends after shampooing, leave for one to two minutes, and rinse. Keep it to same wash as the shampoo step unless the packaging states otherwise, and give the rest of the routine a moment to settle before layering the next step. Give it a full bottle or box before judging the result, since most Korean routines are built for steady use rather than a single application.

Is the Rosemary PDRN Hair & Scalp Conditioner 250ml the same formula sold in Korea, or a US version?

This Rosemary PDRN Hair & Scalp Conditioner 250ml is the Korean-market formula, not a version reformulated for US shelves. It arrives with its original Korean-market barcode and batch code intact so the formula can be checked against the box on arrival.

Can I use the Rosemary PDRN Hair & Scalp Conditioner 250ml with other actives in my routine?

Yes, as long as it is used in its own step, the step after shampoo, and not layered on top of a product doing the same job. Introduce any new step gradually over the first week or two and keep an eye on how the skin responds before adding a second new active alongside it.

Who is the Rosemary PDRN Hair & Scalp Conditioner 250ml suited for?

It suits most skin types looking for step after shampoo rather than a single acute problem. It comes in a 250ml format. Anyone with a known sensitivity to a specific ingredient should check the full ingredient panel on this page before buying.

Medicube

Rosemary PDRN Hair & Scalp Conditioner 250ml

Name: Medicube Rosemary PDRN Hair & Scalp Conditioner 250ml
Brand: Medicube
SKU: medicube2595
Price: 40.0 USD
Availability: InStock

Medicube Rosemary PDRN Hair & Scalp Conditioner is a 250ml conditioner whose list carries rosemary leaf oil and extract, sodium DNA, panthenol, caffeine and biotin, with a run of amino acids at the end.

Reviewed by Nurcan Saglam, licensed dermo-cosmetic expert (Paris)

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$40.00

250 ml

$16.00 per 100 ml

Korean-market formula
Ships from California or direct from Korea
Korean barcode and batch code intact

Suited to: a normal scalpan oily scalpa dry, flaking scalp

Helps with: scalp itchiness or buildupfine or thinning-feeling haira scalp that gets oily between washes

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How it works

Medicube Rosemary PDRN Hair & Scalp Conditioner 250ml is a conditioner built for the step after shampoo. Its list opens with a conditioning base of glycerin, cetearyl alcohol and two behentrimonium salts, with panthenol eighteenth and salicylic acid nineteenth. Caffeine, then tea tree, peppermint and rosemary leaf oils follow from thirty-eighth to forty-first, sodium DNA is fifty-fourth and rosemary leaf extract fifty-fifth, and biotin and a run of amino acids close the list. Because this is the Korean-market version of the Rosemary PDRN Hair & Scalp Conditioner 250ml line rather than a US-reformulated variant, the texture and finish match what Medicube sells through Korean retail.

Key benefits

Rosemary leaf oil forty-first and rosemary leaf extract fifty-fifth on this product's own ingredient list
Sodium DNA, the PDRN ingredient, fifty-fourth on the same list
Panthenol eighteenth, with niacinamide, caffeine and biotin further down
Formulated as a conditioner for the step after shampoo.
The Korean-market Medicube formula for Rosemary PDRN Hair & Scalp Conditioner 250ml, matching what Medicube sells in Korea rather than a US-reformulated line.

Key actives

18PanthenolComfort

Panthenol is provitamin B5, eighteenth on the list. It conditions hair and leaves the scalp feeling softer and less dry.

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38CaffeineScalp feel

Caffeine is thirty-eighth on the list, a familiar ingredient in Korean scalp formulas for the fresh, awake feel it gives the scalp.

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41Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf OilRosemary

Rosemary leaf oil is forty-first on the list and rosemary leaf extract fifty-fifth, the two forms of the rosemary in the name. The oil is aromatic and is one of the essential oils that can bother a reactive scalp.

54Sodium DNAPDRN

Sodium DNA is the INCI name for PDRN, the ingredient the product name refers to. It is fifty-fourth on this list.

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58BiotinConditioning

Biotin is vitamin B7, fifty-eighth on the list, ahead of the run of amino acids that closes it.

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Water (Aqua) solvent: Water is the base almost every serum, toner and cream is built on. It dissolves the water-loving ingredients and sets how light the finished texture feels. On an INCI list it is usually first, which only means it is the largest single ingredient by weight.
Glycerin humectant: Glycerin is the most used humectant in skincare. It draws water into the outer layer of skin and holds it there, and it is one of the very few ingredients whose hydrating effect is settled science rather than marketing. Higher amounts feel tacky, which is why it is usually blended.
Cetearyl Alcohol fatty alcohol: Cetearyl Alcohol is a waxy solid, not the drying kind of alcohol. It is a blend of cetyl and stearyl alcohols used to thicken a cream and keep oil and water from separating, and it softens skin as it does so.
C13-15 Alkane emollient: A plant-derived hydrocarbon heavier than the C9-12 grade, so it stays on skin rather than evaporating. It is a common silicone replacement for dry slip.
Behentrimonium Chloride surfactant: Behentrimonium Chloride is a positively charged conditioning agent. It is the main detangling ingredient in most hair conditioners, and it is not a cleanser.
Dipropylene Glycol humectant: Dipropylene Glycol is a glycol used as a solvent and a light humectant. Its main job is keeping the rest of the formula dissolved and the texture fluid rather than adding hydration of its own.
Behentrimonium Methosulfate emulsifier: A mild cationic conditioning agent built from rapeseed fatty acid. It sits on the surface with a positive charge, which is why it detangles and smooths, and it also helps hold an emulsion together.
Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine surfactant: A conditioning agent that takes on a positive charge in an acidic formula, so it clings to hair. It is used in place of a quaternary conditioner in silicone-free products.
Stearyl Alcohol fatty alcohol: Stearyl Alcohol is a solid fatty alcohol used to thicken and stabilise creams. Like the other fatty alcohols it is an emollient, not a solvent.
Fragrance (Parfum) fragrance: Fragrance, or Parfum, is a single declaration standing for a whole scent blend, which can be dozens of materials. Regulators allow it as a trade secret, so a list showing only this word does not say what the scent is made of. It is the most common trigger named by people with reactive skin.
Alcohol Denat solvent: Alcohol Denat. is ethanol with a bitter additive that makes it undrinkable, which is a tax rule rather than a formulation choice. It behaves like alcohol: a fast-evaporating solvent that gives a weightless finish and can feel drying at higher levels.
Glyceryl Oleate emulsifier: Glycerin joined to oleic acid. It emulsifies, softens skin, and is often what makes a cleansing oil rinse away instead of leaving a film.

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Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride film former: Guar gum given a positive charge so it clings to hair and skin through a rinse. It is the plant-derived conditioning polymer in most sulfate-free shampoos.
Hydroxypropyl Starch Phosphate thickener: Hydroxypropyl Starch Phosphate is a modified starch used to thicken and to take the sticky edge off a formula, leaving a powdery finish.
Polyquaternium-10 film former: A cellulose polymer carrying a positive charge. It deposits from a rinse-off formula onto hair or skin and leaves a smooth, anti-static film.
Panthenol humectant: Panthenol is pro-vitamin B5: skin converts it to pantothenic acid. It is a humectant that holds water and leaves skin feeling soft and less tight, and it is one of the ingredients formulators reach for when a formula also contains something harsh.
Salicylic Acid exfoliant: Salicylic Acid is a BHA, and the only common exfoliant that is oil soluble, so it can work inside a pore rather than only on the surface. It loosens the dead cells that block pores and is used for the look of congested, oily skin.
Citric Acid pH adjuster: Citric Acid is used in tiny amounts to bring a formula to the pH its actives need, not as an exfoliant at that level. It is an AHA, so at much higher concentrations it can also exfoliate.
Zea Mays (Corn) Starch absorbent: Corn Starch absorbs oil and moisture and gives a soft, matte finish. It also thickens a formula.
Caprylyl Glycol preservative booster: Caprylyl Glycol is a glycol that conditions skin and, more importantly, strengthens a preservative system so less of the traditional preservative is needed. It appears in most modern formulas built without parabens.
Niacinamide active: Niacinamide is vitamin B3, and it is the most studied active in Korean formulation. It is used at roughly 2 to 5 percent for the look of uneven tone and visible pores, and it is water soluble, stable and comfortable beside almost every other active, which is why it turns up in so many lists.
Mannitol humectant: Mannitol is a sugar alcohol used as a humectant and antioxidant. It hydrates and helps stabilise the rest of the formula against oxidation.
Microcrystalline Cellulose absorbent: Microcrystalline Cellulose is purified cellulose ground fine. It thickens, holds powders in suspension and gives a soft, matte feel.
Disodium EDTA chelator: EDTA is a chelator: it locks up trace metal ions from water and packaging that would otherwise turn a formula cloudy, off-colour or rancid. It does nothing to skin and appears at a fraction of a percent.
Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Flower Extract plant extract: Safflower Flower Extract is a traditional East Asian dye and skincare plant. It is used as a conditioning antioxidant extract and can tint a formula.
Dextrin thickener: Dextrin is a starch fragment used to thicken and to give a formula a light, powdery finish. It is also a common carrier for powdered extracts.
Gardenia Florida Fruit Extract plant extract: Gardenia Fruit Extract is the traditional East Asian yellow dye plant. In skincare it is used as an antioxidant extract, and it can tint a formula.
Menthol active: Menthol is the cooling compound in mint. It acts on the nerve receptor that also answers to cold, which is why skin feels cool without any change in temperature.
Sodium Chloride thickener: Sodium Chloride is salt. In a cleanser it thickens the liquid; in a mask or essence it balances the mineral content of the water phase. It has no active role.
Chromium Hydroxide Green colorant: A blue-green mineral pigment, brighter than chromium oxide greens. It is inert and sits on the surface.
Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid humectant: Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid is hyaluronic acid cut into much shorter fragments. The smaller the fragment, the further into the outer layer it can settle, which is why serums stack several sizes together instead of using one.
Sodium Hyaluronate humectant: Sodium Hyaluronate is the salt of hyaluronic acid, and it is what most products labelled hyaluronic actually contain. The salt dissolves more readily and the molecule is smaller, so it sits in the outer layer of skin rather than only on top of it.
Arginine amino acid: Arginine is an amino acid that does two jobs here: it holds water in the outer layer of skin, and it neutralises acidic gelling agents, which is why it often stands in for a synthetic pH adjuster.
Ascorbic Acid antioxidant: Ascorbic Acid is pure vitamin C, the most researched form and also the least stable: it needs a low pH and airtight packaging to stay active. It is an antioxidant used for the look of dullness and uneven tone.
Caffeine active: Caffeine constricts small blood vessels near the surface, which is why eye products use it for the look of puffiness and shadow. It is water soluble and works only while it is on the skin.
Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Oil fragrance component: Tea Tree Leaf Oil is an essential oil from an Australian shrub, carrying terpinen-4-ol. Korean formulas use it in products aimed at blemish-prone skin; it is potent, aromatic, and one of the essential oils most likely to bother reactive skin.
Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Oil fragrance: Peppermint essential oil. Its menthol content is what produces the cool feeling, and it is a commonly declared fragrance material.
Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Oil fragrance component: Rosemary Leaf Oil is an essential oil carrying camphor and cineole. It scents a formula and is a stronger aromatic than most.
Sodium Citrate pH adjuster: Sodium Citrate is the salt of citric acid, used as a buffer: it holds a formula at a steady pH rather than pushing it in one direction. It is also a mild chelator.
Succinic Acid active: Succinic Acid is a small organic acid used for the look of blemish-prone skin and as a pH adjuster. It is far milder than an AHA at the levels used here.
Tocopherol antioxidant: Tocopherol is vitamin E. It is an oil-soluble antioxidant that protects the oils in a formula from going rancid and works on skin as an emollient, and it is regularly paired with vitamin C because each keeps the other going for longer.
Raphanus Sativus (Radish) Seed Extract plant extract: Radish seed extract. It is used as a conditioning plant extract, and radish-root ferment filtrate from the same plant is a common natural preservative.
Octyldodecyl Oleate emollient: A large branched ester with a rich, cushioned feel. It is used in balms and lip products and helps disperse pigments.
Octyldodecanol emollient: Octyldodecanol is a branched fatty alcohol used as an emollient and as a solvent for pigments and mineral powders. It thickens slightly and leaves a soft finish.
Butylene Glycol humectant: Butylene Glycol is a small glycol that does two jobs at once: it holds water in the top layer of skin and it dissolves plant extracts and actives that plain water cannot. It also thins a formula, which is why watery Korean essences lean on it.
1,2-Hexanediol humectant: 1,2-Hexanediol is a glycol used for two reasons: it holds water like glycerin, and it makes a formula harder for microbes to live in, so less traditional preservative is needed. Korean formulas use it heavily for that second reason.
Sparassis Crispa Extract plant extract: Cauliflower mushroom extract, one of the richest natural sources of beta-glucan. It hydrates and leaves a soft film.
Magnolia Officinalis Bark Extract plant extract: Magnolia bark extract, carrying magnolol and honokiol. It resists microbes as well as conditioning, so it often forms part of a preservative system.
Hydrolyzed Pea Protein protein: Pea protein cut into small fragments so it dissolves in water. It is a plant protein used as a humectant and a light film former.
Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein protein: Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein is plant protein cut into water-soluble fragments. It forms a light conditioning film that holds water at the surface.
Sodium DNA active: Sodium DNA is the salt of DNA, in Korean skincare almost always salmon derived, and it is the ingredient behind the PDRN category. It is used as a humectant and for the look of tired skin; the fragments themselves are what the name PDRN refers to.
Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract plant extract: Rosemary Leaf Extract carries rosmarinic and carnosic acids, both effective antioxidants. It is often there to keep the oils in a formula from going rancid.
Potassium Sorbate preservative: Potassium Sorbate is a preservative that holds off yeast and mould in acidic formulas. It is almost always used with sodium benzoate, because neither covers the whole range of microbes alone.
Sodium Benzoate preservative: Sodium Benzoate is a mild preservative that works only in acidic formulas. It is usually paired with potassium sorbate, and the pair is the standard choice where a brand wants no phenoxyethanol.
Biotin vitamin: Biotin is vitamin B7. In skincare it is a conditioning vitamin, most often in hair and scalp formulas.
Alanine amino acid: Alanine is a free amino acid skin uses as part of its own moisture-holding system. In a formula it hydrates and conditions.
Asparagine amino acid: Asparagine is an amino acid used as a humectant and conditioner, almost always inside a wider amino acid blend rather than on its own.
Aspartic Acid amino acid: Aspartic Acid is an amino acid used as a humectant and buffer, usually within a wider amino acid blend.
Dimethylsilanol Hyaluronate humectant: Dimethylsilanol Hyaluronate is hyaluronic acid joined to a silicon-based group. It hydrates and leaves a smoother, silkier finish than hyaluronic acid alone.
Glucose humectant: Glucose is a simple sugar used as a humectant and as food for the ferment ingredients in the same formula. It hydrates mildly and adds a soft slip.
Glutamic Acid amino acid: Glutamic Acid is an amino acid used as a humectant and a mild pH adjuster. It is one of the components of skin's natural moisturising factor.
Glutamine amino acid: Glutamine is the most abundant free amino acid in the body. In a formula it hydrates and conditions, usually as part of an amino acid blend.
Glycine amino acid: Glycine is the smallest amino acid and one of the free amino acids skin holds to keep water in the outer layer. In a formula it is a humectant and a mild buffer.
Histidine amino acid: Histidine is an amino acid used as a humectant and a buffer, part of skin's own free amino acid pool.
Hyaluronic Acid humectant: Hyaluronic Acid is a sugar chain the body already makes, and one gram of it can hold several litres of water. In a formula it is a humectant that pulls water to the surface of skin and holds it in a film, which is what makes skin look plumper while it is there.
Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hyaluronate humectant: Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hyaluronate carries a positive charge, and skin carries a slight negative one, so it is attracted to the surface and stays through rinsing. It is the hyaluronic used where a formula gets washed off.
Isoleucine amino acid: Isoleucine is an essential amino acid used as a conditioning humectant within an amino acid complex.
Leucine amino acid: Leucine is an essential amino acid used as a humectant, part of the amino acid block many Korean essences carry.
Lysine amino acid: Lysine is an essential amino acid used as a conditioning humectant in an amino acid complex.
Methionine amino acid: Methionine is a sulphur-bearing essential amino acid used as a humectant and mild antioxidant.
Phenylalanine amino acid: Phenylalanine is an essential amino acid used in skincare as a conditioning humectant.
Proline amino acid: Proline is an amino acid abundant in collagen and one of skin's own humectants. Added to a formula it holds water in the outer layer.
Serine amino acid: Serine is one of the most abundant free amino acids in the outer layer of skin, where it helps hold water. Added to a formula it is a humectant.
Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate humectant: Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate is hyaluronic acid modified to be part oil-loving, so it clings to skin instead of rinsing away. Formulators call it the one that stays put.
Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer humectant: Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer is hyaluronic acid linked into a mesh. It holds water in a soft gel on the surface rather than sinking in, and it releases that water slowly through the day.
Threonine amino acid: Threonine is an essential amino acid used in skincare as a humectant, normally as part of an amino acid complex rather than alone.
Tryptophan amino acid: Tryptophan is an essential amino acid. On a label it is usually one of a set of amino acids added together as a conditioning, water-holding blend.
Tyrosine amino acid: Tyrosine is an amino acid used as a conditioning humectant in amino acid complexes.
Valine amino acid: Valine is an essential amino acid used as a humectant alongside the rest of an amino acid block.

Inside the formula

Ingredients declared

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Fragrance on the list

18Panthenol38Caffeine54Sodium DNA

18Panthenol
38Caffeine
54Sodium DNA

Where each key active sits on the declared ingredient list, by entry number. Position is proportion: the further forward, the larger its share.

How to use

Use this conditioner as the step after shampoo. To apply, smooth through mid-lengths and ends after shampooing, leave for one to two minutes, and rinse. Keep it to same wash as the shampoo step unless the packaging states otherwise, and give the rest of the routine a moment to settle before layering the next step.

Worth knowing

Patch test a small area of scalp before the first full use, especially on a scalp that reacts easily.
Tea tree, peppermint and rosemary oils, menthol and fragrance are on this list, so skip it if essential oils bother your scalp.
Stop use and rinse off if stinging, burning, or new redness shows up rather than pushing through discomfort.

Complete the routine

This itemMedicube Rosemary PDRN Hair & Scalp Conditioner 250ml$40.00
Prep after cleansing, before the treatment stepmedicube Triple Collagen Toner 4.0 140ml$31.00
Seal the routine in as the last stepmedicube Zero Pore Cream 2.0 50ml$30.00

Total for 3 items$101.00

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What professionals say

What skin-care professionals say about the key actives in this formula, quoted from the medical sources linked beside each.

Pantothenol is a common ingredient in skin care and hair products I recommend, particularly for people who are prone to dryness.
Taylor Bullock, MDDermatology resident, Cleveland Clinic
It has also been proven that caffeine stimulates lipolysis, which Lupo et al postulated may contribute to improvements in lower eyelid sagging and puffiness.
Stacey J. PilkingtonDO, Azeal Dermatology Institute, The Journal of Clinical and Aesthetic Dermatology

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If you increase blood flow to the scalp, you give your hair the nutrients it needs to shed less, grow more and just be a bit healthier.
Shilpi Khetarpal, MDDermatologist, Cleveland Clinic