Medicube Zero Pore One Day 10 Peptide Serum

Overview

Medicube markets this on peptides, and you use it as a targeted treatment step. With an excellent 4.7 out of 5 from over 197 ratings, it is one of the best-reviewed products in its range. It uses active ingredients, so patch test first and introduce it slowly if your skin is reactive.

The summary above follows how Medicube markets this product. We also read the published ingredient list line by line, and it tells a different story: what the ingredient order actually says.

At a glance

What buyers actually say

We read a sample of the Amazon reviews for this product and describe the pattern in our own words. It is a sample, not a survey of all 336 ratings, and we do not reproduce customer reviews.

The sample for this serum is small, just five reviews, and all of them are positive, so treat the picture as thin rather than settled. What reviewers do agree on is the feel: silky, lightweight, quick to absorb and comfortable morning and night, with a light scent. On pores, the most careful reviewer draws a useful distinction, saying pores stayed clearer of blackheads and whiteheads rather than actually looking smaller. One person with eczema-prone skin reported no stinging. Nobody in this sample complains, though one mentions initial stickiness when layering it with other products.

How the ratings break down

Amazon's own star distribution for this product, read on 2026-09-30. We show the one-star share too, because an average alone hides it.

4% of these ratings are one or two stars. That is about typical for the Medicube range, where the median is 6%.

We cannot tell you what those reviewers said. Amazon.co.uk now requires an account to open the full review list, so the critical reviews are not readable from a public page. We would rather say that than guess.

What is peptides?

Peptides are short chains of amino acids that signal the skin to look firmer and more resilient.

Ingredients, as listed by Medicube

Taken from Medicube's own product page on 2026-08-05. We have not verified it against a physical pack, and formulations change by market and batch. If an ingredient matters to you, check the pack itself. One more caveat for UK readers: Medicube has no separate UK site, so this list comes from its US product page. UK and EU ingredient lists can differ from the US one, so treat this as indicative until you have the pack in front of you.

Show the full ingredient list (60 ingredients)

Water (Aqua), Methylpropanediol, Glycerin, Propanediol, Niacinamide, Tromethamine, 1,2-Hexanediol, Polyglycerin-3, Lactic Acid, Dimethicone, Gluconolactone, Salicylic Acid, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Sodium Polyacryloyldimethyl Taurate, Lecithin, C12-14 Alketh-12, Allantoin, Citric Acid, Ethylhexylglycerin, Adenosine, Butylene Glycol, Dextrin, Glycolic Acid, Sodium Citrate, Gardenia Florida Fruit Extract, Trisodium Phosphate, Capryloyl Salicylic Acid, Myosotis Sylvatica Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract, Hemerocallis Fulva Flower Extract, Stellaria Media (Chickweed) Extract, Lactobacillus Ferment Lysate, Taraxacum Officinale (Dandelion) Leaf Extract, Lactobacillus Ferment, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Sorbitan Laurate, Cetyl Palmitate, Sorbitan Stearate, Polysorbate 80, Caprylyl Glycol, Acetyl Glutamine, Acetyl Dipeptide-1 Cetyl Ester, Bacillus/Soybean Ferment Extract, Sodium Benzoate, Ulmus Davidiana Root Extract, Pueraria Lobata Root Extract, Pinus Palustris Leaf Extract, Oenothera Biennis (Evening Primrose) Flower Extract, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-5, Acetyl Hexapeptide-1, Tocopherol, Acetyl Octapeptide-3, Sodium Hyaluronate, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-10, Folic Acid, Copper Tripeptide-1, Oligopeptide-3, Oligopeptide-2, Oligopeptide-1, Hexapeptide-11

What the ingredient order actually tells you

• The name counts ten peptides and the list delivers ten, which is how we know this list is the right one. They are also all at the back: from acetyl dipeptide-1 at 41st to hexapeptide-11 closing the list at 60th. Copper tripeptide sits 56th.
• The acids are the real product. Lactic acid sits 9th, gluconolactone 11th and salicylic acid 12th, with glycolic acid 23rd and a second salicylate at 27th. Four acid families, three of them inside the top twelve.
• Niacinamide sits 5th, adenosine 20th and dimethicone 10th for slip. That upper section is a pore and oil product, not a firming one.
• So the name sells peptides and the order sells exfoliation. Neither is dishonest, but they point at different shoppers, and the one the order serves is the oily, congested, texture-focused one.

Our read

A well-built exfoliating serum wearing a peptide name. Three acid families sit inside the top twelve and the ten peptides sit in the last twenty, so read this as a pore and texture treatment with a firming garnish. On oily or congested skin that is a good thing to be. If you came for the peptides, you are paying for a tail.

Who should skip this

• You came for the peptides. All ten sit in the last twenty entries of 60.
• Your skin is dry, sensitized or on a retinoid. Four acid families in one serum is a lot to layer.
• You want one gentle daily step. This is a treatment, not a base layer.

A note on how we read that list. Ingredient lists run in descending order of concentration, but only for ingredients above 1%. Below that, the order is up to the manufacturer, so a low position tells you something is present at a low level, not exactly how much. We do not guess at percentages. FDA labeling guide.

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