About Skinlazia

Why it exists

Fungal acne (Malassezia folliculitis) looks like ordinary acne but behaves differently — and the wrong moisturizer can feed it for months while you blame everything else. People dealing with it learn to read ingredient lists like detectives, cross-checking every oil, ester and fatty alcohol against scattered forum posts and out-of-date blog lists. Skinlazia exists to do that checking in seconds, with the reasoning shown instead of hidden.

It was built by someone who has dealt with fungal acne for years and got tired of squinting at labels in shop aisles. Skinlazia team is a small independent project, not a skincare brand and not a clinic.

What it does

Skinlazia is three things that share one engine and one dataset:

• A phone app: photograph or paste any label, get a verdict per ingredient.
• A web checker that runs entirely in your browser — nothing you paste ever leaves your device.
• A curated product catalog: items screened ingredient by ingredient, with unjudged ingredients counted honestly.

How it works

There is no black box and no AI deciding verdicts. A rules-based engine compares each ingredient against a versioned dataset where every status carries its basis in plain words — growth-medium evidence, lipid chemistry, or an explicitly labeled inference. Many entries cite the primary literature they rest on. The method is written up in full on the methodology page, including what the dataset deliberately refuses to judge and why.

Independence

Brands do not pay for verdicts and cannot pay to alter them. The project is funded by affiliate commission when readers buy a recommended product through a link — which never affects what gets flagged. The full arrangement is on theaffiliate disclosure page, and the catalog rules on the editorial policy page.

Not medical advice

Skinlazia screens ingredient lists; it does not diagnose, treat, or certify anything. Skin varies, concentration and formulation matter, and no checker replaces a dermatologist. The long version lives on the medical disclaimer page.

Contact

Feedback, ingredient corrections and brand formula updates all go to[email protected] — seecontact for what to include.