PoreWise La Roche-Posay · Creams
Cicaplast Baume B5+
Product
- Brand:
- La Roche-Posay
- Product type:
- Creams
- Last checked:
- 2026-10-29
- Formula version:
- Pack label · 2026-10-29 on the brand's Hong Kong product page
- Fragrance & alcohol:
- Fragrance-free · Alcohol-free
27 ingredients on this list · WATER at number 1 · Hydrogenated polyisobutene at number 2 · DIMETHICONE at number 3
Product description
A thick repairing balm whose label leads with panthenol (vitamin B5), madecassoside and a prebiotic complex. Sold for dry, irritated and post-procedure skin on the face, body and lips. Note that the Hong Kong ingredient list names madecassoside, the purified single compound from Centella asiatica.
Brand's own claims
- Contains 5% panthenol, Centella asiatica extract and the prebiotic complex Tribioma, a combination the brand says supports the skin barrier (brand claim).
- Tested across 14 skin situations, including after aesthetic procedures and laser resurfacing — on intact skin only, not on broken skin or open wounds (brand claim).
The brand's own claims, quoted from its own material.
Full ingredient list
Kept exactly as the source printed it, including spelling in the original.
- 1 WATER
- 2 HYDROGENATED POLYISOBUTENE
- 3 DIMETHICONE
- 4 GLYCERIN
- 5 BUTYROSPERMUM PARKII BUTTER
- 6 PANTHENOL
- 7 PROPANEDIOL
- 8 BUTYLENE GLYCOL
- 9 ALUMINUM STARCH OCTENYLSUCCINATE
- 10 CETYL PEG/PPG-10/1 DIMETHICONE
- 11 TRIHYDROXYSTEARIN
- 12 ZINC GLUCONATE
- 13 MADECASSOSIDE
- 14 TRIBIOMA
- 15 MANGANESE GLUCONATE
- 16 SILICA
- 17 ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE
- 18 MAGNESIUM SULFATE
- 19 DISODIUM EDTA
- 20 COPPER GLUCONATE
- 21 CAPRYLOYL GLYCINE
- 22 CITRIC ACID
- 23 ACETYLATED GLYCOL STEARATE
- 24 POLYGLYCERYL-4 ISOSTEARATE
- 25 TOCOPHEROL
- 26 PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRA-DI-T-BUTYL HYDROXYHYDROCINNAMATE
- 27 TITANIUM DIOXIDE
Original label text
AQUA / WATER / EAU • HYDROGENATED POLYISOBUTENE • DIMETHICONE • GLYCERIN • BUTYROSPERMUM PARKII BUTTER / HEA BUTTER • PANTHENOL • PROPANEDIOL • BUTYLENE GLYCOL • ALUMINUM STARCH OCTENYLSUCCINATE • CETYL PEG/PPG-10/1 DIMETHICONE • TRIHYDROXYSTEARIN • ZINC GLUCONATE • MADECASSOSIDE • TRIBIOMA • MANGANESE GLUCONATE • SILICA • ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE • MAGNESIUM SULFATE • DISODIUM EDTA • COPPER GLUCONATE • CAPRYLOYL GLYCINE • CITRIC ACID • ACETYLATED GLYCOL STEARATE • POLYGLYCERYL-4 ISOSTEARATE • TOCOPHEROL • PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRA-DI-T-BUTYL HYDROXYHYDROCINNAMATE • CI 77891 / TITANIUM DIOXIDE
Ingredient analysis
MADECASSOSIDE · Barrier lipids · GLYCERIN · Humectants · Hydrogenated polyisobutene · Emollients
Barrier lipids
1Lipids that occur naturally in the skin barrier (ceramides, cholesterol, fatty acids).
Humectants
4Bind water and draw it into the upper layers of the skin.
Emollients
3Fill the gaps between corneocytes to soften and smooth the surface.
Occlusives
2Form a film that slows water loss from the skin surface.
Antioxidants
2Slow oxidation of the formula or of skin surface lipids.
Soothing agents
5Used to reduce the sensation of irritation or discomfort.
Texture agents
7Set the viscosity and feel of a formula.
Absorbents
2Soak up surface oil or water to change the finish.
Emulsifiers
3Keep oil and water mixed in a stable formula.
Evidence
- Skin effect Human trial Certainty: Moderate Primary source
In a randomized, double-blind, four-arm crossover study of 51 healthy volunteers with dry skin, an emollient containing glycerol and petrolatum raised corneometry-measured skin moisture significantly above its vehicle (P < 0.0001) over 12 hours. The authors attributed the hydration gain to the glycerol component and the lower water loss to the petrolatum component.
Who it applies to: Corneometry (skin moisture) and transepidermal water loss over 12 hours after one application.
Study limits: Measured on the forearms. The significant hydration result comes from the full emollient containing both glycerol and petrolatum.
- Skin effect Review article Certainty: Moderate Primary source
Topical glycerol improves stratum corneum hydration, barrier function and skin mechanical properties. The review also reports reduced irritation response and faster wound healing, and traces the effect to aquaporin-3 transport and to glycerol's own presence in the skin.
Who it applies to: Leave-on products. The review discusses both healthy skin and skin with dry or barrier-impaired conditions such as atopic dermatitis.
Study limits: A narrative review. It compiles mechanisms and results from other studies.
- Skin effect Official ingredient listing Certainty: High Public database
Glycerin is classified as a humectant in cosmetic ingredient databases: its role in a formula is to hold water.
Who it applies to: Cosmetic formulas generally. · Ingredient database · GLYCERIN
Study limits: Skin effect of to the stratum corneum comes from a separate review of the literature. · Ingredient database · GLYCERIN
- Skin effect Human trial Certainty: Moderate Primary source
In 88 women with sensitive skin, a face cream containing Centella asiatica leaf extract, ceramide NP and panthenol lowered the SS-10 symptom score by 66% at week 2 and 76% at week 4, with irritation, tautness, itching and redness all significantly reduced.
Who it applies to: Chinese women with sensitive skin applying the cream to the whole face, followed up at day 2, weeks 1, 2 and 4.
Study limits: Observational and self-controlled.
- Skin effect Human trial Certainty: Moderate Primary source
In 38 children with atopic dermatitis, a cream containing linoleic acid, 5% dexpanthenol and ceramide improved SCORAD significantly more than a 5% urea cream after 4 weeks (P = 0.043); both groups improved from baseline.
Who it applies to: Children with mild-to-moderate atopic dermatitis applying the cream twice daily for 4 weeks in a randomised, double-blind, bilateral paired design.
Study limits: Both interventions were non-prescription moisturisers: this is emollient / basic skin care. Small sample (37 completed); stratum corneum hydration and time to remission stayed close between groups.
- Skin effect Human trial Certainty: Moderate Primary source
In 110 people with facial sensitive skin, a cream containing panthenol used twice daily for 28 days significantly increased stratum corneum moisture and reduced erythema index, redness (a* value) and transepidermal water loss.
Who it applies to: People with facial sensitive skin applying the cream twice daily for 28 days.
Study limits: Panthenol was combined with prebiotics and a probiotic lysate.
- Skin effect Human trial Certainty: Low Primary source
After facial non-ablative fractional laser treatment, a panthenol mask lowered the erythema and pigmentation indices on days 3, 7 and 14 against a saline dressing, raised stratum corneum moisture, and reduced transepidermal water loss over the same days. Sebum content was also higher in the mask group on days 7 and 14.
Who it applies to: Skin recovering from 1550 nm and 1927 nm non-ablative fractional laser on the face. Both groups received standard post-procedure care.
Study limits: The mask also contained madecassoside and bisabolol. It is one trial of 60 people, all recovering from the same procedure, and the published grant list includes L'Oreal Dermatological Beauty China (La Roche-Posay).
- Skin effect Human trial Certainty: Low Primary source
In a randomized, investigator-blind, split-face trial of 40 Asian acne patients, a moisturizer containing 4-t-butylcyclohexanol, licochalcone A, ceramide and panthenol improved facial hydration more than a traditional moisturizer (p=0.001) and produced lower dryness scores (p=0.021) over 4 weeks.
Who it applies to: Facial hydration and investigator-rated dryness over 4 weeks.
Study limits: All participants were on prescription acne therapy (including oral isotretinoin), so the dryness is drug-induced; both sides used a moisturizer, so this is a comparison between two moisturisers; acne lesion counts decreased equally on both sides.
- Sensitization Review article Certainty: Low Primary source
Panthenol is treated as non-allergenic, this review argues that frequent exposure, especially on damaged skin, can produce hypersensitivity to it. The likely route is a delayed (type IV) contact reaction; immediate and mixed reactions remain possible. Proposes patch testing with the patient's own product and with panthenol 5% in petrolatum.
Who it applies to: People who use panthenol products repeatedly, particularly those with atopic or damaged skin - the group the author says is most exposed.
Study limits: A single-author narrative review. The mechanism it proposes is stated as likely. Read it as a reason to keep panthenol on the list of possible allergens.
- Legal limits Official legal text Certainty: High Primary source
US regulation lists dimethicone as a permitted active ingredient in over-the-counter skin protectant products, at 1 to 30 percent. That is a legal status in one market, and it puts dimethicone in the same list as petrolatum, glycerin and colloidal oatmeal.
Who it applies to: Products sold in the US that make a skin-protectant claim, with dimethicone between 1 and 30 percent.
Study limits: A monograph entry sets what may be sold and what may be claimed. · 1993 · Consumers of over-the-counter skin protectant products in the US.
- Skin effect Human trial Certainty: Moderate Primary source
In a split-face randomized controlled trial of 50 women, a serum with 20% vitamin C, vitamin E and raspberry leaf cell culture extract significantly improved skin radiance measured by Glossymeter GL200, along with skin colour and elasticity, over 2 months.
Who it applies to: Women aged 30-65 applying the serum to one side of the face for 2 months, with the untreated side as control.
Study limits: Split-face with an untreated.
- Skin effect Human trial Certainty: Low Primary source
In 31 women aged 43-65, a serum combining vitamins C and E with green tea polyphenols produced statistically significant improvements in all clinically graded parameters over 12 weeks, including enhanced skin smoothness and radiance, plus an ultrasound-measured increase in skin density.
Who it applies to: Women aged 43-65 with photoaged facial skin, applying the serum twice daily for 12 weeks.
Study limits: Radiance was a clinical grading parameter.
- Skin effect Human trial Certainty: Low Primary source
In a double-blind trial that split each scar into two halves. Or made worse, the cosmetic appearance.
Who it applies to: Scars after surgical removal of skin cancer, treated twice daily for four weeks with a petrolatum-based ointment.
Study limits: Fifteen people, one centre, published in 1999. Pigmentation, or the job vitamin E does inside a formula, where it slows oxidation of the oils.
- Sensitization Human trial Certainty: Low Primary source
In the same split-scar trial, 33% of the participants developed contact dermatitis to the vitamin E ointment.
Who it applies to: Vitamin E in a petrolatum-based ointment applied to healing surgical wounds, twice daily for four weeks.
Study limits: Small trial (15 people) with a single product.
Related skin concerns
Skin concerns with evidence for ingredients on this list.
Formula history
1 version of this formula on record.