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Maxclinic Time Return Melatonin Cream

Everything behind the verdicts on this product: the rule that fired for each concern, the three answers and the documents they rest on, every study on the row with the date it was opened, and the versions of the tables that produced them. Nothing here is edited by hand; it is generated from the same records the verdicts are.

The scaleRecommendedGoodSupportingEarly evidenceNot for thisAvoidhow it works

Engine 5.2.0 · rules 0.5.1 · evidence table ev-2026.10-r231 · computed October 13, 2026 · how we decide · the evidence table · the anchors

Supporting role

for Aging

Niacinamide has early evidence for aging, and hydration and barrier support is the recognised companion to treating it — a reasonable supporting choice, short of a recommendation.

Nothing here targets the concern directly, but the product’s job — barrier care, gentle cleansing, photoprotection — is the recognised companion to treating it. Rinse-off products carrying leave-on actives land here too.

Rule
R8a → Supporting role. An active with early or mechanistic evidence only; declared at a working strength, or a labelled active or at a plausible but undeclared level; the product’s category job is a recognised companion to treating the concern.
q1 = plausible · q2 = adequate | plausible · supportive = true
Why this rule exists: A plausible-tier active in a category with a supportive job: the sentence names the active instead of saying nothing targets the concern (the AmLactin / CeraVe SA case for keratosis pilaris, where no guideline and single trials leave the keratolytics at early evidence).
Rule R8a decided 1,509 verdicts across the catalog; “Supporting role” is the verdict on 7,796 of 45,446. The full register.
Carrying active
Niacinamide
1 · Standing
Plausible — trials support it
2 · Form
Plausible — concentration not declared; read from the position in the ingredient list
Studied range: 4–5%, from the trials on the row; needs leave-on contact; judge it after about 8 weeks
3 · Tolerability
Standard tolerability
Evidence dots
Moderate evidence
Row checked against its sources on July 17, 2026 (evidence table ev-2026.10-r231).
What readers report
No reviews read yet for this product. Shown beside the verdict; never blended into it.
Verdict since
September 5, 2026 (unchanged across rebuilds since then)

The studies and documents on the row

← Back to the verdict All aging products → Disclose a concentration or correct a fact →

Supporting role

for Dryness

Nothing here targets dryness directly; humectant and occlusive hydration is the recognised companion to treating it, and this cream does that without known triggers.

Nothing here targets the concern directly, but the product’s job — barrier care, gentle cleansing, photoprotection — is the recognised companion to treating it. Rinse-off products carrying leave-on actives land here too.

Rule
R8 → Supporting role. An active with early or mechanistic evidence only or an active researched for the concern and found wanting or an active with no evidence row for the concern yet; the product’s category job is a recognised companion to treating the concern.
q1 = plausible | none | not-assessed · supportive = true
Why this rule exists: The category's job (barrier care, humectant hydration, gentle cleansing, photoprotection) is the documented supportive role for this concern. This is the honest verdict for a moisturizer on an acne page.
Rule R8 decided 3,793 verdicts across the catalog; “Supporting role” is the verdict on 7,796 of 45,446. The full register.
Carrying active
Niacinamide
1 · Standing
Not assessed
No evidence row exists for this active and concern; it is in the research queue.
2 · Form
Plausible — concentration not declared; read from the position in the ingredient list
3 · Tolerability
Standard tolerability — fragrance load
Cautions: fragrance.
Evidence dots
Not from a trial row
What readers report
No reviews read yet for this product. Shown beside the verdict; never blended into it.
Verdict since
September 5, 2026 (unchanged across rebuilds since then)

← Back to the verdict All dryness products → Disclose a concentration or correct a fact →

The category job
Does the job

as a moisturizer

Does what a moisturizer is for: draws in water, softens and smooths.

Rule
J2 → Does the job. The category-job reading is 65 or more.
Category job score over the measured features 65–85.
Measured from the label
draws in water, softens and smooths, seals moisture in, supplies barrier lipids, right weight for the job
Tolerability
Standard tolerability
In the research queue

Listed for Dullness, with no verdict: the actives here have no evidence row for that concern yet. That is a gap in our table, not a mark against the product.

  • Dullness: The actives here (Niacinamide, Melatonin, Adenosine, Chamomile Extract) are in the research queue for dullness; no verdict until their rows are written.
Formula flags read from the ingredient list
  • Fragrance

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