ROUND LAB Birch Juice Cleansing Pad
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
for Dehydration
Rinse-off pad: Hyaluronic Acid gets seconds of contact, so this supports a routine for dehydration rather than treating it.
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
- R6 → Supporting role. A first-line active (approved, monograph-listed or named in a current guideline) or a supported active (trial-backed, or a reference standard by mechanism) or 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; in a rinse-off form the claim cannot use.
q1 = first-line | supported | plausible | none | not-assessed · q2 = contact-limited
Why this rule exists: Contact time cannot deliver a leave-on claim; the product is judged on its job (cleansing without aggravating). Explicit exceptions (BPO wash, SA cleanser, medicated shampoos) never reach this rule because their rows set rinse_off_ok.
Rule R6 decided 2,083 verdicts across the catalog; “Supporting role” is the verdict on 7,796 of 45,446. The full register. - Carrying active
- Sodium Hyaluronate and Hyaluronic Acid
- 1 · Standing
- Supported — its mechanism is established (a reference standard, not a trial result)
- 2 · Form
- Contact-limited — concentration not declared; read from the position in the ingredient list
Studied range: 0.1%, from the trials on the row; needs leave-on contact; judge it after about 1 weeks - 3 · Tolerability
- Gentle
- Evidence dots
- Limited 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 25, 2026 (unchanged across rebuilds since then)
The studies and documents on the row
- Draelos ZD, Cosmetic Dermatology: Products and Procedures — hyaluronic acid classified as a humectant water-binding agent holding many times its weight in water — reference work
← Back to the verdict All dehydration products → Disclose a concentration or correct a fact →
for Dryness
Rinse-off pad: Hyaluronic Acid gets seconds of contact, so this supports a routine for dryness rather than treating it.
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
- R6 → Supporting role. A first-line active (approved, monograph-listed or named in a current guideline) or a supported active (trial-backed, or a reference standard by mechanism) or 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; in a rinse-off form the claim cannot use.
q1 = first-line | supported | plausible | none | not-assessed · q2 = contact-limited
Why this rule exists: Contact time cannot deliver a leave-on claim; the product is judged on its job (cleansing without aggravating). Explicit exceptions (BPO wash, SA cleanser, medicated shampoos) never reach this rule because their rows set rinse_off_ok.
Rule R6 decided 2,083 verdicts across the catalog; “Supporting role” is the verdict on 7,796 of 45,446. The full register. - Carrying active
- Sodium Hyaluronate and Hyaluronic Acid
- 1 · Standing
- Supported — its mechanism is established (a reference standard, not a trial result)
- 2 · Form
- Contact-limited — concentration not declared; read from the position in the ingredient list
- 3 · Tolerability
- Gentle
- Evidence dots
- Limited evidence
- What readers report
- No reviews read yet for this product. Shown beside the verdict; never blended into it.
- Verdict since
- October 13, 2026
The studies and documents on the row
- Effectiveness of topical hyaluronic acid of different molecular weights in xerosis cutis treatment in elderly: a double-blind, randomized controlled trial. — Archives of Dermatological Research (Springer) — 36 nursing-home residents aged 60-80, Universitas Indonesia / Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital; investigator-initiated, no manufacturer authorship on the author list; registered NCT06178367. JOURNAL NOT IN source-tiers.json — recorded conservatively as tier 3 pending an operator registry decision (it is a PubMed-indexed specialty dermatology journal, arguably tier 2). (2024), opened October 13, 2026
- Final report of the safety assessment of hyaluronic acid, potassium hyaluronate, and sodium hyaluronate. — International Journal of Toxicology — Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel (industry-funded review body). Establishes the declared cosmetic FUNCTION (skin-conditioning agent, used up to 2%); it is a safety assessment and makes no efficacy finding for dryness. (2009), opened October 13, 2026
← Back to the verdict All dryness products → Disclose a concentration or correct a fact →
as a cleanser
Does what a cleanser is for: surfactant mildness, rinses clean without stripping.
- 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
- surfactant mildness, rinses clean without stripping, puts something back
- Not measurable from the label
- pH match to skin
- Tolerability
- Gentle
A verdict is Dermington’s assessment of how well a product’s ingredients fit a concern — never a claim about what the product treats. Every rule is public and the same for every product; a brand cannot buy a reading. How we decide · what has changed · disclaimer.