Lecithin is a lipid. I don't understand why it's not flagged by App checkers...Anyone knows??

Question

I used skinsort, folliculitisScout, sezia and lecithin is not flagged as trigger.

Lecithin is a phospholipids which is a lipid naturally found on the skin/body.

Has anyone used products with this ingredient Lecithin ? if yes, did you get a FA flare up?

Lecithin is a naturally occurring mixture of the diglycerides of stearic, palmitic, and oleic acids, linked to the choline ester of phosphoric acid, commonly called phosphatidylcholine. Based on this journal https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11358109/

Given that the main composition of Lecithin is fatty acids in the C11-C24 range, then I can make the assumption that these are triggers for FA.

This article talks about how Lecithin can be hydrolized by the skin. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12378271/

So lecithin is a lipid in the C12-C24, and the skin has the ability to hydrolized it. It sounds like trigger to me. Am I missing something here?

--I wish I could treat the app checker as religion, but I don't.

Posted Sep 25, 2026, 5:04 PM UTC

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