Potassium Thioglycolate
Potassium Thioglycolate is a hair waving or straightening ingredient. It’s in 6 products on Poliage. Avoid lists on Poliage that include it: none.
Updated October 21, 2026
What it does
Contains Potassium Thioglycolate: depilatory
Function listed in CosIng
Contains Potassium Thioglycolate: hair-waving-or-straightening
Function listed in CosIng
Source: CosIng, the European Commission cosmetic ingredient database, ref 37035, accessed October 22, 2026. Also listed as potassium mercaptoacetate.
Products that contain Potassium Thioglycolate
Cosmia
Crème dépilatoire à l’aloe vera
Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens
Cosmia
Crème dépilatoire au beurre de karité
Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens
Cosmia
Crème dépilatoire corps à l’aloe vera
Lists fragrance
Cosmia
Crème dépilatoire corps au beurre de karité
Lists fragrance
Balea
Enthaarungscreme
Lists fragrance
Nair
Nair NourishShower Power
None of Poliage’s flag groups listed
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