Silicone for Thick, Adherent Texture
Question
Which silicone ingredient provides the thickest, most adherent texture suitable for spot treatment of acne scars, avoiding lightweight or overly slippery feel?
Answer
Silicone Options for Thick, Adherent Texture
Based on your need for a silicone ingredient that provides a thick, viscous texture and good skin adherence for spot application on acne scars, without being too lightweight or slippery, here are a few options:
- Silicone Gel (Thick & Smooth, Cyclopentasiloxane Base): This is a pre-made opaque silicone gel with high viscosity. It's designed to improve texture, making it soft, smooth, and light, while being non-sticky and providing a matt look. Its high viscosity makes it suitable for creating a thicker feel and good adherence.
- Silicone Gel (Medium Matte, Dimethicone Base, High Viscosity): Similar to the above, this is also an opaque silicone gel with high viscosity, but based on Dimethicone. It provides a soft, smooth, non-sticky texture and a soft (matt) look, helping to adjust formula texture to be pleasant and light.
Both of these silicone gels are already in a high-viscosity form, making them suitable for direct use or easy incorporation into a simple base for spot treatment where you need a thicker, more adherent feel to help fill or blur the appearance of scars.
- Silicone Thick™ (provides viscosity in silicone): If you are formulating your own product and want to specifically increase the viscosity of a silicone base (like Cyclopentasiloxane), this white powder acts as a thickener or gelling agent for silicones. This gives you control over the final viscosity you want to achieve.
For your purpose of spot application on acne scars needing a thick, adherent feel, the pre-made silicone gels (Silicone Gel (Thick & Smooth) and Silicone Gel (Medium Matte)) are likely the most straightforward options due to their inherent high viscosity and texture-modifying properties.