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(More customer reviews)I am a 44 year old caucasian woman with fair skin and red/blonde hair. I have acne rosacea and my skin is very sensitive. The glycolic acid is good to use initially to shrink pores and do a thorough exfoliation. I find it a bit too harsh for repeated use. My skin tends to be drier and flaky even after the healing is done. I started using lactic acid and get much better results. I would use this glycolic peel every so often (maybe every fourth peel) just to keep my pores small. The price is right and everyone's skin is different. Younger people with oilier skin may find this better suited for them. Read up on what each type of peel does for the skin before making your choice. Some are better for scars, some for acne, some for wrinkles.
Any peel you use will initially make your skin look awful, like a bad sunburn and inflamed blemishes for a few days until the skin is done peeling and healing. Plan your activities accordingly for those days and always use a good moisturizer!
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Alpha-hydroxy acids are commonly found and isolated from fruits of all sorts. That is why they are referred to as fruit acids. For example, malic acid is found in apples, citric acid can be isolated from most citrus fruits and glycolic acid is commonly found in honey and sugar cane. Lactic acid is found in milk that has soured and Tartaric acid can be isolated from fermented grapes (wine).. Glycolic acid works as an exfoliating agent because of its high acidity but easy solubility. When placed on the skin as part of an exfoliating cream or gel, glycolic acid goes under the damaged upper layers of skin and destroys the 'glue', which holds dead skin to the surface. As this dead skin is chemically burned off, the other ingredients carry the individual flakes away and a water rinse neutralizes the remaining acid. The result is a much-smoother skin surface and a more youthful appearance. A secondary benefit is glycolic acid's ability to draw moisturizers into the newly exfoliated skin surface. One study showed that topical treatment twice a day for 3 months with 5% glycolic acid cream at pH 2.8 affected surface and epidermal changes, while the same treatment, but with a 12% cream reached deeper and influenced both the epidermis and the deeper dermis layer, and resulted in increased epidermal and dermal firmness and thickness. Both showed clinical improvement in skin smoothness and in the appearance of lines and wrinkles. Another study showed that AHAs might thin the outer stratum corneum, but actually end up increasing the overall thickness of the epidermis. This thickening is accompanied by increased synthesis of collagen. It is apparent that alpha-hydroxy acids may do more than just increase exfoliation and skin cell turnover
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