They exist: 10 body products with AHA and BHA acids
Text: Daria Burkova
Cosmetics with AHA- and BHA-acids for the face firmly entered into use - It seems that most have already mastered home peels, acid tonic and facial cleansers. There are shampoos and serums for the head - but what to do with the body? The rest of the skin also has an uneven texture, dull color, rashes and clogged pores. The first thought is to use all the same means for the face, although one bottle in this case will be enough for a maximum of three applications.
Whether anticipating our needs, or provoking them, cosmetics manufacturers have increasingly begun to produce special products for the body with AHA- and BHA-acids. They will help not only with the situations listed above, but also will help those who endlessly struggle with ingrown hair, hyperkeratosis or follicular keratosis - "pimples" on the body, familiar to many. The main thing - do not forget about sun protection, although in the season of pantyhose you can almost not worry about it.
Body Scrub First Aid Beauty Cleansing Body Polish with Active Charcoal
£20,50
All products of the popular American brand First Aid Beauty are intended primarily for skin that is prone to inflammation, so the release of products with acids for the body was a matter of time. The brand has relied on a scrub with wax granules and coal, a fashionable ingredient today that promises, like a sponge, to pull contaminants out of its skin. In addition to physical cleansing, the scrub also provides a chemical one: it includes lactic and salicylic acids, which together resist dead cells, clogged pores and improve skin texture. It should be noted that this product, alas, will not work for inflamed or injured body skin. Although very soft, scrubbing particles can only worsen her condition.
Body scrub Natura Siberica "Emerald berries"
534 rub.
The Natura Siberica brand, which is close to the Russian heart, has recently been delighted not only with sunscreens, but also with cosmetics for the face and body. For the latter, the brand has a scrub with citric and malic acids, which cleanse the skin along with juniper berries, currant pits, gooseberry extract, lemon balm essential oil (to soothe the soul) and vitamin A for enhanced skin regeneration. All this in a glass jar from under the jam. Need to check.
Shower Gel Lancer The Method: Body Cleanse
$35
The dermatologist Harold Lancer from Beverly Hills has a whole line of body products with acids: shower gel, scrub and body cream. There are no exfoliating granules in the skin cleansing product, which means that it is suitable even for problem and sensitive skin. Salicylic and glycolic acids are responsible for the peeling effect, and niacinamide and watermelon seed oil are responsible for hydration.
Sesderma Acglicolic Moisturizing and Renewing Body Milk
5250 rub. in pharmacies and stores
The composition of moisturizing milk of the Spanish pharmacy brand includes 10% free glycolic acid and glycolic acid in nanocapsules, as well as vitamin C and milk proteins. The tool reduces the thickness of the stratum corneum, levels the skin surface, increases its elasticity and stimulates the synthesis of hyaluronic acid and collagen. In the assortment of the brand there is a cleansing milk for the body with 10% glycolic acid, and a tightening body gel with lactic acid.
Body Lotion Paula's Choice Resist Skin Revealing Body Lotion 10% AHA with Glycolic Acid
$28
Of course, the body lotion with acids is also in the range of Paula's Choice, the personal brand of dermatologist and creator of the Beautypedia portal Paula Runner. Means with 10% glycolic acid can be used anywhere on the body. It gently exfoliates the cornified cells, softens coarse skin, improves skin tone and body texture. In the assortment of Paula's Choice there is also a lotion with 2% salicylic acid and an anti-acne body spray with salicylic acid.
Mario Badescu A.H.A Shower Gel Botanical Body Soap
$8
Mario Badescu has a beautiful “Hollywood” track record and lots of good reviews: great cleansing products and pinpoint inflammations. Another brand offers the most affordable cosmetics for the body with acids, not counting the cost of shipping. The brand's best seller is a shower gel with AHA-acids from grapefruit and ginger extract. There is also a shower gel with grapefruit and orange acids together.
Glytone Exfoliating Body Lotion Body Lotion
$43
Glytone Body Lotion - one of the strongest commercially available products - contains 17.5% free glycolic acid. It is actively used primarily to eliminate ingrown hair and follicular keratosis; smaller concentrations of acids will cope with dead cells. By the way, the same tool is often recommended to be used to even out the skin color after an uneven tan.
Skin911 Foaming AHA-BHA Cleansing Gel and Scrub Face & Body Cleanser Scrub
$38
Another remedy with a high concentration of acids offers at the same time chemical and physical exfoliation of the skin. The composition of the cleansing gel included 15% glycolic acid, 2% lactic acid and 2% salicylic acid, vitamins A, C, E and small exfoliating particles. The tool effectively cleans the pores, smoothes the skin surface, removes the cornified cell layer, helps with follicular keratosis, ingrown hair and prepares the skin for self-tanning. In general - all at once. The brand does not hide the fact that it has released its product as a replacement for peeling Peter Thomas Roth AHA BHA Face & Body Polish, which was removed from sale.
Palmer's Cocoa Butter Formula Anti-Aging Smoothing Lotion Body Lotion
330 rub.
Palmer's brand body lotion is familiar to everyone who feels confident in the vastness of iHerb - they have a lot of decent body products in large volumes at a very reasonable price. Lactic and salicylic acids, as well as shea and cocoa butter, are included in the emollient and skin renewing agent. Important: for those who do not like the smell of the latter, this remedy is unlikely to be liked.
Softening Body Lotion CeraVe Renewing SA Lotion
$10,28
The CeraVe brand has a whole series of products for rough skin and skin with follicular keratosis SA. Body lotion includes salicylic and lactic acids to exfoliate and soften the skin, as well as ceramides to restore the protective barrier. There is an even richer version of the same remedy in the form of a cream.
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