Best Uses for Alpha-Hydroxy Acids

What kind of skin benefits from alpha-hydroxy acids?

Almost no ingredient in natural skin care products is better known than the alpha-hydroxy acids. Gently removing fine lines and wrinkles by lifting and separating dead cells from the surface of the skin, literally thousands of products tout them as essential ingredients for which you should pay more.

Not everyone can use alpha-hydroxy acids?

The fact is, however, that not everyone should use alpha-hydroxy acids. Alpha-hydroxy acids are a best match to skin that is oily and firm and that has at least some brown or gold tones. If you have red hair, blue eyes, all your ancestors lived in Iceland, and you burn on a cloudy day, chances are alpha-hydroxy acids are not helpful for you. Alpha-hydroxy acids make fair skin more sensitive to sunlight.

But if you have skin like the legendary Egyptian Queen Cleopatra, there is no doubt that alpha-hydroxy acids will help keep your skin smooth and wrinkle-free. Queen Cleopatra regularly bathed in pools of milk to maintain her legendary beautiful skin. As scientists would learn some 1800 years later, milk is a rich source of lactic acid, one of the best known of the alpha-hydroxy acids.

Why use alpha-hydroxy acids?

These natural undercover agents lift and separate dead skin and dirt from the surface of the skin. They open a natural pathway for pores to open. They keep oil from building up to levels that might cause whiteheads and blackheads. They bring out a rose color that complements brown and gold skin tones and brown and black eyes.

Also useful in men's skin care

Alpha-hydroxy acids are not just for women. Many men with black and brown skin tones are plagued by bumps and ingrown hairs that are caused by shaving. Termed pseudofolliculitis barbae in the medical literature, this common condition occurs when curly hairs curve their way back under the outer layers of the skin.

A dermatologist might prescribe a really harsh medication like Retin-A (tretinoin). The problem with Retin-A is that it can cause a different kind of irritation and inflammation that is just as bad as the shaving bumps. A better solution is the alpha-hydroxy acids, more particularly an alpha-hydroxy acid known as glycolic acid.

As useful for keeping skin beautiful as vitamin C

Glycolic acid plays a role in skin very similar to the role of vitamin C. It stimulates collagen production the same way vitamin C does. It helps other antioxidants penetrate the skin, and enhances the antioxidant potency of alpha-lipoic acid.

For many men, glycolic acid is an excellent way to achieve exfoliation and smoothness after the morning shave. And for both men and women, glycolic acid can erase age spots and fine lines, creating an opportunity to keep the skin smooth and healthy with new skin care habits.

Maximize the benefits of alpha-hydroxy acids with Fyola facial machine

Fyola ultrasound, of course, complements the action of alpha-hydroxy acids. Use Fyola ultrasound to complete exfoliation and add an even finer texture to rejuvenated skin.

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