Glycolic Acid Skin Care Benefits Are?
You must use a 8-12% “leave on” glycolic acid product
twice daily for the "minimum" results.
Full benefits are achieved after 6 months of use.
- Glycolic acid stimulates COLLAGEN and ELASTIN in the dermis, the second major layer of the skin.
Collagen functions as a "Jell-O" mattress in the skin, and elastin gives the skin expandability to change shape and not break. If you pinch your skin and it stays pinched the elastin is in very poor condition. The skin should snap back into place like a rubber band.
Imagine the "Jell-O" mattress with cracks and dents covered by a bed sheet. The bed sheet takes on the appearance of the mattress, as would the top layer of skin covering the collagen in your skin.
Age takes a toll by thinning the top layer, allowing it to hang. The body stops readily producing collagen and elastin around the age of 28 years. Alas, time to fool Mother Nature.
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Glycolic acid improves acne SCARRING by lowering the top ridge and raising the bottom of ice pick (indent) scars for a smoother appearance. Some clients see an improvement in the gray shadowing caused by this type of scar. Acne scars happen when the pimple or cyst destroys skin tissue as the lesion progresses. Glycolic acid will never make a scar worse as it is restoring the skin.
Hypertrophic (raised) scars become flatter, closer to skin level, less visible to the naked eye. Improvement with scarring occurs approximately 6 months to 1 year of twice daily application of a 12-20% “leave on” glycolic acid product.
- Stimulates GLYCOS-AMINO-GLYCANS, abbreviated name GAGS, in the dermis, the second major layer of the skin.
They are moisture-binding ground substances that bind water to them, expanding the dermis for a smoother appearance and turgor (to'gor) (the normal consistency of living tissue).
One of these compounds is "hyaluronic acid," which binds water so tightly its appearance is gel-like.
The visual aid for this definition is imagining a dry sponge; by adding water, the sponge will grow in volume, holding the water inside the sponge.
If you stimulate more GAGS they will bind water to the dermis, which will plump in volume. The skin is much healthier than before, especially after losing GAGS with age.
- CLEANS THE FOLLICLE loosening the glue-like substance or bond holding dead cells together repeated use KEEPS IT CLEAN.
Dead cells build up inside the follicle, setting the stage for acne preventing this process is necessary in controlling acne. Glycolic acid prevents dead cells from clumping together, which eventually harden, forming a plug preventing sebum skin’s natural oil from reaching the surface of the skin. Oil should be able to flow freely carrying dead skin cells to the surface to be exfoliated. Skin over the age of 28 years is considered to be mature skin. Glycolic acid helps mature skin by removing dead cells that have a case of the "lingers." The whole "cellular turn-over" process slows, allowing old cells to sit on the surface of the skin, causing a dull, lifeless look. Removing old cells stimulates new cells to replace them for a fresher, healthier appearance. The skin's metabolism is in optimal working order, returning the luster, a sign of good health.
Cleaning the follicle allows the follicle walls to lie together, making the orifice appear smaller and more refined. It is medically impossible to physically reduce pore size glycolic acid cleans the pore allowing the pore walls to “collapse” appearing to be smaller from the surface. Stopping glycolic acid the pores will fill with debris once again extending the pore walls returning to their original size.
- EVENS out the SKIN TONE in the top layer of the skin (EPIDERMIS) by eliminating darker pigment.
Glycolic acid will not stop new darker pigment from occurring use a skin bleach from the Skin Bleach-Brown Marks category to stop new dark pigment from reoccurring.
- IMPROVES the TEXTURE of the skin by packing the cells back down, similar to fish scales or tiles on a roof.
Broken or splintered cells have jagged edges, giving the skin a rough feel and allowing moisture to evaporate faster. Tightly packed cells return the luster of the skin, which is an SPF 1 and slows the evaporation rate.
- ANTI OXIDANT or ENDIAL.
Glycolic acid attaches itself to free radicals in the skin, rendering them inert.
- Nicholas Perricone, M.D., holds the patent for glycolic acid's use on INGROWN HAIRS.
The condition is called pseudofolliculitis barbe and is characteristic to individuals with curly hair in the beard, neck and pubic region.
The lesions are red bumps, often forming pus, with the hair growing back into the skin, causing infection.
Glycolic acid prevents skin from growing over the hair opening that normally would assist in forcing the hair tip back into the skin.
There is some information indicating it helps straighten the hair, so it will not curl back into the skin.
Every order has a personalized application schedule to help you reach a twice-a-day application. This will ensure the following glycolic acid benefits:
- The texture of the skin will improve within the first few weeks.
- Skin tone should even out after 3 months.
- Collagen and elastin improvement will start to be evident after 6 months.
- Hormonal acne breakouts can occur up to a year after starting glycolic acid, but should improve each month.
- Small scar reduction takes 6 months to a year for improvement.
Every human body improves at a different rate, so have patience with yourself.
The nice attribute of glycolic acid is skin will always keep improving over time.
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