Glycolic Acid in Skin Care

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Mary Thinnes and I'm a skin care expert. Now, I?m going to discuss with you the first of the alpha hydroxy acids. As I had mentioned before, alpha hydroxy acids are good for breaking down the dead skin cells on the surface, and getting a good exfoliation at home. Glycolic is the one that's primarily good for mature, filling in those fine lines, and that's good for the home care, as well as getting professional chemical peels that have glycolic in it. Primarily for mature skin, hyperpygmentation, it is actually a derivative of sugar cane. So, I just like to tell people what each acid is derivative of, just in case they might have some sort of sensitivity to it, or have some sort of reaction to it. So, glycolic is a derivative of sugar cane. And, also with glycolics with their home care treatments, like this product right here, you actually apply it the same way after you've cleansed, toned your face. You want to apply your glycolic, and make sure that you let it dry for about a minute, before you apply your moisturizer or anything over the top. Also, I recommend using your at home glycolics in your regimen at night, not in the morning, because chemicals will make your skin more sensitive to the sun. So you definitely don't want to do that the first thing in the morning. So do keep that in mind, when you are applying your chemicals at home, as well. And that being said, that is the first acid of alpha hydroxy acids, and it's glycolic."