Can Hyaluronic Acid be used with Glycolic Acid?
Hyaluronic Acid Skin Care
Hyaluronic acid skin care has enjoyed a welcome reception and a successful time in the world of skin care and beauty products. It’s the body’s natural humectant found in its highest concentrations in the skin tissues and can hold so much water within it for a considerable period for time to keep the skin hydrated always. Then along its antioxidant properties hyaluronic acid has turned into one of the most coveted ingredients in nearly every skin care product. These inherent properties of hyaluronic properties of this super friendly acid load it up with several health and skin care benefits. Here’re just a few of its benefits:
Controls Acne Breakouts
Anyone with an oily skin type knows how worrying it is to find the perfect skincare for their skin that will neither overload their skin with more oil and trigger a breakout of acne. But hyaluronic acid can help them find the balance. It adequately hydrates the skin, giving it enough to drink without neither clogging the skin nor bringing more oil to the party. This way, the chances of a breakout gets slimmer.
Slows Down Skin Ageing
The skin's elastin and collagen give it that envious bounce and suppleness you’ve probably been craving for, and hyaluronic acid does a good job of increasing the production of these two when injected into the body. This means the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles will be significantly slowed down.
An Excellent Hygroscopic
Hyaluronic acid doesn’t only give the skin sufficient water to drink; it’s also a great humectant. It draws moisture from the surrounding environment and stores them up for the rainy days; which sums up to long-lasting hydration for your skin
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Tip:
You can layer hyaluronic acid with everything especially if you're using anti ageing superstars like retinol, glycolic acid and Vitamin C. Adding hyaluronic acid to your skincare routine helps counteract their drying effects
Glycolic Acid Skin Care
Glycolic acid is the smallest naturally occurring alpha hydroxyl acid so far; an ingredient that’s serves as an excellent hydrating agent a potential treatment for acne, and a good stimulator to the skin repair system in the body. This too, like the hyaluronic acid, has gained so much fame and love among both manufacturers and consumers alike for good reasons. Here’re just a few of its benefits:
Super Hydrating Potential
It’s highly hygroscopic which means it can suck up and retain so much moisture for long enough to feed the skin in just the right dosage so the skin is neither too oily nor dehydrated.
Super Scrub
Skincare manufacturers add glycolic acid to their peels to form an astounding scrub against dead cells and dirt in the skin pores to leave a clearer, lighter skin behind. Now your skin stays healthier since is cleared up and can breather unrestricted.
Stimulates Skin Repair
The healing abilities of glycolic acid have been harnessed by several manufacturers to produce terrific skincare products for smoother and clearer skin. It achieves this by triggering the production of collagen (the body’s building protein). With the increase in collagen in the body, results in improved skin texture, an even-toned skin, and a brighter complexion for the skin.
Heals Acne and Scars
Glycolic acid's healing powers stretch to acne and scars too. It fights off acne in different ways. Firstly, the very fact that it triggers skin rejuvenation helps it to get rid of acne. Secondly, its super scrub quality gets out the combo of oil, dead skin, and dirt that result in the formation of acne.
Face Mask
Lozano Skincare's SkinTea Active Renewal Masque is suitable for all skin types - including mature and acne prone skin. With antioxidant rich White Tea alongside moisture binding Hyaluronic Acid, exfoliator Lactic Acid and Collagen stimulant; Glycolic Acid, together they will help remove dead skin and pollution from your skin, unclog pores, reduce those visible signs of wrinkles and make your whole face look brighter.
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