What is of great significance to us in recommending these facial products is that glycolic acid is a naturally occurring compound. It comes from sugar cane. Cleopatra popularized the use of milk bathes in Egypt, in the time of the Pharoahs, to enhance her skin's beauty. What in fact, she was taking advantage of, was lactic acid.
Lactic acid is the alpha hydroxy acid found in milk.
The alpha hydroxy acid have as their overlaying mode of action, the ability to dissolve the outer most layer of skin, the stratum corneum, and in fact, smooth out age thickened skin. Because glycolic acid is a natural occurring compound found in sugar cane, it has essentially no side effects. This is one of its most significant advantages. 1 in 15,000 people are reported to be allergic to glycolic acid. We have not experienced this in our medical practice.