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Glycolic acid facial cleansers – Are they better than other cleansers?

The main purpose of the cleansers to remove the dirt and the grime that is on your upper layer of the skin so that the pores are open and your skin is ready to receive the skin care treatment. The cleansers also remove the makeup so that it then becomes easy to apply any night cream that you need for the night acre treatment. If you have blackheads and also have the clogged pores then go for the Glycolic acid based cleansers.

Glycolic acid as suggested in post about the glycolic acid cream is the fruit based AHA which can easily penetrate the skin and then break the bond that will loosen up the dead skin cells.

Cleansers with glycolic acid have the benefit that you can very easily have the benefit of removing the bad things on the skin as well as getting the glycolic acid to work to penetrate the upper skin surface and then removing the dead skin.

There are a lot of brands that are available in the Glycolic acid cleansers category and these are

Murad AHA/BHA Exfoliating cleanser – this also contains the salicylic acid as well as lactic acid.

Murad Glycolic acid

DERMAdoctor Wrinkle Revenge 1 – This has the 12% glycolic acid and is claimed as the one which exfoliates the cellular build up.

Peter Thomas Roth Glycolic Acid 3% Facial Wash – Surprisingly this one has only 3% glycolic acid and that means that it can very easily the most gentle of the cleansers.

Reviva labs cleanser

Glycolic Acid Facial Cleanser by Reviva Labs – This cleanser by Reviva Labs is soap free and oil free and is hydrophilic cleansers. Hydrophilic means that it is water activated and the best part is that is that it does not have any oils which means that there is a very good glycolic acid action on the skin.

M.D. Forte Facial Cleanser II, Soap-Free, Oil-Free with Glycolic Acid