Skin Care
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Comes from: milk
Strength: 2/5
Why: It's hard to miss lactic acid when it's in your skin-care products. (The faint sour-milk smell? Unavoidable.) But the dairy-derived acid has its perks. It's similar to glycolic acid but is made up of larger molecules that don't penetrate the skin as deeply, making it better tolerated by irritation-prone skin.
If you have keratosis pilaris (aka chicken skin), you've probably seen it in KP treatments — it breaks down the keratin that causes those annoying bumps to form without over-drying skin.
Pregnant women are told to avoid using products with salicylic acid, so if you're preggers and blemish-prone, lactic acid products can help by gently exfoliating the dead skin cells that contribute to pimple formation.
Buy: Paula's Choice Clinical KP Treatment Cloths, $32; Belli Skin Care Anti-Blemish Facial Wash, $22
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