Skin Care
7 Secret-Weapon Ingredients For Making Your Skin GlowAcid-based products are the key to radiant skin. Here, find the right acid for your skin type |
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Found in: grains like wheat and barley
Strength: 2/5 or 3/5, depending on concentration
Why: Soothing, antibacterial azeleic acid is the perfect match for rosacea sufferers. Azeleic acid is ideal for calming the inflammation that triggers redness and pimple-like bumps, two of rosacea's biggest bummers.
You might also find azeleic acid in products for treating dark spots, which is caused and exacerbated by inflammation. "[It] has lightening properties and anti-inflammatory properties," Tanzi points out, "so [it's] good for people with discoloration or melasma," she says.
Buy: Murad Redness Therapy Recovery Treatment Gel, $54; Philosophy the Microdelivery Triple-Acid Brightening Peel, $70
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