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How does Easy Phytic differ from a classic glycolic acid peeling?

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Glycolic acid is only one of the ingredients of Easy Phytic, which also contains lactic acid, phenyl glycolic (mandelic) acid (without the toxic effects of phenol) and phytic acid.

There are many questions raised with glycolic acid peels such as "When should I neutralize?".
Indeed, neutralizing too fast will render the treatment totally ineffective, while neutralizing too late implies a risk of side-effects.

When an acid is neutralized, it loses its strength.
A glycolic acid peeling that is neutralized after a few minutes will only have an effect during the same time.
This is one of the reasons why Easy Phytic - self neutralizing - is more effective than any glycolic acid peeling.
Another reason lies in the type of acids associated with glycolic acid in the composition of Easy Phytic solution.

There are some glycolic acids that do not need to be neutralized but instead simply rinsed off with water. These old formulations allowed one to avoid neutralization following an increase of pH to around 3 or 4.
However, this increase in pH also drastically reduced the effectiveness of the treatment.
Thus, by increasing the pH, we reduce the risks but also the efficacy of the glycolic acid.

Easy Phytic doesn’t need to be rinsed off; indeed, the acids should remain in contact with the patient’s skin until the following day.

Easy Phytic has a very acidic pH (between 0 and 1) and must not be neutralized due to the slow release of acids into the skin that self neutralizes the peeling solution.