PhytX Overnight At Home Chemical Peel
PhytX Peel pH 1.0 This is an exciting product... we're so happy to offer it to you. What is Phytic Acid? Our Phytic Acid is derived from rice. Exfoliating properties allow this ingredient to be incorporated into products where harsh AHAs are not desirable. Phytic Acid provides chemical exfoliation to restore the natural radiance of skin and to deliver a brightening effect for healthy glowing tones. Some background: Phytic Acid was first used clinically in early 1995 as a skin lighting agent. It works by blocking the entrance of iron and copper in the formation of melanin. As well as acting as a melanin formation blocker, Phytic Acid was described by Pugliese (Peter Pugliese, MD. Philadelphia, USA) as an iron specific antioxidant and he demonstrated its chelated action on iron, copper and calcium. This antioxidant action is important to the skin, because oxidation stress is an important factor in the reduction of the inflammatory process, the precursor to post inflammatory h